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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Mercedes chief dreading double points title win

November 10, 2014

A WORLD Championship title victory for Nico Rosberg gleaned from double points in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would taint Formula One, according to his Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. Rosberg will leapfrog Lewis Hamilton and snatch the crown if he wins at Yas Marina later this month and his British rival and colleague [...]
Mental strength key to ending kamikaze run, says Chambers

November 10, 2014

ARSENAL defender Calum Chambers has blamed a lapse in mental strength for the team’s alarming failure to translate a lead into three points in back-to-back fixtures. The Gunners led Swansea on Sunday with 15 minutes remaining before two goals in the space of three minutes turned the Premier League contest on its head. That came [...]
Wembley admits pitch not at its best for England Euro 2016 date

November 10, 2014

WEMBLEY chiefs have admitted the pitch will not be in prime condition for England’s match against Slovenia on Saturday, but denied that a trio of recent NFL games at the stadium were to blame. Hodgson last week raised concerns about the staging of gridiron fixtures, such as Sunday’s clash between Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars, [...]
Hammers star acid charge KO

November 10, 2014

WEST Ham star Ravel Morrison has been cleared of threatening to throw acid in the face of his ex-girlfriend and have her killed. The Crown Prosecution Service formally withdrew the allegations against the England Under-21 midfielder yesterday. Former Manchester United trainee Morrison is still due to stand trial in January on three charges of assaulting [...]
Premier League: Wenger dismay as Arsenal blow another victory

November 9, 2014

SWANSEA CITY 2 ARSENAL 1 EXASPERATED Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger blasted his team for throwing away a lead for the second time in a week after they allowed Swansea to snatch a win from the jaws of defeat yesterday. The Gunners looked on course to return to the Premier League’s top four when forward Alexis [...]
Rosberg cuts Hamilton advantage in Brazil

November 9, 2014

BRITAIN’S Lewis Hamilton cursed a damaging mid-race spin after team-mate and world championship rival Nico Rosberg won the Brazilian Grand Prix to set up a gripping title decider in Abu Dhabi. Rosberg held off Hamilton in a tooth-and-nail battle at Interlagos yesterday to halt his Mercedes colleague’s five-race winning streak and trim his advantage in [...]
Magpies extend winning streak

November 9, 2014

NEWCASTLE won 2-0 at West Brom yesterday to record their fourth straight Premier League win and climb to eighth in the table. Striker Ayoze Perez’s backheeled finish and defender Fabricio Coloccini’s full-blooded header, both from Daryl Janmaat deliveries, earned the Magpies’ fifth consecutive victory in all competitions. Everton defender Leighton Baines converted a penalty as [...]
England must learn to be more clinical, admits coach Lancaster

November 9, 2014

ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster has urged his team to sharpen their killer instinct after New Zealand gave them a lesson in ruthlessness on Saturday at Twickenham. The home side led 14-11 at half-time but were unable to close out the game, as the All Blacks roared back to win 24-21 despite having hooker Dane [...]
Bunker eagled helps Watson to land title after McDowell fades

November 9, 2014

MASTERS winner Bubba Watson toasted a miraculous eagle from a bunker after landing his third title of the season in dramatic fashion at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai yesterday. Watson beat South Africa’s Tim Clark at the first hole of a play-off, but only after holing a heroic three from the sand at the par-five [...]
Berahino vows to repay England as former refugee handed call-up

November 6, 2014

BURUNDI-BORN West Brom forward Saido Berahino has vowed to repay the country that gave him “a second chance in life” after being handed a first senior England call-up yesterday. The 21-year-old, who fled the war-torn African country as a child with his family, has been included in a 26-man squad for this month’s internationals against [...]

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