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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Feyenoord 1, Manchester United 0: Jose Mourinho suffers consecutive defeats as controversial winning goal sinks his £300m second string

September 15, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho blamed bad luck and an offside goal after Feyenoord inflicted the club’s second defeat in less than a week in the Europa League on Thursday night. A 79th-minute strike from midfielder Tonny Vilhena punished a lacklustre display from a United side that was much-changed but still contained almost £300m worth [...]
Teenage Lancashire batsman Haseeb Hameed expected to get England call for tour of Bangladesh

September 15, 2016

England are expected to pick teenage Lancashire star Haseeb Hameed for next month’s controversial tour of Bangladesh when they name their squad on Friday. Hameed has played his way into contention to become captain Alastair Cook’s opening partner after a stellar county season which has yielded more than 1,000 runs. The 19-year-old from Bolton is [...]
Return of £34m maverick David Luiz can shore up Chelsea defence against Liverpool, says Antonio Conte

September 15, 2016

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has backed a retrained David Luiz to cope with Liverpool’s in-form strikeforce when the Brazil defender makes his second Blues debut on Friday night. The Reds visit Stamford Bridge six days after they hit four past Premier League champions Leicester and having done the same on their last visit to London [...]
Tottenham Hotspur 1, Monaco 2: Spurs’ Champions League return and record crowd spoiled by first defeat of the season

September 14, 2016

Tottenham Hotspur 1, Monaco 2 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino accused his team of lacking passion and refused to blame a temporary switch to Wembley after their return to the Champions League following a five-year absence ended in defeat on Wednesday night. First-half goals from Bernardo Silva and Thomas Lemar earned French league leaders Monaco a surprise win in [...]
New Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin issues immediate warning to big clubs over Champions League reform and Financial Fair Play

September 14, 2016

New Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has vowed that European football's governing body will take the fight to big clubs over the allocation of Champions League places and beef up financial fair play (FFP) rules. Ceferin, the little-known head of Slovenian football, comprehensively defeated Dutchman Michael van Praag 42-13 in Wednesday's vote to decide who would replace the disgraced [...]
Russian hackers condemned as private medical files of Serena Williams and Simone Biles leaked

September 13, 2016

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have condemned a group of Russian hackers who call themselves the “Fancy Bears” after they accessed and leaked medical data for Rio 2016 stars such as Serena Williams and Simone Biles. The hackers published what they said were the therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) – [...]
Eric Dier backs Tottenham to thrive on Wembley setting for Champions League adventure – unlike north London rivals Arsenal

September 13, 2016

Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier believes that playing their European home games at Wembley Stadium will work better for them than it did for north London rivals Arsenal. Staging Champions League fixtures at the national stadium was seen as a gamble that backfired for the Gunners, whose two seasons there – 1998-99 and 1999-2000 – both [...]
Paris Saint-Germain v Arsenal: PSG have lost invincible aura following loss of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and look vulnerable for visit of the Gunners

September 12, 2016

They might have become one of Europe’s most feared clubs since their 2011 takeover by a Qatari sovereign wealth fund, but a summer of flux has left Paris Saint-Germain looking uncharacteristically vulnerable as they prepare to face Arsenal. Read more: Which football clubs are the richest in the world? Ruthless PSG jettisoned manager Laurent Blanc [...]
Stan Wawrinka beats Novak Djokovic to US Open but insists he is not among the elite of men’s tennis

September 12, 2016

Modest Stanislas Wawrinka insists he does not deserve to be included among the elite of men’s tennis despite swelling his grand slam tally to three by winning the US Open on Sunday. Wawrinka, who beat world No1 Novak Djokovic 6-7 (6-1), 6-4, 7-5, 6-3, is the only man outside of the Big Four – Djokovic, [...]
Five-try Saracens continue perfect start to Premiership title defence against Exeter

September 11, 2016

Saracens boss Mark McCall praised his improving side after they stormed to a bonus-point 34-13 victory over Exeter Chiefs in a repeat of last season’s Premiership final on Sunday. Two tries by wing Sean Maitland and further scores from young fly-half Alex Lozowski, flanker Jackson Wray and replacement Ben Spencer continued the champions’ flawless start to [...]

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