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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Branden Grace ready to challenge for Majors as golf’s top three show next generation the way

February 1, 2016

It must be so inspiring for young players nowadays to see that the top three in men’s golf – Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy – are all still in their 20s. The game is not being dominated by an old guard, by the likes of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson; Spieth, Day and [...]
Australian Open 2016: Novak Djokovic’s fourth win from five grand slams leaves Serb out in front on his own

January 31, 2016

World No1 Novak Djokovic insists he is resisting the temptation to conclude that his recent dominance has extinguished the era of a so-called big four in men’s tennis. Djokovic’s emphatic straight-sets dismissal of Andy Murray in yesterday’s Australian Open final brought the Serb a record-equalling sixth title in Melbourne, where he has lost just once [...]
Racing betting: No Planning required for in-form Sue Smith at Doncaster

January 28, 2016

Regular readers of this column will know that we have had a cracking start to 2016 with three consecutive decent price winners all trained by women. Kerry Lee’s pair Mountainous (14/1) and Russe Blanc (20/1) were followed into the winners’ enclosure last week by Sue Smith’s Cloudy Too (7/1). And I’m sticking with another Smith-trained [...]
Racing betting: Champagne West can crack open-looking handicap at Cheltenham

January 28, 2016

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Football betting: West Ham aiming to beat Liverpool in FA Cup and complete historic treble

January 28, 2016

Before this season it had been 52 years since West Ham did the double over Liverpool. Now, with Premier League wins at Anfield and the Boleyn Ground under their belts, Slaven Bilic’s side return to Merseyside in the FA Cup tomorrow looking to make it a treble. The Hammers have scored five unanswered goals, with [...]
Football betting: FA Cup upset on the cards for Manchester United at Derby

January 28, 2016

Louis van Gaal heads into Manchester United’s FA Cup fourth round tie against Derby on Friday in a similar situation to Sir Alex Ferguson 26 years ago. Mark Robins scored the only goal in a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup third round in January 1990 with Ferguson reportedly one defeat away from [...]
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 [...]

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