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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Chelsea transfers: John Stones pleads with Everton to let him join Premier League champions

August 25, 2015

Chelsea target John Stones has increased the pressure on Everton to accept a bid for him by formally asking to leave Merseyside for west London. The Toffees have already rejected three bids – the latest for more than £30m – from the Premier League champions for the 21-year-old, who cost £3m when he joined from [...]
Chelsea transfers: Pedro vows to continue winning habit with Blues

August 20, 2015

Chelsea's newest signing Pedro has vowed to add to his stellar medal collection after choosing a switch to Stamford Bridge over pursuing interest from Manchester United. The 28-year-old won every club honour possible during seven all-conquering seasons at Barcelona, including three Champions Leagues, five Spanish La Liga titles and a Club World Cup. That success [...]
Tottenham transfers: Juventus targets Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela not for sale, says Mauricio Pochettino

August 20, 2015

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has told Juventus to forget signing Christian Eriksen or Erik Lamela because it would scupper his ambition of taking the Premier League title to White Hart Lane. Italian media have credited the Serie A champions with interest in both schemers but Pochettino is more concerned with strengthening his own attacking options [...]
Man City transfers: Nicolas Otamendi is La Liga’s finest, boasts Manuel Pellegrini

August 20, 2015

He already has arguably the Premier League’s best striker in Sergio Aguero, and now Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes he has signed the leading defender in Spain in his Argentina colleague Nicolas Otamendi. Centre-back Otamendi, who also attracted attention from City’s neighbours Manchester United, yesterday completed a £32m transfer from Valencia to the Etihad [...]
IAAF World Athletics Championship: Usain Bolt rejects saviour tag and admits he can’t stop rival Justin Gatlin competing

August 20, 2015

His sprinting feats may border on the superhuman but Usain Bolt insists he alone cannot rescue athletics from a crisis wreaked by a torrent of doping allegations. Bolt’s status as supposed saviour has been amplified by a simmering rivalry with drug cheat Justin Gatlin, his chief rival at the World Championships, which start in Beijing [...]
World Athletics Championships 2015 preview: Five Brits to follow in Beijing this week

August 20, 2015

Amid bitter conflict over a slew of doping allegations and frantic politicking for the presidency of troubled world governing body the IAAF, it has been easy to forget the World Athletics Championships. Focus returns to matters on the track on Saturday, however, when competition at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing begins – perhaps much [...]
Pedro chooses Chelsea in £21m transfer as United turn attention to Southampton’s Mane

August 19, 2015

Chelsea chiefs have reacted swiftly to lift the gloom surrounding the Premier League champions by landing £21m Barcelona winger Pedro Rodriguez despite rival interest from Manchester United. The Blues, who have taken just one point from their first two matches of the season, are expected to complete the transfer on Thursday after the 28-year-old flew [...]
Oscar Pistorius: Paralympic star’s release from prison on house arrest halted

August 19, 2015

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is set to remain in prison after all following a dramatic U-turn by South African officials less than 48 hours before his planned release. Justice ministers said Pistorius had been considered for a move to house arrest prematurely, before the required 10-month point of his five-year sentence. The 28-year-old, who was [...]
Lord Coe may keep Nike role despite IAAF presidency success stoking conflict of interest row

August 19, 2015

Britain's Lord Coe has refused to rule out retaining a long-standing advisory role with Nike despite being elected president of athletics’ world governing body the IAAF on Tuesday. Coe, 58, beat Ukrainian pole vault great Sergei Bubka by 115 votes to 92 in today's vote and is poised to replace incumbent Lamine Diack at the end of [...]
Oscar Pistorius: Murder charge threat grows as prosecutors lodge appeal – but paralympic athlete set for release on house arrest this week

August 17, 2015

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is expected to be released from prison on Friday despite prosecutors stepping up attempts to have him convicted of murder. Pistorius has served 10 months of a five-year culpable homicide sentence for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 and is entitled to spend the remainder on house arrest. South [...]

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