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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Fifa president Gianni Infantino wants to outlaw Chelsea’s policy of stockpiling players and loaning them out

November 3, 2016

World football chief Gianni Infantino says he wants to make it illegal for clubs such as Chelsea to “hoard” legions of players and farm them out on loan. The Blues are not the only club to stockpile talent but are the best-known proponents and currently have 38 fringe payers and youngsters out on loans at clubs in [...]
Tottenham Hotspur 0, Bayer Leverkusen 1: Mauricio Pochettino ashamed and embarrassed as Spurs pushed closer to Champions League exit

November 2, 2016

Tottenham Hotspur 0, Bayer Leverkusen 1 Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino admitted to being "ashamed and embarrassed" after defeat to Bayer Leverkusen left his team's Champions League hopes dangling by a thread. Winger Kevin Kampl's second-half strike condemned Spurs to a second defeat from two home games at Wembley, meaning they must win at Group E leaders Monaco next [...]
Former Mercedes chief Ross Brawn confirms he is working with prospective F1 owners Liberty Media but denies he is set to replace Bernie Ecclestone

November 2, 2016

Former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn insists that suggestions that he is to replace Bernie Ecclestone as the most important man in Formula One are premature. The Briton responded to German reports that he has been appointed by F1’s prospective new owners Liberty Media to oversee the competitive and commercial sides of the business. Brawn, [...]
England boosted as India omit three first-choice batsmen for Test series

November 2, 2016

England received a boost as they flew to India today for this month’s Test series when it was confirmed that the hosts will be without Rohit Sharma and two other first-choice batsmen for the opening matches. Rohit, who suffered a thigh injury during last month’s one-day series against New Zealand, is definitely out of the [...]
Theresa May blasts Fifa over football body’s “utterly outrageous” poppy ban

November 2, 2016

Prime Minister Theresa May has issued a stinging rebuke to Fifa chiefs over the football world governing body’s reluctance to allow the Home Nations to sport poppies on their shirts. Both the English and Scottish football associations have lobbied Fifa for their teams to be allowed to wear embroidered poppies when they play each other [...]
Semi-finalists Manchester City earned more Champions League prize money than winners Real Madrid

November 1, 2016

Manchester City earned more prize money for their run to the Champions League semi-finals last season than Real Madrid did for lifting the trophy. City received €83.9m from governing body Uefa for their best ever run in the competition – the highest payment of any club, including Real, who banked €80.1m for winning the title for a [...]
Jose Mourinho facing touchline ban after being charged with misconduct

November 1, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho faces a likely touchline ban after he was charged with misconduct by the Football Association for the second time in five days. Mourinho's latest charge relates to an alleged confrontation with referee Mark Clattenburg at half-time of United's 0-0 draw at home to Burnley on Sunday, which saw him sent to the [...]
Louis Smith banned by British Gymnastics over Islam-mocking video

November 1, 2016

British Gymnastics has banned Olympic silver medallist Louis Smith over a video in which he appeared to mock Islam. Smith – one of the stars of Team GB's historic success at the Rio 2016 Games earlier this year – received a two-month suspension after admitting to breaching British Gymnastics' standards of conduct. Fellow gymnast Luke [...]
Appoint more women to boards and become more transparent or risk losing funding, UK governing bodies told

October 31, 2016

The Football Association, the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Lawn Tennis Association and British Cycling have been told to become more diverse and transparent or risk losing funding. They are among a number of bodies which receive grants from UK Sport and Sport England and which will be subject to stricter assessments of their [...]
Everton 2, West Ham 0: Slaven Bilic casts envious glance at Toffees’ “cruelty” as Hammers come unstuck

October 30, 2016

Everton 2, West Ham United 0 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic urged his players to be more “cruel” after their three-match winning run came to an abrupt halt at the hands of Everton and familiar foe Romelu Lukaku. Striker Lukaku headed his ninth goal in as many games for the Toffees against the Hammers and [...]

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