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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Alexander giving short shrift to Khan chances in Vegas audition

December 11, 2014

HE MIGHT boast boxing’s most expensive shorts but there is little else special about Amir Khan, according to the Briton’s opponent this weekend, American Devon Alexander. Khan and Alexander clash in Las Vegas late tomorrow night in a welterweight showdown that is effectively an audition to face five-weight world champion and pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather. [...]
Immature Lewis provoked Alonso row, says Dennis

December 11, 2014

MCLAREN chairman Ron Dennis aimed a swipe at former protege Lewis Hamilton yesterday after hailing Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso as the best racing line-up in Formula One. The pair were presented after the Woking team ended months of uncertainty by handing Button, 34, a new one-year deal and relegating Kevin Magnussen, 22, to reserve [...]
Tennis chiefs to cut funding

December 11, 2014

UNDERACHIEVING British tennis players face having their funding withdrawn if they fail to meet strict new ranking-based targets drawn up by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). Under the policy, which is set to be implemented over the next year, aspiring stars are to have support provided in the form of access to LTA-contracted coaches rather [...]
Tottenham fined £12,000 for pitch invasion drama

December 11, 2014

TOTTENHAM have been fined almost £12,000 for the multiple pitch invasions that blighted their match against Partizan Belgrade and caused the Europa League fixture to be suspended. European governing body Uefa yesterday ordered Spurs to pay £11,870 for the disturbances, which saw last month’s 1-0 halted for around 10 minutes late in the first half. [...]
Champions League last 16 line up confirmed

December 10, 2014

BARCELONA last night confirmed their place among the array of names Manchester City and Arsenal will be hoping to avoid in the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League. The Catalans’ 3-1 home win over Paris Saint-Germain saw them pip the big-spending French outfit to top spot in Group F — and ensure [...]
Champions League: Mourinho backs Blues bid if sharks avoided

December 10, 2014

CHELSEA 3 SPORTING LISBON 1 CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho believes his team are primed to go even further in the Champions League this season if they can avoid what he called “sharks”, after the Blues crowned their group campaign with a comfortable win last night. Cesc Fabregas’s penalty, a clinical strike from Andre Schurrle and [...]
Pistorius could yet face life in jail for murder

December 10, 2014

DISGRACED Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius could yet be convicted of murder despite his acquittal earlier this year after state prosecutors were granted permission to appeal yesterday. Pistorius was in September found guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day last year. [...]
Wasps target league attendance record as buzz grows over move

December 10, 2014

IT MIGHT have provoked outcry and even a petition but Wasps’ decision to move further still from their London roots is already showing signs that it will prove a success. Club chiefs are confident the first match at their new home, the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, later this month could set a new attendance record [...]
Button set to learn F1 future

December 10, 2014

BRITISH former world champion Jenson Button’s Formula One future is set to become clearer today when McLaren chiefs confirm their driver line-up for next season. Button and 2013-14 team-mate Kevin Magnussen are vying for the remaining seat, with Spaniard Fernando Alonso poised to return to the team from Ferrari. The Englishman, 34, who won the [...]
Mourinho puts faith in Made in Chelsea youth

December 9, 2014

CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho insists the club are on the threshold of a productive new era of youth development and that the first fruits will be on display tonight against Sporting Lisbon. Mourinho plans to hand midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 18, a first-team debut in an experimental side shorn of John Terry, Eden Hazard and Willian, [...]

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