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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Record breaker McIlroy tees up Open challenge

July 10, 2014

FORMER world No1 Rory McIlroy declared himself delighted after warming up for next week’s Open Championship by setting a new course record on the first day of the Scottish Open yesterday. The Northern Irishman carded eight birdies and one bogey in a seven-under-par round of 64 at Royal Aberdeen to take a one-shot lead. It [...]
Greipel claims stage as chaotic Tour forces more withdrawals

July 10, 2014

TEAM Sky saw another rider follow Chris Froome in quitting the Tour de France on a chaotic sixth stage yesterday, though Richie Porte stayed in yellow jersey contention for the British outfit. German Andre Greipel of Lotto darted for the line 200km from the finish in Reims to win the stage from Norwegian Alexander Kristoff [...]
World Cup: Argentina in final as Van Gaal made to pay penalty

July 9, 2014

HOLLAND 0 ARGENTINA 0 AET, Arg win 4-2 on pens ARGENTINA will meet Germany in Sunday’s World Cup final after Holland coach Louis van Gaal’s penalty shoot-out tactics backfired spectacularly last night in Sao Paulo. Manchester United manager-to-be Van Gaal sent central defender Ron Vlaar up to take the first kick, only to see the [...]
Battered Froome forced to quit Tour after just five days

July 9, 2014

BRITAIN’S Chris Froome conceded he was “devastated” last night after a third damaging crash in just two days forced him to abandon his attempt to retain the Tour de France. Two falls on stage five worsened pain in his wrist from Tuesday’s crash, leaving him unable to ride properly and fearing that the joint may [...]
We weren’t so bad, says Brazil coach

July 9, 2014

BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari last night rejected calls to resign following the most humiliating night in the team’s history, insisting that the hosts’ World Cup “wasn’t so bad”. Tuesday’s 7-1 semi-final annihilation by Germany broke several records and brought an abrupt, painful end to Brazilian ambitions of lifting the trophy on home soil. But [...]
Chelsea sign Croatia’s answer to Frank Lampard

July 9, 2014

TEENAGE Croatian midfielder Mario Pasalic hopes to emulate the achievements of idol Frank Lampard after following in his footsteps and signing for Chelsea. Pasalic, 19, joins for an undisclosed fee from Hajduk Split, where he scored 11 goals in 36 appearances as they finished third in their domestic league last season. “I am a central [...]
Vijay homework pays off as India take upper hand

July 9, 2014

INDIA batsman Murali Vijay revealed how he practised for facing James Anderson by studying videos of the England seamer after plundering an unbeaten century on day one of the first Test at Trent Bridge. Anderson managed two wickets but was unable to snare opener Vijay, who batted through the day on a flat, unresponsive wicket [...]
World Cup: Germany turn Brazil’s World Cup dream to a nightmare

July 8, 2014

BRAZIL 1 GERMANY 7 GOALS rained and records tumbled in Belo Horizonte last night as Germany conjured one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history and ensured that Brazil’s attempt to lift the trophy as hosts ended not in glory but in abject humiliation. In reaching Sunday’s final Germany inflicted the joint-heaviest defeat in [...]
Arsenal on brink of sealing £30m Sanchez signing

July 8, 2014

ARSENAL were last night edging closer to completing the signing of versatile Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona for a fee believed to be around £30m. Sanchez, who starred for his country at the current World Cup, has been trailed by the Gunners, Liverpool and Juventus since Barca made it clear he was surplus to [...]
Froome X-rayed after Tour crash

July 8, 2014

BRITAIN’S Chris Froome was at the centre of an injury scare yesterday when the Tour de France champion crashed on stage four, hurting his wrist, leg and arm. Team Sky sent their lead rider for a precautionary X-ray last night, with the jarred wrist of greater concern than cuts and bruises to his hip, thigh, [...]

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