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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O’Shea warning as Quins fall to defeat at Exeter

September 28, 2014

FURIOUS Harlequins boss Conor O’Shea last night warned his players that their season is already at risk of collapse after they became only the second team to lose at Exeter Chiefs in the Premiership in 2014. Quins slipped to ninth in the table with four games gone as tries from Thomas Waldrom, Jack Yeandle and [...]
Tearful Murray ends 14-month trophy drought

September 28, 2014

EMOTIONAL British No1 Andy Murray admitted needing a large slice of luck yesterday after a gritty victory at the Shenzhen Open landed his first title since last year’s landmark Wimbledon triumph. Murray had to save five match points in a second set tie-break before overcoming Spain’s Tommy Robredo 5-7, 7-6 (11-9), 6-1 in the final [...]
QPR threatened with expulsion to Conference if they fight fine

September 9, 2014

QUEENS Park Rangers have been warned they could be demoted to the Conference next season if they carry out a threat to contest a fine for breaching Championship restrictions on spending. Chairman Tony Fernandes has indicated he intends to challenge a likely £40m sanction – a stance that Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey said [...]
City FFP cash to go to Premier League rivals

September 9, 2014

MANCHESTER United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham are among the clubs set to benefit financially from Manchester City’s failure to comply with European financial fair play (FFP) rules. City were found guilty of exceeding permitted losses for clubs in the Champions League and Europa League in May, and fined £50m – an amount that may be [...]
Video referral plans and barbs at FA: Blatter in no mood to quit presidency

September 8, 2014

FOOTBALL’S world governing body president Sepp Blatter revealed plans to trial a video referral system and took a swipe at the Football Association (FA) yesterday as he confirmed his intention to seek re-election. Blatter, who has been Fifa chief since 1998, stated that he would stand for a fifth term next year and bid to [...]
England player ratings | vs Switzerland

September 8, 2014

Joe Hart 8 Two excellent saves from Seferovic, one with his feet and another reflex tip over. Played part in attack too, releasing Sterling with a smart early kick in the first half Fabian Delph 7 Booked within nine minutes but calmed down and posed threat with and without ball in Swiss half. Unlucky not [...]
Waldrom and Exeter inflict baptism of fire on returning London Welsh

September 7, 2014

CRESTFALLEN London Welsh boss Justin Burnell hopes yesterday’s 52-0 thrashing by Exeter Chiefs could prove a blessing in disguise for the Premiership newcomers. Exeter No8 Thomas Waldrom crossed twice on his Chiefs debut, while David Ewers, Sam Hill, Jack Arnott and Chrysnader Botha ran in the rest of the visitors’ seven tries. It was a [...]
Hamilton profits as pressure gets to Rosberg

September 7, 2014

WORLD championship hopeful Lewis Hamilton has vowed to keep piling the pressure on title rival Nico Rosberg after cutting his team-mate’s lead with a dazzling victory at yesterday’s Italian Grand Prix. Hamilton suffered a nightmare start but relentlessly pursued Rosberg until the German made a mistake, then overtook him to move to within 22 points [...]
Cavendish crashes but finishes third in Tour of Britain opener

September 7, 2014

SPRINT star Mark Cavendish suffered a repeat of his Tour de France woes on the first stage of the Tour of Britain yesterday, suffering a leg injury in a crash as he missed out on victory in Liverpool. Germany’s Marcel Kittel won the stage, for which Cavendish had been among the favourites, with the Briton [...]
Boxing champ Brook stabbed in Spain attack

September 4, 2014

Bloody scene in Tenerife as British star knifed weeks after breakthrough victory BRITAIN’S newest world champion boxer Kell Brook was recovering in hospital last night after he lost a significant amount of blood in a knife attack while on holiday in Tenerife. Brook, who shot to prominence by winning the IBF welterweight title last month, [...]

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