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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Manchester United can still win title, says Louis van Gaal, after Wayne Rooney goal sinks Liverpool

January 17, 2016

Liverpool 0, Manchester United 1 Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal insists his team could still snatch the Premier League title after they pilfered an unlikely three points at Liverpool on Sunday. A 78th-minute volley from striker Wayne Rooney – United’s only shot on target – earned Van Gaal’s third victory in four matches since [...]
Football betting: Arsenal face testing trip to bogey team Stoke

January 14, 2016

Arsene Wenger’s least favourite trip of the season is on Sunday, as his Arsenal side travel to Stoke. The Gunners haven’t won in their last five attempts at the Britannia and, given Stoke’s recent good form, Wenger could be in for another tough afternoon. Mark Hughes’s men will be fired up to add another scalp [...]
Football betting: Back the draw when Liverpool meet Manchester United in clash of Premier League’s most inconsistent teams

January 14, 2016

No two teams embody this unpredictable Premier League season like Liverpool and Manchester United. Liverpool have had eye-catching wins over Manchester City and Chelsea yet desperate defeats against Watford and Newcastle. United topped the table twice in the early stages of the season after a promising start but they have fallen away badly in recent [...]
Huntingdon and Warwick racing betting: Ubak ready for novices’ chase

January 14, 2016

HUNTINGDON stages a fair card on Friday afternoon where the highlight is the Chatteris Fen Juvenile Hurdle. Sceau Royal is going to be very hard to beat, but will be priced accordingly, so I’ll focus on the novices’ limited handicap chase instead (3.20pm). This is a competitive little field, with the likes of Three Faces [...]
Warwick racing betting: Foxbridge and Russe Blanc suited to slog

January 14, 2016

This weekend is one of the lower key ones of the National Hunt season; it will be even more so if Warwick is beaten by the weather on Saturday. Rain has been the big threat over the past couple of weeks. Chepstow just escaped last Saturday, but it’s now frost that is the big worry. If we [...]
Premier League’s unpredictable season is a sign of things to come, say football industry experts

January 13, 2016

It has been one of the most notable phenomena of this season but the Premier League’s increased competitiveness is here to stay, according to industry experts. English clubs’ financial strength has allowed even modest top-flight teams to beat leading European sides to top talent, as illustrated by Stoke’s summer signing of £12m Switzerland winger Xherdan [...]
Andy Murray would rather win Olympic gold again this year than Wimbledon

January 12, 2016

Britain's Andy Murray is prioritising the defence of his Olympic crown in Rio de Janeiro over winning a second Wimbledon title or ending his quest for success at the Australian Open this year. The world No2, who helped Great Britain win the Davis Cup for the first time in 79 years, has also pledged to [...]
Arsene Wenger has completed his Arsenal puzzle – now I think they can last the course and win the Premier League

January 12, 2016

Confidence in the Arsenal camp must be sky-high as the table-toppers attempt to take another significant step towards a first Premier League title since 2004 on Wednesday at Liverpool. The Gunners aren’t going to be runaway champions yet I felt at the start of the season that they had a good enough squad to compete until [...]
Arsene Wenger thinks Premier League clubs could surpass the £235m spent in January 2011 this month

January 11, 2016

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has predicted a bumper month of spending by Premier League clubs in the January transfer window that could surpass the record £235m lavished in 2011. Top-flight teams have shown signs of loosening their purse-strings following a slow start to the window, with Bournemouth’s capture of Lewis Grabban from Norwich yesterday taking [...]
Jordan Spieth emphatic Tournament of Champions triumph is an ominous sign for rivals Rory McIlroy and Jason Day

January 11, 2016

It didn't take long for Jordan Spieth to make a mockery of Rory McIlroy’s prediction that the American world No1 would find it difficult in 2016 to replicate the form that swept him to two Majors last year. Spieth summoned a superlative performance in his first outing of the year at the Tournament of Champions in [...]

Advertising at World Cup: Levi’s genius, hydration breaks and dodging rules

Advertising at World Cup: Levi’s genius, hydration breaks and dodging rules

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