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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Huth violent conduct charge tempers Leicester title party

May 3, 2016

Leicester's title celebrations were dampened slightly on Tuesday when defender Robert Huth was charged with violent conduct – a decision that could see him miss the rest of the season. Huth was charged by the Football Association for pulling the hair of Marouane Fellaini, while the Manchester United midfielder has also been charged with violent conduct for [...]
Guus Hiddink reveals phone call from Claudio Ranieri moments after Chelsea handed his Leicester side title

May 3, 2016

Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink revealed he received an emotional post-match telephone call from Leicester counterpart Claudio Ranieri following their draw with Tottenham on Monday night. The Foxes’ crowning as Premier League champions was confirmed by Tottenham’s failure to end a 26-year hoodoo and win at Stamford Bridge, despite holding a commanding two-goal half-time lead. Ranieri [...]
Selby claims second World Snooker title – and a £330,000 prize – to cap glorious night for Leicester

May 2, 2016

World No1 Mark Selby toasted the finest sporting hour in Leicester’s history after he followed up his home town’s Premier League triumph by winning a second World Snooker Championship. Selby beat China’s Ding Junhui 18-14 in an attritional final that ended within 15 minutes of his local football team clinching the unlikeliest of title wins [...]
Chelsea 2, Tottenham 2: Leicester crowned champions as Blues fightback ends Spurs title hopes in bad-tempered derby

May 2, 2016

Chelsea 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2 Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino congratulated Leicester after Chelsea’s second-half fightback extinguished his side’s title chances and confirmed the Foxes’ fairytale crowning as Premier League champions. First-half goals from Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min hinted at the title race being prolonged, only for strikes from Gary Cahill and Eden Hazard to wreck that [...]
This promotion is sweeter because we balanced the books, says Burnley boss Sean Dyche

May 2, 2016

Burnley manager Sean Dyche insists his team’s second promotion to the Premier League in three years tastes sweeter than the last because the club achieved it while balancing the books. The Clarets clinched a return to the top-flight at the first attempt on Monday with a hard-fought 1-0 home win over Queens Park Rangers earned [...]
British Paralympic star disqualified over tattoo earns measure of revenge at European Championships

May 2, 2016

Britain's youngest gold medallist at London 2012 bounced back from a tattoo row to claim silver at the International Paralympic Committee European Swimming Championships on Monday night. Josef Craig, 19, from Jarrow in South Tyneside, was banned from Sunday’s S8 100m freestyle final despite winning his heat because he failed to hide a tattoo of [...]
Why this could be the week that Rory McIlroy’s season catches light

May 2, 2016

It didn't happen for him at the Masters and he is still looking for a first win of 2016 but this week looks as good an opportunity as any for Rory McIlroy to get off the mark. The Northern Irishman is set to make his first appearance since his tie for 10th at Augusta on [...]
Red Bull chief’s warning sounds ominous for Kvyat after Russian’s run-in with Vettel

May 2, 2016

Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat is this week set to hold talks over his future at the team after causing what the outfit’s bosses called “a day of disaster” at the Russian Grand Prix. Kvyat, 22, infuriated Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel by shunting him out of Sunday’s race on the first lap in an incident [...]
Leicester star wins player of the year award – but this time it’s not Riyad Mahrez

May 2, 2016

Leicester and England striker Jamie Vardy has been rewarded for a record-breaking watershed campaign by being named Player of the Year by the Football Writers’ Association (FWA). Vardy scooped 36 per cent of votes to beat Riyad Mahrez, who last week claimed the equivalent award from the Professional Footballers’ Association, and N’Golo Kante in an all-Leicester [...]
Football betting: Leicester to keep the champagne on ice in tricky Manchester United test

April 28, 2016

There's nothing unusual in the Premier League title being sealed at Old Trafford. But if Leicester do it on Sunday it will arguably be the most remarkable moment in top-flight history. The Foxes take on Manchester United needing three points from their final three games to claim the trophy. Famously, Claudio Ranieri’s men were 5,000/1 [...]

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