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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Fans join legal fight to have European football’s financial fair play rules thrown out

July 28, 2014

European football’s financial fair play (FFP) rules face a fresh legal challenge after English supporters joined forces with fans on the Continent to oppose the regulations. Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, the English and French champions, have suffered the toughest sanctions under FFP. Both were handed fines of €60m (£49m) and reluctantly accepted limits on [...]
Horse doping row spreads

July 24, 2014

SEVEN horses have now tested positive for morphine as the doping controversy to implicate the Queen’s 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate spreads. Five horses have been identified: the Charlie Hills-trained Strath Burn, Tony Carroll’s Ocean Legend, Gay Kelleway’s Royal Alcor, and Charlie Wells, handled by Eve Johnson-Houghton. Sir Michael Stoute-trained Estimate is the only [...]
Wiggins fails in final while Mo’s a no-go

July 24, 2014

PHILOSOPHICAL Sir Bradley Wiggins looked to the 2016 Rio Olympics after being forced to settle for silver on his return to track cycling at the Commonwealth Games yesterday in Glasgow. Wiggins and his team pursuit colleagues were soundly beaten by Australia in the final – one of two sour notes, along with the withdrawal of [...]
New Yorker Lampard open to Hodgson’s call

July 24, 2014

CHELSEA’S record goalscorer Frank Lampard has left the door open to continuing his England career after confirming his free transfer to New York City FC, Manchester City’s North American franchise. Lampard has a two-year contract with New York City, who will not play their first matches until next year, when they join the expanded ranks [...]
United hit Galaxy for seven but Van Gaal not happy with squad

July 24, 2014

MANCHESTER United manager Louis van Gaal has declared himself unhappy with the balance of his squad despite watching them plunder seven goals against LA Galaxy in his first match in charge. Striker Wayne Rooney, untried youngster Reece James and winger Ashley Young all scored twice in the 7-0 win after forward Danny Welbeck had opened [...]
Lamela double is Spurs reminder

July 24, 2014

FORGOTTEN man Erik Lamela scored twice as Tottenham enjoyed their first win under manager Mauricio Pochettino, a 3-2 victory at Toronto. Lamela, who failed to impress after a £30m move from Roma last summer and was sidelined entirely by the end of the campaign, put Spurs two up before half-time. Toronto, coached by former Tottenham [...]
Wiggins back on track for gold as Scots toast Games

July 23, 2014

GLASGOW welcomed the Commonwealth Games with a vibrant opening ceremony last night, but the spotlight will fall on cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins today when competition begins in Scotland. Wiggins makes his track return at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome as part of an English team pursuit squad, hoping to add one of the few gold [...]
Vorm happy to vie with Lloris after joining Davies at Spurs

July 23, 2014

HOLLAND goalkeeper Michel Vorm insists he is not worried about playing second fiddle to established No1 Hugo Lloris after completing his move to Tottenham last night. Vorm joined Spurs along with Swansea team-mate Ben Davies, the Wales defender, in a deal that sees Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson travel in the opposite direction. “Every club has [...]
England back Cook to save series and job

July 22, 2014

ENGLAND cricket chiefs have ignored the clamour to end Alastair Cook’s torturous reign as captain and backed him to engineer a dramatic change of fortune in the current Test series against India. Wicketkeeper Jos Buttler’s call-up in place of Matt Prior, who bowed out of the series citing fitness concerns following Monday’s second Test defeat [...]
Queen’s Ascot Gold Cup winner in positive test

July 22, 2014

THE QUEEN’S horse racing interests were last night embroiled in a doping controversy after it emerged that 2013 Ascot Gold Cup winner Estimate had tested positive for the banned drug morphine. The five-year-old mare, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, is one of five horses from various stables whose samples from post-race tests showed traces of [...]

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