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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Oscar dropped baton of truth, says prosecutor

August 8, 2014

PARALYMPIC superstar Oscar Pistorius cannot escape a conviction for the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, prosecutor Gerrie Nel told a South African court yesterday in his concluding remarks. Nel said Pistorius, the first double amputee to run at an Olympic Games, had presented two arguments on his defence that “can never be reconciled”. [...]
West Ham star threatened girl with acid attack, court is told

August 8, 2014

WEST Ham star Ravel Morrison threatened to throw acid in his ex-girlfriend’s face, blow up her house and have her killed during a four-year campaign of terror, a court heard yesterday. The harassment allegations emerged as England Under-21 midfielder Morrison appeared before Manchester magistrates charged with assaulting his former partner and her mother last month. [...]
Legia probe offers Celtic Champions League hope

August 8, 2014

CELTIC were last night given hope of an extraordinary Champions League reprieve after their conquerors Legia Warsaw revealed that they are under investigation for fielding an ineligible player. The Polish title winners said European governing body Uefa was probing the participation of full-back Bartosz Bereszynski, who only came on as a substitute for the final [...]
RideLondon-Surrey Classic: Bradley Wiggins hitting road in search of capital hat-trick

August 8, 2014

Cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins is aiming to complete a hat-trick of victories on London tarmac this weekend after being named as a last-minute entrant to Sunday’s RideLondon-Surrey Classic. Tour de France winner Wiggins has triumphed in his last two races on the capital’s roads: the 2012 Olympic Games time trial and the Tour of Britain [...]
Schumacher medical records theft suspect found hanged in his cell

August 6, 2014

A MAN arrested on suspicion of stealing seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher’s medical records was found hanged in his cell in Switzerland yesterday. The unnamed man worked at air rescue company Rega, who transported Schumacher from a French hospital to one in Lausanne in June, and had denied any wrongdoing. Schumacher’s manager Sabine Kehm [...]
Lampard move suits everyone, says Pellegrini

August 6, 2014

MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes England midfielder Frank Lampard’s controversial temporary move to the Premier League champions is an ideal arrangement for all parties. Lampard, 36, has joined City on loan until January from their sister club New York City FC, having signed for the Major League Soccer newcomers on a free transfer just [...]
English sides are Euro champions at selling shirts

August 6, 2014

ENGLAND’S football team may have lagged behind their Continental rivals at the World Cup, but in the lucrative replica shirt market they are Europe’s undisputed superpower. Premier League clubs sold 5.1m shirts last season – more than those from the top divisions in Germany (2.3m), Italy (1.2m) and France (1.2m) combined, according to a report [...]
F1 chief pays £60m to end bribery trial

August 5, 2014

FORMULA One boss Bernie Ecclestone eliminated one of the obstacles to his continued running of the global motorsport series yesterday when he agreed to pay £60m to settle his bribery trial in Germany. The deal, which confers neither guilt nor innocence on Ecclestone and is based on a clause in German law, signalled an end [...]
Selfless Pooley tees up Armitstead for road gold

August 3, 2014

CYCLIST Lizzie Armitstead paid tribute to the heroic selflessness of England team-mate Emma Pooley after winning road race gold on the final day of the Commonwealth Games yesterday. Armitstead improved on her silver medals from Delhi four years ago and the London 2012 Olympics as England finished top of the medal table in Glasgow for [...]
Courtois ships two in first 45 minutes for Chelsea

August 3, 2014

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois conceded two goals in 45 minutes as he made his long-awaited Chelsea debut. The Blues keeper played for the first half of a pre-season friendly which ended in a 3-0 defeat at Werder Bremen yesterday. Two contentious penalties, converted by Eljero Elia and Felix Kross, plus a glancing header from Ludovic Obraniak [...]

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