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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Clubs: rich-poor gap is widening

August 14, 2014

POLARISATION between English football’s rich and poor is worsening and the problem is being exacerbated by financial fair play (FFP) rules, according to a report published today. A survey of 67 finance chiefs from English and Scottish clubs conducted by accountant and advisory firm BDO found that 94 per cent believe the wealth gap between [...]
Dyke England plan pilloried

August 14, 2014

PLANS to curb the prevalence of foreign players in English football would have no positive bearing on the results of the national team, but would harm domestic competitions, say researchers. Football Association chairman Greg Dyke proposes limiting imports to English leagues, arguing that more playing time for homegrown youngsters will improve England’s performance. But a [...]
39th game sure to happen, says Premier League chief Richard Scudamore

August 13, 2014

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has breathed fresh life into plans for top flight fixtures to be played overseas, insisting it is a matter of when, not if, the so-called 39th game is introduced. The Football Association on Sunday lent fresh momentum to an idea pilloried when first floated, hinting that the Community Shield [...]
Pellegrini frustration at City’s spending cap as Kompany commits

August 13, 2014

MANCHESTER City manager Manuel Pellegrini admits he is unlikely to make any more signings this summer because financial fair play (FFP) sanctions have curtailed the Premier League champions’ spending power. City are limited to spending £49m net during this accounting year, and have already neared that threshold with deals for defender Eliaquim Mangala, midfielder Fernando [...]
Hoddle in QPR coaching role

August 12, 2014

FORMER England boss Glenn Hoddle has targeted Premier League survival after agreeing to join Harry Redknapp’s coaching staff at top-flight newcomers QPR. Hoddle, who has also led Tottenham, Southampton and Chelsea, has been out of management since quitting Wolves eight years ago but is eager to lend his expertise at Rangers, who begin the new [...]
Celtic decline Legia request

August 10, 2014

CELTIC last night dismissed suggestions from Legia Warsaw that they contest a one-off match to decide who enters the final Champions League qualifying round as “disappointing”. The Scottish title winners were reinstated into the competition at the expense of Legia, who beat them 6-1 over two legs last week, because the Polish side were found [...]
Moores demands England make it 3-1 at Oval

August 10, 2014

ENGLAND cricket coach Peter Moores has urged his players not to get carried away by successive victories over India and to finish the series with a flourish in this week’s final Test at the Oval. Saturday’s win by an innings and 54 runs inside three days at Old Trafford put England 3-1 ahead and capped [...]
Blythe and Swift upstage Wiggins in London-Surrey Classic

August 10, 2014

BRITAIN’S Adam Blythe pipped childhood friend Ben Swift to win the RideLondon-Surrey Classic yesterday, as Sir Bradley Wiggins missed out on a capital hat-trick. NFTO’s Blythe and Team Sky’s Swift battled it out over the last 300m of the 200km race, which began in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and passed through Surrey before finishing [...]
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. [...]

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