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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England cricket coach Trevor Bayliss heartened despite agonising first Test draw against Pakistan

October 18, 2015

England coach Trevor Bayliss insists their agonising draw in the first Test against Pakistan is proof that his side can prosper in the previously perilous subcontinental conditions of the United Arab Emirates. Fading light prevented England recording a stunning victory on Saturday having routed Pakistan for just 173 in their second innings. The tourists were [...]
Uefa financial fair play rules that hit Manchester City were excessive and illegal, says lawyer

October 15, 2015

European football chiefs Uefa’s relaxing of financial fair play (FFP) rules is an admission that the initial regulations were “excessive and illegal”, according to the lawyer challenging them. Read more: Uefa urged to scrap FFP limit on spending From today, Uefa is easing FFP so that owners of clubs can invest heavily without penalty, so [...]
Football fans cheered by ticket price deflation – but Arsenal fans pay most for tickets and Chelsea supporters enjoy cheap tea and pies

October 14, 2015

Most football fans in Britain are paying the same as last season or less for match tickets this term, according to a new study. The BBC Sport Price of Football study, which collated prices for 700 tickets at 229 clubs across 13 UK leagues, found that the cost of admission had been frozen in 52 [...]
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho fined £50,000 and handed suspended stadium ban

October 14, 2015

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is just one more infraction away from triggering a stadium ban after he was censured for his criticism of officials in this month’s 3-1 home defeat to Southampton. The Football Association today fined Mourinho £50,000 and issued him with a suspended one-match stadium ban for saying referees were “afraid” to give [...]
Sam Allardyce: Sunderland rescue mission can be stepping stone to succeeding Roy Hodgson in England job

October 13, 2015

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce admits he still has an eye on the England job as he embarks on his mission to steer the struggling Black Cats away from Premier League relegation. Allardyce conceded, as he faced the media for the first time since his appointment last week, that reversing a run of just three points [...]
Ross Barkley is technically better but Wayne Rooney still has edge in battle of England’s No10s

October 13, 2015

It might have been a very weak group, Switzerland aside, but England’s 100 per cent record in qualifying for next summer’s European Championship is a great achievement. There is no point putting a dampener on it. The players will have built up confidence from winning all 10 games and Roy Hodgson deserves credit for turning [...]
What it’s really like to be picked for an England cricket tour – and then be told you’re 12th man

October 12, 2015

All the focus will be on the XI selected by England to take on Pakistan this morning on day one of the first Test in Abu Dhabi, but what about the players who did not make the team, what happens to them? During my career I spent time on tour but out of the side [...]
Matt Fitzpatrick’s maiden win is just start for exceptionally talented English youngster

October 12, 2015

He may look like the offspring of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton, but it’s golf in which exceptionally talented young Yorkshireman Matt Fitzpatrick looks to have a very bright future indeed. Fitzpatrick claimed a fantastic first European Tour win on Sunday at the British Masters, the youngest man in the field, still just 21, [...]
Roy Hodgson: England Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania on artificial pitch is no grounds for concern

October 11, 2015

England manager Roy Hodgson has played down concerns over Lithuania’s artificial pitch as his team attempt to complete a perfect qualifying campaign for the 2016 European Championship on Monday. Hodgson’s men are the only team to have won all their group matches so far and, despite pledging to field an experimental side, he insists he [...]
Lewis Hamilton wins Russian Grand Prix to take giant step towards third Formula One world championship

October 11, 2015

Britain's Lewis Hamilton insists all other targets are on hold until he clinches his third world championship, after he took a giant step towards the title at the Russian Grand Prix yesterday. Hamilton recorded his ninth win of the season in Sochi as Nico Rosberg suffered a pedal problem that ended his race – and [...]

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