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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West Ham United 1, Bournemouth 0: Hammers’ character delights Slaven Bilic after Michail Antonio proves worth at attacking end

August 21, 2016

West Ham United 1, Bournemouth 0 West Ham manager Slaven Bilic hailed his team’s character after they emerged from a gruelling week with victory in the first Premier League match at their new home, the London Stadium. Winger Michail Antonio’s 85th-minute header snatched the points for the Hammers just moments after Bournemouth were reduced to [...]
Sunderland 1, Middlesbrough 2: David Moyes warns Black Cats to forget dramatic improvement and prepare for season of fighting relegation

August 21, 2016

Sunderland 1, Middlesbrough 2 Sunderland manager David Moyes admits he is steeling himself for a long season fighting relegation after he suffered derby defeat in his first home Premier League match in charge. Two goals from Uruguay forward Cristhian Stuani – the first a memorable long—range strike – helped newly promoted neighbours Middlesbrough to their [...]
Olympics chiefs urged to cover shortfall in funding for Rio Paralympics

August 21, 2016

British Olympic Association vice-chairman Hugh Robertson has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to step in and ease the financial crisis threatening the Paralympics. Next month’s Games in Rio face a drastically reduced budget after organisers admitted to severe financial difficulties caused by Brazil’s flagging economy and the sale of just 12 per cent [...]
10 moments that defined Team GB’s gold rush at the Rio 2016 Olympics

August 21, 2016

1. Adam Peaty started Team GB’s gold rush when he won the men’s 100m breastroke title. The 21-year-old broke his own world record and became the first British man to win a swimming Olympic gold since 1988. Peaty followed it up with silver in the men’s 4 x 100m medley relay. 2. Helen Glover and [...]
Mo Farah targets London swansong after completing “double double” mission at Rio Olympics

August 21, 2016

Britain's Mo Farah has set his sights on a track swansong at the London 2017 World Championships after completing his quest for a “double double” at the Rio Olympics. Farah successfully defended his 5,000m title on Saturday night, as he had the 10,000m crown a week earlier, to restate his credentials as Britain’s greatest ever [...]
Jose Mourinho warns Manchester United fans not to expect too much from £89m world record man Paul Pogba

August 18, 2016

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Paul Pogba is likely to make his first appearance since rejoining the club in a world record transfer against Southampton tonight. But Mourinho warned United supporters not to expect too much from the £89m midfielder, insisting Pogba is still to acclimatise and reach peak condition ahead of [...]
Alisher Usmanov denied suggestions he has plans to sell Arsenal stake and bankroll Everton instead

August 18, 2016

Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov has denied suggestions that he is considering selling his 30 per cent stake in the club. Usmanov acted in response to speculation that he would offload his company Red and White Holdings' interest and instead plough his money into Everton, where long-term business partner Farhad Moshiri bought a 49 per cent stake [...]
Laura Trott and Jason Kenny brush off track cycling rivals’ suspicions at Team GB’s velodrome dominance

August 17, 2016

Team GB’s golden couple Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have hit back after German, French and Australian rivals raised suspicions about Britain’s track cycling dominance at the Rio Olympics. Trott and Kenny starred with two and three golds respectively as Britain picked up where they left off at London 2012 by claiming six of the [...]
Usain Bolt: I’ll join the ranks of the immortal if I complete “triple triple” of Olympic sprint golds at Rio

August 15, 2016

Usain Bolt says he will join the ranks of the “immortal” if he follows the defence of his 100m crown with further gold medals in the 200m and 4 x 100m this week at the Rio Olympics. Bolt held off American Justin Gatlin and Canada’s Andre de Grasse to clinch the first leg of his [...]
Jason Kenny and Laura Trott’s bids for more gold head British medal hopes on Tuesday at the Rio Olympics

August 15, 2016

Team GB pair Jason Kenny and Laura Trott’s attempts to underline their status as track cycling’s golden couple are among the highlights in prospect at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday. Kenny is looking to claim his third Olympic gold medal of these Games and a sixth of his career in the men’s keirin, which concludes [...]

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