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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Mature Kvitova savours second Wimbledon win

July 6, 2014

LADIES’ champion Petra Kvitova says winning Wimbledon tasted even sweeter the second time around, after she curtailed Eugenie Bouchard’s rapid ascent in brutal fashion on Sunday. Kvitova thrashed the 20-year-old Canadian 6-3, 6-0 in just 55 minutes to repeat her 2011 success. Back then, that looked set to be the first of many grand slam [...]
Neymar thought Colombia tackle had crippled him

July 6, 2014

BRAZIL forward Neymar believed he had been left paralysed by the challenge that broke a bone in his back and prematurely ended his World Cup, the team’s coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has revealed. The inspirational Barcelona star told team-mate Marcelo that he felt numb from the waist down after being sent sprawling by Juan Zuniga [...]
Nibali to wear yellow in London as Cavendish forced to quit Tour

July 6, 2014

GIRO d’Italia champion Vincenzo Nibali struck late to beat the Tour de France favourites to victory on the second stage in Sheffield. Nibali escaped reigning champion Chris Froome and two-time winner Alberto Contador during the final two kilometres to claim the first Tour stage win of his career yesterday. The Astana rider also took over [...]
Penalty exploits not enough to earn Krul a starting place

July 6, 2014

NEWCASTLE goalkeeper Tim Krul will start on the bench for Holland’s World Cup semi-final against Argentina on Wednesday despite his penalty shoot-out heroics against Costa Rica. Krul justified coach Louis van Gaal’s decision to send him on specifically for the spot-kicks with two crucial saves, but remains behind first-choice Jasper Cillessen in the pecking order. [...]
British cyclists best in world

July 3, 2014

BRITAIN’S sporting reputation may have taken hits from Andy Murray’s Wimbledon exit, England’s shabby World Cup and a home Test series defeat to Sri Lanka, but we are the best around at cycling. That’s the view of Sir Dave Brailsford, who masterminded Britain’s Olympic track dominance and the road racing success of Team Sky, as [...]
Button: Lewis under pressure

July 3, 2014

FORMER world champion Jenson Button has piled the pressure on Lewis Hamilton to kick-start his bid for another Formula One drivers’ title by winning Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Hamilton arrives at Silverstone desperate to make up ground on his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg, who leads the standings eight races into the 19-date F1 calendar. Button, [...]
Hands off Rodriguez, say Monaco, as he gets set to ruin Brazil’s party

July 3, 2014

COLOMBIA playmaker James Rodriguez’s suitors have been warned to forget about signing the World Cup’s breakout star, as he plots an end to Brazilian hopes of a first home triumph in the tournament. Monaco say they have no intention of cashing in on Rodriguez just one year after they flexed their newfound financial muscle by [...]
Seven Germans in flu outbreak

July 3, 2014

GERMAN hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals for the fourth tournament in succession have been hit by a bout of flu on the eve of their clash with France. Coach Joachim Low revealed that a third of his 23-man squad had been affected by the illness, leaving him unable to plan for this afternoon’s [...]
England bank on Stokes’ vigour to overcome India

July 2, 2014

ALL-ROUNDER Ben Stokes has been backed to provide the “X-factor and vigour” that England selectors hope will lift the team from their malaise in next week’s first Test against India. Fit-again Stokes was yesterday named in a 13-man squad for the match at Trent Bridge, the only addition to the team that suffered an agonising [...]
Radcliffe aims to finish on her terms

July 2, 2014

Marathon icon tells Frank Dalleres why a sparkling career must end in London IT WAS meant to be a glorious homecoming, the crowning achievement of one of Britain’s greatest ever athletes at the scene of her breakthrough triumph. Instead the London 2012 Olympic Games became a nightmare for Paula Radcliffe, as injury not only denied [...]

Uefa threatens Infantino with criminal complaint as Fifa row takes explosive twist

Uefa threatens Infantino with criminal complaint as Fifa row takes explosive twist

Barts North Wing would be a worthy Toast Award winner

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