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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Cheltenham Festival 2016: Thistlecrack and Vautour prove their star quality

March 17, 2016

Jockey Tom Scudamore hailed Thistlecrack as the best horse he has ridden after the Colin Tizzard-trained eight-year-old justified his favouritism with an emphatic World Hurdle victory at the Cheltenham Festival. The season’s dominant staying hurdler left all but one of his rivals trailing and surged clear of Alpha Des Obeaux just before the last jump [...]
English clubs keep fourth Champions League place after Juventus lose dramatic tie at Bayern Munich

March 16, 2016

English clubs have held onto their fourth Champions League place for another year after Italy’s hopes of snatching it were undone by the dramatic elimination of Juventus last night. The Serie A champions looked on course to cause an upset against Bayern Munich when they raced into a 2-0 lead on the night through midfielder Paul [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Sprinter Sacre rolls back years to claim second Queen Mother Champion Chase victory

March 16, 2016

Trainer Nicky Henderson revelled in a fairytale comeback after Sprinter Sacre rolled back the years with a vintage display to win the Queen Mother Champion Chase on day two of the Cheltenham Festival. The 10-year-old 5/1 shot, ridden by Nico de Boinville, outstripped three other former winners of the race including 4/6 favourite Un De Sceaux to [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Gutsy Blaklion can upset More Of That and No More Heroes in RSA Chase

March 15, 2016

Every preview night I’ve attended over the last two weeks has billed Wednesday afternoon’s RSA Chase (2.10pm) as a two-horse race between More Of That and No More Heroes. The bookmakers seem to share that same opinion, with the pair both currently vying for favouritism around the 9/4 mark. The duo stand out from the [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Our Thomas and Missy Tata can run well in Fred Winter

March 15, 2016

In the run-up to Cheltenham, Paul Nicholls has been very keen on the chances of Diego Du Charmil in the Fred Winter (4.50pm, Wednesday). He has had three runs in France and looks to be on an attractive mark. The champion trainer also won this race last year so there is plenty to like. His [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Rich Ricci’s £20,000 gamble pays off as Annie Power banishes bad memories with Champion Hurdle win

March 15, 2016

Jockey Ruby Walsh toasted Rich Ricci’s five-figure gamble after Annie Power put last year’s heartache behind her with a dominant win in the Champion Hurdle on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival. The mare was only entered into the race last week at a cost of £20,000 to former Barclays investment banking chief Ricci [...]
Arsenal without Arsene Wenger is hard to imagine and I don’t like saying it but the Gunners have gone stale. Now Frenchman has four games to save the Gunners’ season – and his job

March 15, 2016

Their team had just followed an odds-defying qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League by going top of the Premier League, so Arsenal fans had more cause than most to celebrate over the Christmas period. They must have started to believe that this was indeed their year. And there is no question that [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Douvan looks too good in the Arkle but Sizing John can get the better of Vaniteux

March 14, 2016

Bookmakers dodged one almighty bullet 12 months ago when Annie Power fell at the last in the Mares’ Hurdle. But one year on they face another potential monster pay-out if the four Willie Mullins-Susannah Ricci horses find their way to the winners’ enclosure on Tuesday. Without doubt, of the opening day’s four hot-pots, Douvan is the [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Annie Power can make it third time lucky at Cheltenham and win Champion Hurdle

March 14, 2016

With both Faugheen and Arctic Fire, last year’s one-two, ruled out through injury, Tuesday’s Champion Hurdle (3.30pm) has lost a little of its star quality. The New One is the only survivor of the 2015 renewal and Nigel Twiston-Davies seems very keen on his chances. Having been available at 20/1 a few weeks ago, he [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016 betting: Vroum Vroum Mag to speed away from Mares’ Hurdle rivals

March 14, 2016

Since Whiteoak landed the inaugural running of the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle (4.10pm) back in 2008, Willie Mullins has saddled the winner every year since. Quevega famously won the race for six consecutive seasons, while Glens Melody picked up the pieces after Annie Power’s final flight spill 12 months ago. Sadly, as hard as I’ve tried to [...]

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