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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Southampton sponsors could sue over £170m Spygate verdict

May 21, 2026

Southampton could face legal action from sponsors for reputational damage after they were kicked out of the Championship play-off final over “Spygate”, lawyers have warned. An arbitration panel dismissed Southampton’s appeal against their expulsion from the £170m Wembley showdown after the club admitted multiple counts of spying on opponents. Leading sports lawyers believe the Saints [...]
Golf ‘faces questions over financial viability’ following LIV setback

May 21, 2026

LIV Golf’s struggles raise questions about the long-term viability of the sport, according to a new independent report on the business of golf. The breakaway tour’s huge financial incentives disrupted golf and forced the PGA Tour to raise its prize money but LIV now faces an uncertain future after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced [...]
Uefa warns Kang and London City Lionesses over multi-club rules

May 20, 2026

Uefa has warned Michele Kang and other investors that women’s football will not be granted an exception to its rules on multi-club ownership. It means US billionaire Kang may have to sell or place into a blind trust either French side OL Lyonnes or London City Lionesses if they both qualify for European competition in [...]
Premier League streaming platform to cost less than half what UK fans pay

May 19, 2026

The Premier League has released pricing for its first ever streaming platform, which will show every single game next season when it launches in Singapore. Premier League + will be available via a dedicated app, with access priced at S$16 (£9.31) for 24 hours, S$44 (£25.62) for a monthly rolling contract, and S$399 (£232.39) for [...]
Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn on darts in US, Bruin Capital, Saudi and Dana White

May 19, 2026

Matchroom Sport chair Eddie Hearn on wooing Bruin Capital, darts breaking America, Saudi Arabian money, AJ-Fury and getting back at Dana White. A night at the darts might not seem the obvious place to clinch a billion-pound deal but that’s where Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn invited Bruin Capital to show the US firm why it [...]
Matchroom could move into booming rugby in a big way, says Hearn

May 18, 2026

Eddie Hearn has tipped Matchroom to increase its presence in rugby union “in a big way” following the signing of England star Henry Pollock and a new wave of investment entering the club game. Hearn surprised the industry by recruiting Pollock to his new Matchroom Talent Agency in March – a first foray into rugby [...]
Championship clubs up promotion gamble by adopting new financial rules

May 15, 2026

Loss-making Championship clubs have raised the stakes in their £1.2bn gamble to reach the Premier League by voting in new financial rules. Teams in the second tier have agreed to adopt a framework based on squad cost ratio (SCR), similar to those set to be implemented in the top division, from next season. The new [...]
David Beckham becomes Britain’s first billionaire sportsman

May 15, 2026

David Beckham has become Britain’s first billionaire sportsman after his wealth doubled in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The former captain of the England football team and his wife, Victoria Beckham, are now estimated to be worth almost £1.2bn. Beckham has benefited from the surging valuation of Inter Miami, the [...]
Madonna, Shakira and BTS announced for Fifa World Cup half-time show

May 14, 2026

Madonna, Shakira and BTS will perform in the first ever World Cup half-time show, curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin. The three global superstar acts are set to appear on the pitch at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey during an extended interval to the final on Sunday 19 July. Martin announced the line-up today [...]
German football giants plan biometric stadium entry in place of tickets

May 14, 2026

Borussia Moenchengladbach are planning to become one of the first European football clubs to use biometric access technology in place of tickets. An increasing number of US sports venues now offer facial recognition or palm vein scanning as a way of speeding up entry and even buying food and drink or merchandise. In the few [...]

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