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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Australian Open 2016: Andy Murray faces Milos Raonic with belief that he is back to his grand slam-winning best

January 28, 2016

Britain's Andy Murray believes he is close to achieving the glory of a third grand slam title as he bids to reach the final of a tournament that has caused him more anguish than perhaps any other. Murray takes on Canadian 13th seed Milos Raonic on Friday morning in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, [...]
Australian Open 2016: Johanna Konta beaten by Angelique Kerber and insists historic run has not changed her

January 28, 2016

She may have made British tennis history and secured a place in the top 30 of the women’s world rankings for the first time, but Johanna Konta insists her fairytale Australian Open has not changed her. Konta’s odds-defying run to the semi-finals ended today with a nervy 7-5, 6-2 defeat against German seventh seed Angelique Kerber, [...]
Australian Open 2016: Andy Murray’s joy – and surprise – as he and Johanna Konta make history in Melbourne

January 27, 2016

World No2 Andy Murray toasted a landmark day for British tennis after he and Johanna Konta ended the country’s 39-year wait to have both men’s and women’s semi-finalists at the same grand slam. Konta penned the latest chapter of her fairytale run at the Australian Open by defeating Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang 6-4, 6-1 to [...]
Jose Mourinho and Manchester United are the perfect marriage and neither can afford to fail with their next appointment

January 26, 2016

It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Louis van Gaal is a dead man walking. The Manchester United manager has made himself unpopular among fans with his brand of football, and the best the club can hope for this season is probably scraping into the Champions League. It’s a question of when, not if, he goes [...]
Australian Open 2016: Novak Djokovic ready for latest instalment of titanic rivalry with Roger Federer after they join women’s champion Serena Williams in sweeping into the last four

January 26, 2016

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is braced for another epic tussle with former world No1 Roger Federer after both men swept into the semi-finals of the Australian Open on Tuesday. Djokovic put an error-strewn fourth-round match behind him with a ruthless display against Kei Nishikori, beating the Japanese seventh seed 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Federer was almost [...]
Australian Open 2016: Johanna Konta becomes first Briton to reach a grand slam quarter-final for 32 years

January 25, 2016

Rising star Johanna Konta insists she is no overnight success after becoming the first British woman for 32 years to reach the quarter-finals of a grand slam tournament. Konta, 24, continued her giddy ascent yesterday by beating No21 seed Ekaterina Makarova 4-6, 6-4, 8-6 in a titanic fourth-round slug-fest – the biggest win of her [...]
Rickie Fowler can win a Major this year after Abu Dhabi triumph – but will find it hard to break dominance of Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day

January 25, 2016

The spotlight was on Rory McIlroy for what was his first tournament of the year – the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, which finished on Sunday – and it has to be said he did very little of note all week. Despite that, the Northern Irishman finished just two shots behind eventual winner Rickie Fowler and generally [...]
Legal comment: How can Adidas escape from a multi-year contract with the IAAF?

January 25, 2016

Complex sponsorship contracts of this nature can run to hundreds of pages – with often the most crucial and heavily negotiated part of the deal being each party’s right to terminate early. Read more: Adidas decides to end IAAF sponsorship four years early Sponsors, like Adidas, will try to insist on wide rights to walk [...]
Rickie Fowler aims to form ‘big four’ alongside Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Jason Day after winning Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships

January 24, 2016

World No4 Rickie Fowler is targeting the Masters winner’s Green Jacket and regular battles with golf’s big three after beating an illustrious field to the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championships on Sunday. Fowler’s final round of 68 left him on 16 under par, enough to beat Belgian youngster Thomas Pieters by a single shot with four-time [...]
Australian Open 2016: Johanna Konta aiming to become Britain’s first woman to reach a grand slam quarter-final since Jo Durie in 1984

January 24, 2016

British No1 Johanna Konta could become the first woman from these shores to reach a grand slam quarter-final for 32 years when she meets Ekaterina Makarova at the Australian Open on Monday. Konta has already beaten former world No1 Venus Williams in Melbourne this month, one of the most recent highlights of the 24-year-old’s extraordinary [...]

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