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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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 [...]
Lee Westwood sets his sights on Ryder Cup captaincy in 2020

October 12, 2016

Ryder Cup veteran Lee Westwood has confirmed that he still harbours ambitions of becoming European captain but insists he is not ready to be Darren Clarke’s immediate successor. The Englishman, part of Clarke’s beaten team at Hazeltine earlier this month, hopes to qualify as a player for a record-equalling 11th time when the competition is held [...]
Tennis bad boy Nick Kyrgios faces $10,000 fine after appearing to let opponent win

October 12, 2016

Controversial world No14 Nick Kyrgios faces a possible fine of $10,000 (£8,200) after appearing to stop trying during his match at the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday. The Australian was booed by spectators following his 6-3, 6-1 second-round defeat to German Mischa Zverev, in which he seemingly handed his lower-ranked opponent the win with deliberately weak [...]
Slovenia 0, England 0: England player ratings as Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions drop points

October 11, 2016

Joe Hart: 9 Proved a point after his unceremonious discarding by Manchester City – and saved England one too. Made four vital stops, including one physics-defying effort, and showed leadership qualities by talking Gary Cahill and Jesse Lingard out of red cards in a fractious finish. Kyle Walker: 6 The least culpable for a sloppy defensive performance [...]
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 [...]

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