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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Reds roll the dice in £16m Balotelli bid

August 21, 2014

LIVERPOOL could hand Mario Balotelli a debut in Monday’s top-of-the-table Premier League clash against former club Manchester City after closing in on a £16m deal for the controversial AC Milan star yesterday. Balotelli is expected to sign a contract worth around £90,000 per week at Anfield, where it is hoped the Italy striker will ease [...]
Taghrooda loses unbeaten record

August 21, 2014

TRAINER Aidan O’Brien enjoyed a second major success in as many days at York yesterday when 8-1 shot Tapestry shocked 1-5 favourite Taghrooda to win the Darley Yorkshire Oaks. Previously unbeaten Taghrooda took the lead two furlongs out but was tracked by Tapestry, and Ryan Moore conjured an extra kick from the filly in the [...]
Ban upheld but Barca can carry on splashing out

August 20, 2014

BARCELONA could yet embark on another spending spree before next month’s deadline despite having their appeal against a year-long transfer embargo upheld yesterday. The Spanish club failed in a bid to overturn a ban on all player trading for two transfer windows, originally imposed in April by world governing body Fifa for breaking rules on [...]
Time for Murray to step up, says McEnroe, as Mauresmo partnership faces test at US Open

August 20, 2014

FORMER world No1 John McEnroe believes next week’s US Open will provide a telling indication of the progress Britain’s Andy Murray has made under new coach Amelie Mauresmo. Murray has not reached a final in 16 tournaments since winning Wimbledon last year, during which time he has had surgery on a back injury and, in [...]
Return of our Germans will be just the Teutonic, says Wilshere

August 20, 2014

ARSENAL midfielder Jack Wilshere expects the imminent return of the club’s World Cup-winning Germany stars to boost the Gunners as they approach a testing spell. Playmaker Mesut Ozil, vice-captain Per Mertesacker and forward Lukas Podolski are all set to be named in the squad for Saturday’s trip to Everton, having been given an extended holiday [...]
Australia shows grit and grace to land lucrative Juddmonte at York

August 20, 2014

AUSTRALIA is likely to be aimed at next month’s Irish Champion Stakes after the dual Derby winner underlined his class by claiming the Juddmonte International Stakes at York yesterday. The odds-on favourite was made to work under jockey Joseph O’Brien on this drop back to 10 furlongs, but finished strongly to beat The Grey Gatsby [...]
Rojo gets green light for United

August 19, 2014

MANCHESTER United are set to complete the £16m signing of Argentina defender Marcos Rojo from Sporting Lisbon, the Portuguese club announced last night. Out-of-favour United winger Nani will return to his former club on a season-long loan as part of the deal, Sporting added. Rojo, a key part of the Argentina team that reached this [...]
Barca: Suarez only cost £65m

August 19, 2014

BARCELONA claim they convinced Liverpool to accept a knock-down bid of £65m for Luis Suarez – significantly less than the £75m release clause in the Uruguay striker’s Anfield contract. The Reds allowed Suarez to leave in July, having blocked his exit 12 months earlier, but had been thought to have received full price. “The release [...]
Wonderkid, 15, in Norway call

August 19, 2014

NORWEGIAN footballing prodigy Martin Odegaard has received his first senior international call-up at the age of just 15. The Stromsgodset midfielder, who is said to be wanted by Europe’s major clubs including Real Madrid and Manchester United, is set to become the youngest man to play for Norway when they face the United Arab Emirates [...]
Prestige not finances important for Wenger

August 18, 2014

CHAMPIONS League qualification may be worth around £35m per season to Arsenal, but boss Arsene Wenger insists a financial windfall will not be on his mind when the Gunners face Besiktas in tonight’s group stage play-off. Wenger says the result of the two-legged tie, which concludes in London next week, will not affect his plans [...]

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