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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Moeen Ali admits to “hardest 68” of his career after steadying England ship on day one of first Test with Bangladesh

October 20, 2016

Batsman Moeen Ali reflected on “the hardest 68 of my life” after his dogged innings rescued England on the opening day of the first Test with Bangladesh in Chittagong. England suffered a nightmare start on a difficult surface, slipping to 21-3 as 18-year-old Bangladesh spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz (5-64) made light work of debutant Ben [...]
Arsenal 6, Ludogorets Razgrad 0: Mesut Ozil smashes hat-trick in Gunners’ Champions League rout

October 19, 2016

Arsenal 6, Ludogorets Razgrad 0 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed arch-provider Mesut Ozil's new-found hunger for goals after the German's first career hat-trick crowned the Gunners' seventh successive win in all competitions. Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade Chamberlain also struck in a demolition of Bulgarian title-winners Ludogorets Razgrad that sent Wenger's men top of Champions League Group A. Read more: [...]
Jose Mourinho coy over Manchester United team for Fenerbahce Europa League match

October 19, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is remaining tight-lipped over his selection plans for Thursday’s Europa League clash with Fenerbahce. The Group A fixture comes just three days after Monday’s 0-0 draw at Liverpool and three days before another big Premier League fixture, against Mourinho’s former club Chelsea on Sunday. Temptation to rotate his squad is [...]
Tour de France champion Chris Froome says questions remain over rival Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of controversial TUEs

October 18, 2016

Triple Tour de France champion Chris Froome has fuelled the debate over Sir Bradley Wiggins’ use of therapeutic use exemptions (TUE), saying his rival may have been operating in a grey area of anti-doping rules. Wiggins has faced questions after it emerged that he was prescribed a powerful drug, which would have been forbidden without a [...]
Greg Clarke accuses Sam Allardyce of “letting us down badly” but defends reported £1m pay-off and the Football Association’s due diligence

October 17, 2016

Football Association chairman Greg Clarke says Sam Allardyce “let us down badly” during his 67-day England reign but defended the decision to pay the manager a settlement reported to run to seven figures. In an appearance before the House of Commons’ Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Monday, Clarke also insisted that the FA had done [...]
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios set to see sports psychologist under threat of eight-week ban

October 17, 2016

Bad boy Nick Kyrgios is set to comply with tennis chiefs’ demand that he sees a psychologist in order to avoid a ban from the sport that would keep him out until next year. The measure is part of a second wave of sanctions for the Australian’s behaviour last week at the Shanghai Masters, where [...]
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger urges Football Association to overlook big names and give England job to Gareth Southgate

October 13, 2016

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged the Football Association to overlook more glamorous names from the world of football management and give the England job to Gareth Southgate. Southgate is halfway through a four-game audition for the role, having been placed in temporary charge following the sudden departure of Sam Allardyce after just one match. [...]
Chelsea sign new kit deal with Nike thought to be worth close to £1bn

October 13, 2016

Chelsea have confirmed a lucrative kit contract with Nike that stands to see the American sportswear manufacturer pay the Premier League club close to £1bn. The 15-year, £900m deal is due to start next season, when Nike will replace Adidas as the provider of kit for all of the Blues’ squads, from the academy through [...]
In pictures: The highs and lows of Jess Ennis-Hill’s glorious career

October 13, 2016

Jess Ennis-Hill enjoyed a decade at the highest level in which she became one of Britain’s most successful track and field athletes of all time. Here is how a stellar track and field career unfolded. Read more: Jess Ennis-Hill retires and says: "I know the time is right" 2006-2008: Showing promise Ennis won her first [...]
“I know the time is right”: Jess Ennis-Hill calls time on one of British athletics’s greatest careers

October 13, 2016

London 2012 golden girl Jess Ennis-Hill insists she is bowing out on a high after bringing down the curtain on one of Britain’s finest track and field careers. Ennis-Hill, who won two World Championship titles as well as her defining triumph at her home Olympic Games, confirmed her retirement on Thursday after a decade of [...]

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