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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Andy Murray closes gap on world No1 Novak Djokovic with China Open win as Johanna Konta arrives in women’s top 10

October 9, 2016

Britain's Andy Murray boosted his hopes of unseating Novak Djokovic as world No1 by claiming his fifth title of the season at the China Open on Sunday. Murray beat Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 7-6 (7-2), ensuring that he won the tournament without dropping a set and that he will head to this week’s Shanghai Masters [...]
Lewis Hamilton lashes out at Mercedes again after losing further ground in title race to Nico Rosberg at Malaysian Grand Prix

October 9, 2016

Faltering world champion Lewis Hamilton showed further signs of frustration with Mercedes after seeing his hopes of retaining the title recede again at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. The team lodged a complaint about Max Verstappen’s “dangerous” driving after the Red Bull teenager held off Hamilton for second place at Suzuka – a result which left [...]
Anthony Watson set to miss England’s autumn internationals with broken jaw

October 6, 2016

Wing Anthony Watson has become the latest addition to England’s list of casualties ahead of next month’s autumn internationals after he sustained a suspected broken jaw. Watson, a mainstay of Eddie Jones’s resurgent Red Rose side, is thought to have suffered the injury during England training on Tuesday and is not expected to recover in [...]
Giving World Cup to Qatar and Russia may be best thing to happen to football, says Fifa vice-president Victor Montagliani

October 5, 2016

One of football governing body Fifa’s leading officials has suggested that the controversial votes to stage the World Cup in Qatar and Russia “may be the best thing” to have happened to the game. Victor Montagliani – a vice-president of Fifa and head of the Concacaf confederation which governs North America, Central America and the [...]
European leagues threaten to rebel against Uefa over “totally crazy” changes to European club competition

October 5, 2016

The chairman of Europe's football leagues insists they are ready to defy Uefa over the governing body's "totally crazy" plans for changes to the Champions League and Europa League. Lars-Christer Olsson said the leagues might break their agreement not to schedule domestic fixtures on the same night as Uefa competitions unless changes set to take effect from 2018 were scrapped. [...]
Bob Bradley admits he could not turn down Swansea job and chance to manage in the Premier League

October 4, 2016

Swansea's incoming manager Bob Bradley insists he would have liked to have seen out the season with Le Havre but felt unable to turn down a belated chance to work in the Premier League. The former United States coach had long been tipped to become the first American to manage in England’s top flight before [...]
MPs summon Football Association chiefs following allegations of corruption in English game

October 4, 2016

Football Association chiefs have been summoned to appear before the Culture, Media and Sport select committee later this month over the latest allegations of corruption in the game. Sam Allardyce’s abrupt departure as England manager last week was the most high-profile consequence of an undercover newspaper investigation into the football industry. Allardyce was not accused of [...]
World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announces retirement from boxing – then insists he hasn’t quit after all

October 3, 2016

Controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has provoked further confusion surrounding his future by appearing to announce his retirement – only to renege on the decision hours later. Fury’s boxing career, which peaked when he beat Wladimir Klitschko in November last year, was already in doubt after he pulled out of a rematch with the [...]
Rory McIlroy tips Europe’s new generation to reclaim Ryder Cup in Paris in 2018

October 3, 2016

European Ryder Cup star Rory McIlroy has tipped the youthful team that lost its grip on the trophy at Hazeltine to blossom when the competition resumes in France in 2018. A side featuring six rookies lost 17-11 to the United States on Sunday, with three of those – Danny Willett, Matt Fitzpatrick and Andy Sullivan [...]
England manager Gareth Southgate: I dislike a lot of things about the football industry

October 3, 2016

Interim England manager Gareth Southgate admits he dislikes much about the football industry, as the dust settles on Sam Allardyce’s short-lived reign at the Football Association. Allardyce was ushered out of the England job last week just 67 days after his appointment amid controversy over indiscreet comments he made to undercover reporters posing as business [...]

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