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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European Tour will suffer from Tiger’s latest setback, says Ryder Cup star Chris Wood

October 11, 2016

Former world No1 Tiger Woods’s aborted comeback also represents a blow to the European Tour, says England’s Chris Wood. Fourteen-time Major winner Woods announced on Monday night that he was scrapping plans to play his first tournament in more than a year this week at the Safeway Open in California. The 40-year-old, who has been [...]
Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza unrepentant over spat with England skipper Jos Buttler ahead of one-day series decider

October 11, 2016

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has fanned the flames ahead of Wednesday’s series-deciding one-day international with England by refusing to apologise for his players’ provocative conduct. Mashrafe and batsman Sabbir Rahman were both fined 20 per cent of their match fees for goading England skipper Jos Buttler after he was dismissed in Sunday’s second match in [...]
Sponsor shuns Louis Smith and British Gymnastics opens investigation into Rio 2016 Olympics star’s controversial video

October 10, 2016

A gymnastics kit manufacturer says it does not intend to work with Louis Smith again after the British Olympic star appeared to mock Islam in a mobile phone video. Smith, who won pommel horse silver as Team GB amassed a record medal haul in Rio de Janeiro this year, is also facing the threat of [...]
England captain Jos Buttler reprimanded for clash with Bangladesh players during one-day international defeat

October 10, 2016

England captain Jos Buttler has received an official warning for his angry reaction to goading from Bangladesh players during Sunday’s one-day international defeat in Dhaka. Buttler turned to unleash a verbal volley and had to be ushered from the field by the match referees after he was given lbw following a review, a decision that [...]
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 [...]

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