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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Lazio owner calls Qatari takeover talk a plot to hit club’s share price

October 13, 2025

Lazio’s ownership has labelled reports of takeover talks with a Qatari suitor “completely false” and an attempt to damage the Italian club’s share price. The Rome-based two-time Serie A champions have been repeatedly linked with the tiny Gulf state since Italy’s former prime minister alleged that the Emir of Qatar was a Lazio fan. “This [...]
Anthony Watson on Red Roses, padel and giving back to sport

October 12, 2025

Injury may have forced Anthony Watson to cut short his rugby career but he hasn’t kicked all of his sporting activities into touch. The former British and Irish Lions and England international is working on his golf game, enjoys a hit at his local padel club and has recently become an ambassador for the Laureus [...]
Football regulator won’t undermine Premier League, insists chair Kogan

October 9, 2025

David Kogan, the chair of the Independent Football Regulator, has attempted to allay fears that the watchdog will “undermine” the Premier League by insisting he is “absolutely committed” to its continued growth. Before the Football Governance Bill passed into law some top-flight clubs voiced concerns that a new era of regulation could weaken the Premier [...]
Tottenham owner’s £100m injection shows commitment, says club

October 9, 2025

Tottenham Hotspur’s owner, the Lewis family trust, has injected £100m in a move the club says underlines its long-term commitment to Spurs. The extra cash will “further strengthen the club’s financial position and equip the club’s leadership team with additional resources to continue the focus on driving long-term sporting success,” Tottenham added. “This additional capital [...]
Burnley owners vow to run Espanyol separately after £113m takeover

October 9, 2025

Burnley’s owners insist they will run Espanyol independently after completing a takeover of the Barcelona-based LaLiga club. Velocity Sports Partners, the investment arm of Burnley owner ALK Capital, confirmed today it has acquired Espanyol from Chinese businessman Chen Yansheng’s Rastar Group in a deal reported to be worth €130m (£113m). “Football has always belonged to [...]
Ratcliffe vows to make Man United world’s most profitable club

October 9, 2025

Sir Jim Ratcliffe has insisted that Manchester United will reverse six successive years of losses and become “the most profitable football club in the world”. The 20-time English champions have not been in the black since 2019 and took their cumulative losses over that period to around £400m last year. Manchester United topped Deloitte’s Football [...]
Overseas games risk breaking football, Uefa tells Spanish and Italian leagues

October 8, 2025

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has aimed a shot across the bows of Spanish and Italian football chiefs, warning that taking domestic league games overseas risks “breaking” the sport. The European governing body this week “reluctantly” gave its permission for LaLiga and Serie A to export league games to the US and Australia this season but [...]
Britain and US win race to launch first Ryder Cup of padel

October 8, 2025

First came the America’s Cup in sailing, then golf’s Ryder and Solheim Cups, and more recently the Laver Cup in tennis – now padel has its own transatlantic team competition, the Anglo American Padel Cup, and its inaugural edition begins in London this week. The competition features some of the leading players from two emerging [...]
Exclusive: Everton bidder Manoukian launches athlete neobank Stadion

October 7, 2025

It was in the early summer of 2024, when Everton were in the eye of a storm caused by the disintegration of their prospective owners, 777 Partners, that Vatche Manoukian’s name suddenly hit the headlines. The London-based Armenian, a former finance lawyer turned investor, emerged as a potential saviour to the cash-strapped Merseyside football club [...]
Barcelona and Milan plans for overseas games get green light from Uefa

October 6, 2025

Uefa has “reluctantly” approved plans for LaLiga and Serie A to stage one-off overseas games this season, blaming Fifa for lacking a clear regulatory framework. LaLiga has announced plans to play a match between Barcelona and Villarreal in Miami in December, while Serie A is moving AC Milan’s contest with Como to Perth in February. [...]

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