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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McIlroy hits the ground running at season finale

November 20, 2014

WORLD No1 Rory McIlroy rubbished fears of rustiness following his six-week hiatus by racing into a share of the first-round lead at the season-ending DP World Championship yesterday. McIlroy conjured a bogey-free six-under-par 66, a score matched only by Ireland’s Shane Lowry, in his bid to round off the campaign with a double celebration, having [...]
Wigan rapped for handing text-row boss Mackay second chance

November 19, 2014

WIGAN last night came under fire from equality campaigners after handing former Cardiff boss Malky Mackay a return to football despite an ongoing probe into claims he sent racist, homophobic and sexist text messages. Kick It Out called on the Football Association to clarify whether it backed the Championship club’s chairman Dave Whelan’s assertion that [...]
Hope for Bianchi as F1 driver out of coma at last

November 19, 2014

FORMULA One driver Jules Bianchi is no longer in a coma and has been transferred to a hospital in his native France, seven weeks after his life-threatening crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. Bianchi, who suffered severe head injuries when his Marussia car ploughed into a trackside recovery vehicle, remains unconscious and in a critical [...]
Blatter hits back at Dyke: We will publish – if you don’t sue

November 19, 2014

SNIPING between Sepp Blatter and the Football Association escalated yesterday when the president of world governing body Fifa hit back in the row over alleged World Cup bid corruption. Responding to FA chairman Greg Dyke’s call for full publication of a Fifa ethics committee’s investigation into corruption claims, Blatter said he was forbidden by Swiss [...]
Fans get partial refunds for O2 Federer no show

November 19, 2014

LONDON tennis fans left disappointed by the cancellation of the final of the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 on Sunday are set to receive a 60 per cent refund on their tickets. World No2 Roger Federer stunned spectators just minutes before his showdown with defending champion Novak Djokovic by announcing he was forfeiting [...]
Poulter uses Norman tips to avenge Stenson

November 19, 2014

THERE may not be a personal wager riding on it this time, but England’s Ian Poulter is still desperate to beat Henrik Stenson to the DP World Championship – the finale of golf’s European Tour – starting today. Poulter finished second to Sweden’s Stenson 12 months ago and, as a result of their bet, had [...]
Ofcom kicks off Premier League TV rights probe in shake-up of English football broadcasting

November 18, 2014

A radical shake-up of the way English football is shown on television and sold to broadcasters has moved a step closer after regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into the Premier League. The probe could result in an increase in the number of top-flight matches broadcast live and a reduction in the cost of subscribing [...]
International Friendly: Two-goal Rooney tames Scotland and closes on goal record

November 18, 2014

Three Lions subdue Celtic Park to finish turbulent year in galvanising fashion SCOTLAND 1 ENGLAND 3 ENGLAND manager Roy Hodgson congratulated Wayne Rooney on a landmark few days after his captain followed up winning a 100th cap with two goals to settle international football’s oldest rivalry. Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain silenced a fervent crowd by putting [...]
Fifa faces FBI call after triggering criminal probe

November 18, 2014

FOOTBALL’S world governing body Fifa was last night urged to pass its files to the Serious Fraud Office and the FBI after lodging a criminal complaint with Swiss authorities over World Cup bidding. Fifa president Sepp Blatter yesterday asked the Swiss attorney general to investigate “possible misconduct” in relation to the 2018 and 2022 tournaments, [...]
Dyke Fifa report publication plea

November 17, 2014

FOOTBALL Association chairman Greg Dyke has urged world governing body Fifa’s most influential figures to demand full publication of an investigation into alleged World Cup bid corruption. Dyke has written to all 25 members of Fifa’s executive committee following outcry at last week’s summary report – which cleared Qatar and Russia – saying: “We cannot [...]

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