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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Emotional Jessica Ennis-Hill ponders retirement after being beaten to gold in Rio

August 14, 2016

London 2012 golden girl Jessica Ennis-Hill has dropped a major hint that her silver medal-winning heptathlon performance at the Rio Olympics will mark the end of her athletics career. Ennis-Hill fell agonisingly short of defending her title on Saturday night as Belgian Nafi Thiam produced five personal bests from seven events to claim gold, aged [...]
Title rivals must be desperate to spend so much, says Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino

August 11, 2016

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino believes the club’s Premier League title rivals’ summer spending sprees are evidence of desperation. Manchester United have led the way with a world record £89m deal for Paul Pogba, while Manchester City have also shelled out around £150m and Chelsea remain in the market having spent £65m. “When you spend a lot [...]
History boy Max Whitlock savours success alongside idol Kohei Uchimura – but more medals could be in store

August 11, 2016

He could yet leave Rio with more precious metal, but Max Whitlock insists he has already accomplished one life goal by becoming the first British gymnast to win an all-around medal at the Olympics since 1908. Whitlock made up for the disappointment of missing out on the podium in the team event earlier this week [...]
Government urged to lift ban and allow Premier League clubs to introduce safe standing

August 11, 2016

Sport Minister Tracey Crouch has come under renewed pressure on the eve of the new Premier League season to allow England’s leading clubs to reintroduce standing areas at their stadia. A report published today by think tank the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) says the use of “safe standing” sections is backed by most top-flight teams [...]
Global investors increasingly drawn to English football’s booming bargain bin

August 11, 2016

Wealthy Premier League clubs and extravagant transfers such as Manchester United’s world record deal for Paul Pogba may hog the limelight, but canny investors are increasingly taken by England’s less glamorous teams. Four in 10 clubs in the three divisions below the top flight fielded approaches from potential investors in the last year, and that [...]
Rio 2016 Olympics: What to watch on Tuesday including James Guy, Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos, William Fox-Pitt, David Florence, women’s team gymnastics final and men’s rugby sevens

August 8, 2016

Great Britain has gold medal hopes in multiple events on Tuesday in Rio – including swimming, eventing, gymnastics and canoeing – without being strong favourite in any of them. James Guy and the men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay team stunned repeat winners the United States at last year’s World Championships and will look to [...]
Alastair Cook’s delight as England take unassailable lead against Pakistan

August 7, 2016

Captain Alastair Cook savoured one of the best wins of his tenure after England bowled Pakistan out for 201 to claim the third Investec Test at Edgbaston and take an unassailable lead in the series. Five bowlers took two wickets apiece as Pakistan’s middle order collapsed from 124-3 to 125-7 in just 23 balls and England, [...]
Paralympics does what Olympics wouldn’t and bans all Russian athletes from Rio Games

August 7, 2016

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Sir Philip Craven has issued Russia with a stinging rebuke and confirmed that none of their athletes will be allowed to compete at this month’s Paralympic Games in Rio. Craven said the IPC had sanctioned the blanket ban on all of the country’s competitors that their Olympic counterparts shied away [...]
Rio 2016 Olympics: Wada and IOC come under fire from man who exposed Russia’s doping operation and Lance Armstrong

August 4, 2016

The former chief investigator of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has launched a scathing attack on the leadership of the under-fire body on the eve of the Rio 2016 Olympics. Jack Robertson, who helped bring down Lance Armstrong and worked for the organisation until January, says he leaked details of Russian state-sponsored doping in order [...]
City A.M. Unregulated Rio 50 special: Rio 2016 Olympics and sponsorship – which athletes are pulling in the big bucks?

August 4, 2016

In a special edition of the Unregulated podcast, Emma Haslett and Frank Dalleres analyse City A.M.'s Rio 50 list of the most marketable athletes at the Rio Olympics and Paralympics. Jon Izzard, of sports sponsorship specialists Synergy, explains why brands want to work with athletes, who will earn the most from the Games… and why there are no Russians [...]

Brands, think you’ve missed out on the London Marathon? Think again

Brands, think you’ve missed out on the London Marathon? Think again

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