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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Europa League to be boosted by larger slice of central prize fund

October 8, 2014

LEADING clubs have backed plans to cut Champions League prize money and give more cash to those in the Europa League in an attempt to address fears of a widening chasm between football’s haves and have-nots. Real Madrid, the world’s richest club, banked £45m in central distributions from governing body Uefa for winning the Champions [...]
Winter Olympics should move for Qatar, say clubs

October 8, 2014

WINTER Olympics chiefs should be prepared to move the Games in order to accommodate the Qatar 2022 World Cup if the tournament is switched to January, according to Europe’s leading club body. The European Club Association yesterday played down talk of stripping Qatar of hosting rights and staging a re-vote, admitting bringing the World Cup [...]
Wasps fans sent to Coventry as club’s £20m move gets approval

October 7, 2014

WASPS are to relocate to the Midlands after Coventry councillors yesterday formally approved the Premiership rugby club’s offer to take over the running of the city’s Ricoh Arena. The two-time Heineken Cup winners are believed to have purchased 100 per cent of the stadium’s operating company ACL for around £20m, securing them a 250-year lease [...]
Chelsea favourite Di Matteo out to plot Blues’ European downfall

October 7, 2014

CHAMPIONS League-winning former Chelsea manager Roberto di Matteo is on course for an emotional reunion with the Blues after being appointed coach of German outfit Schalke. The Bundesliga side, who are in the same European group as the Stamford Bridge club and are set to host them next month, moved for Di Matteo after firing [...]
FBI probed Glazer family threats from British Man Utd supporters

October 7, 2014

DEATH threats from disgruntled Manchester United fans towards the club’s owners, the Glazer family, around the time of their 2005 takeover were considered serious enough to prompt an FBI investigation. American sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer provoked widespread resistance among United supporters when he assumed control of the club in a heavily leveraged £790m buyout. FBI [...]
Murray stutters as Nadal admits to appendicitis

October 7, 2014

BRITAIN’S Andy Murray suffered a minor hiccup on his way to a first-round victory at the Shanghai Masters yesterday – though it was nothing compared to world No2 Rafael Nadal’s abdominal problems. Murray made repeated forehand errors in his second set against Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili before winning 6-1, 7-5 to set up a meeting with [...]
Coe woe over Gatlin acclaim

October 7, 2014

BRITAIN’S leading athletics chief Lord Coe admits he has “big problems” with former drug-cheat sprinter Justin Gatlin’s inclusion on a top awards shortlist. American Gatlin, who has run six of the year’s seven best men’s 100m times, is among 10 nominees for an Athlete of the Year prize awarded by international governing body the IAAF, [...]
Tighten up F1’s safety car rules, urges Villeneuve

October 6, 2014

FORMER world champion Jacques Villeneuve has called for Formula One to tighten up safety rules following the crash that left Marussia driver Jules Bianchi in a critical condition. Frenchman Bianchi, who suffered severe head injuries when his car ploughed into a recovery vehicle during Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, was still “critical but stable” yesterday, 24 [...]
Courtois given all-clear as charity questions Chelsea injury response

October 6, 2014

CHELSEA have played down injuries suffered by Thibaut Courtois in Sunday’s win over Arsenal and say the goalkeeper has been given the all-clear after the club were criticised by a brain injury charity. Headway yesterday claimed that Blues doctors should not have allowed Courtois to resume the match following a collision with Gunners forward Alexis [...]
Wenger to avoid punishment for Mourinho clash

October 6, 2014

ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger is to avoid disciplinary action over his touchline skirmish with Chelsea boss and long-standing nemesis Jose Mourinho during Sunday’s Premier League defeat at Stamford Bridge. Wenger pushed Mourinho as the two coaches reacted to a contentious tackle from Blues defender Gary Cahill on Gunners forward Alexis Sanchez during the first half [...]

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