By: Frank Dalleres

Sports Editor Frank Dalleres is Sports Editor of City AM. He has almost two decades' experience covering the business of sport and has reported from Olympic Games and major international football, rugby union, tennis and golf competitions, both at home and abroad. Get in touch with stories and tip-offs and follow him on X at @frankdalleres

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Bournemouth 1, Southampton 3: Jay Rodriguez double earns Saints bragging rights in south coast derby

December 18, 2016

Bournemouth 1, Southampton 3 Southampton forward Jay Rodriguez relished his first Premier League brace for two and a half years as they came from behind to win at south coast rivals Bournemouth. Rodriguez, who missed much of the last two season through injury, put Saints ahead from close range and capped the victory with a [...]
Real Madrid fight back to win Club World Cup as Cristiano Ronaldo completes landmark year in style

December 18, 2016

Real Madrid 4, Kashima Antlers 2 Newly-crowned Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo capped a landmark year by scoring a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Japan’s Kashima Antlers to win the Club World Cup in Tokyo on Sunday. Real needed a Ronaldo penalty to force extra-time against their unfancied opponents, after two goals from Gaku Shibasaki [...]
England facing fight to avoid fourth defeat in a row after KL Rahul’s 199 puts India in control on day three of final Test in Chennai

December 18, 2016

England all-rounder Ben Stokes struck a resigned note after opener KL Rahul’s 199 put India into another commanding position on the third day of the fifth and final Test in Chennai. The tourists for once neutralised India captain Virat Kohli, only for Rahul to conjure his own mammoth knock and usher the hosts to 391-4, [...]
Crystal Palace 1, Manchester United 2: Jose Mourinho hails Zlatan Ibrahimovic after his late winner ends wait for successive league wins and clips Eagles’ wings

December 14, 2016

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Football’s new arms race: leading clubs looking to sell shirt sleeve sponsorship for £10m a year ahead of Premier League rule change

December 14, 2016

They routinely adorn the biceps of Lionel Messi and Neymar and flutter on the jerseys of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, yet until now they have been forbidden in the Premier League. Sponsors’ logos on football clubs’ shirt sleeves are on their way to England’s top division from next season, however, as teams look to [...]
Wimbledon tops most-attended list as British fans continue to flock to live sport

December 14, 2016

Britons snapped up tickets for live sporting events at a rate of more than one for every person in the country this year, according to research published today by Deloitte. Attendances reached 69.8m in 2016 and were only 700,000 down on last year’s figures, despite the lack of a major showpiece event such as the 2015 [...]
How Arsenal , Manchester City and Leicester City reacted to the Champions League last 16 draw

December 12, 2016

Arsenal chiefs believe this could be the season they end their dismal run against Bayern Munich after being drawn to play the German giants in the Champions League last 16 for the third time in five years. The Gunners’ hopes that winning their group might secure an easier opponent in the knockout stage ran aground [...]
Manchester United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0: Mauricio Pochettino keeps faith in title challenge despite Spurs slipping 10 points behind leaders Chelsea

December 11, 2016

Manchester United 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes his team can still catch runaway leaders Chelsea despite a second defeat in three Premier League matches leaving them 10 points off the pace. A ferocious first-half strike by Henrikh Mkhitaryan proved decisive on Sunday as Manchester United recorded a first top-flight victory at [...]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to help make Anthony Joshua super-fight with Wladimir Klitschko a record crowd

December 11, 2016

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been urged to fulfil his pledge to make London a rival to Las Vegas for the biggest fights when Britain’s Anthony Joshua faces Wladimir Klitschko next year. IBF champion Joshua’s heavyweight blockbuster clash with Klitschko at Wembley in April was announced just moments after the 27-year-old’s victory over American [...]
Henrikh Mkhitaryan comes in from the cold to fire Manchester United into Europa League last 32 – but Southampton crash out in late drama

December 8, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has praised the resilience of Henrikh Mkhitaryan after the playmaker’s first goal for the club ushered them into the last 32 of the Europa League with a 2-0 win at Zorya Luhansk on Thursday night. Mkhitaryan – making only his only fifth start, having struggled to win over Mourinho following a [...]

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