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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Goodwood betting: Isomer looks a vintage bet for in-form Balding team

July 25, 2016

Aidan O’Brien’s War Decree is weighted to reverse the form with Newmarket conqueror Boynton in Tuesday's Group Two Qatar Vintage Stakes (2.35pm) – and the likelihood is he will. The Irish trainer is bidding to win the race for the second time in three runnings, however I won’t be racing to take the skinny prices available [...]
Goodwood betting: Markaz set to upset big two in Lennox Stakes

July 25, 2016

Experiencing the Qatar Goodwood Festival for the first time is infectious, and even more so if you come away with a good winner. On Tuesday, first-season trainer Owen Burrows makes his debut at the five-day festival and I fancy his MARKAZ to get things off to a flyer in the Lennox Stakes (3.10pm). The four-year-old [...]
Short gap between Majors could play into hands of in-form Henrik Stenson at US PGA Championship

July 25, 2016

This week’s US PGA Championships is going to have go some to match the Open, which was by any measurement the best golf we have ever seen at a Major tournament. The two tournaments wouldn’t normally be so close in the calendar, but golf’s return to the Olympic Games means that the gap between the [...]
Backlash for Olympic chiefs after Russia dodges blanket ban for Rio Olympics

July 24, 2016

The International Olympic Committee [IOC] has been accused of a dereliction of duty after deciding not to impose a blanket ban on all Russian competitors at the Rio Games next month. The IOC on Sunday instead ruled that the governing bodies of each sport represented at the Olympics must judge whether to accept or exclude athletes [...]
Horse racing betting: Sea Of Heaven set to leave rivals toiling in his wake

July 21, 2016

Trainer Sir Mark Prescott has been among the winners of late and I’m confident he can grab another with SEA OF HEAVEN in Friday's John Guest Brown Jack Stakes (2.55pm) at Ascot. The four-year-old ran a cracker at Newbury last week, finishing second behind the highly progressive Sweet Selection who was rattling off a hat-trick. [...]
Horse racing betting: Desire can give punters wings in the King George

July 21, 2016

Dual winners of the Qipco-sponsored King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (4.30pm) are a real rarity – and sadly we won't be witnessing another at Ascot on Saturday. That's because last year’s winner and this year's favourite, Postponed, was ruled out of his defence bid on Wednesday due to a respiratory infection. He was [...]
Cricket betting: Batting bother for England – but Jonny Bairstow can deliver

July 21, 2016

England's batting order has been a cause for concern for a number of years now. Since the departure – wrongly or rightly – of Kevin Pietersen, they have tried to plug the round holes of positions three, four and five with a series of square pegs. Last time out at Lord’s, with Nick Compton in [...]
Cricket betting: Spinner Shah could make things Messi for England

July 21, 2016

Pakistan's performance against England at Lord’s last week couldn’t have gone much better and it is no surprise they have a 1-0 lead in the four-match series. They were in control of the game throughout, taking a first innings advantage after a century from captain Misbah-ul-Haq before leg-spinner Yasir Shah helped wrap the game up [...]
Usain Bolt welcomes Russia ban as country nears total exclusion from Rio Olympics

July 21, 2016

Track superstar Usain Bolt has welcomed the decision to uphold a ban on Russian athletes at next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Thursday rejected an appeal by Russia’s Olympic committee and 68 of the country’s athletes against their suspension following allegations of a doping conspiracy. The [...]
I have alternative targets if Paul Pogba move fails, says Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho

July 21, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho insists he has back-up options in mind if his world record bid for Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba ends in failure. United are poised to make Pogba, 23, the first ever £100m footballer just four years after he left the club for just £800,000, having grown frustrated at a lack [...]

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