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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Exclusive: T100 triathlon Olympic proposal to be discussed

July 11, 2025

The possibility of the T100 Tour’s 100km triathlon format being added to future Olympic programmes will be publicly discussed by the sport’s chiefs for the first time today. Currently, Olympic Games only feature triathlons that take place over around half that distance but there are hopes in the swim-bike-run world that long-distance races could be [...]
Andy Anson: British Olympic chief poached by London private equity firm

July 10, 2025

Knightsbridge-based private equity firm BD-Capital Partners has poached British Olympic Association CEO Andy Anson to join the board of its recently acquired performance nutrition brand Science In Sport. Former Manchester United and Walt Disney Company executive Anson will depart the BOA in October after six years as chief executive, during which time Team GB won [...]
Fans will end up paying for football regulator, Tories warn

July 9, 2025

Fans of clubs outside the Premier League should expect ticket price rises following the approval of a football regulator, Shadow Sport Minister Louie French has warned. The Championship, League One and League Two are all heavily loss-making but could face a bill of almost £50m towards the operation of the Independent Regulator for English Football. [...]
Regulators, mount up: FCA taking on City AM Triathlon Team Challenge

July 9, 2025

They’re used to tracking them in their day jobs but next month the FCA will be hunting the Square Mile’s finest in water, by bike and on foot when they take part in the City AM Triathlon Team Challenge at the London T100. The financial services watchdog is entering no fewer than five teams in [...]
Fifa opens office in Trump Tower, deepening ties with US President

July 8, 2025

Fifa has opened an office at Trump Tower in New York in the latest evidence of an increasingly close relationship between football’s world governing body and the US president. The move follows the relocation of Fifa’s legal department to Miami last year and comes ahead of the US hosting the majority of the men’s World [...]
Beer we go: Football alcohol ban could be reviewed as MPs prepare to vote

July 8, 2025

MPs could be asked to vote today on proposals to review the ban on football supporters consuming alcohol in the stands at matches. Fans have been prohibited from drinking in view of the pitch in the top five tiers of English professional football for the last 40 years. But that legislation could be reviewed as [...]
London Marathon Events sprints to record surplus as profits surge

July 8, 2025

The organiser of the London Marathon achieved a record surplus last year as pre-tax profit almost doubled to £12m. London Marathon Events, which also runs several other mass participation races, grew revenue from £48.9m to £59.8m and profit from £6.8m to £12.0m. That resulted in a record surplus passed to the London Marathon Foundation, its [...]
Chelsea face thousands of empty seats for Club World Cup semi-final

July 7, 2025

Thousands of tickets remain on sale for Chelsea’s Club World Cup semi-final against Brazilian side Fluminense tomorrow, despite Fifa slashing prices. It means the match at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey could take place against a backdrop of empty seats of the like that has dogged the tournament. Fifa drastically reduced prices over the [...]
Ricky Hatton joins boxing’s comeback trail 13 years after retirement

July 7, 2025

British former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton has become the latest high-profile boxer to announce a comeback, 13 years after he hung up his gloves. Fan favourite Hatton retired in 2012, bringing down the curtain on a career in which he became a unified world champion at light-welterweight and won a world title at middleweight. [...]
British basketball at war: How can BBF and SLB bloody battle be resolved?

July 4, 2025

British basketball is no stranger to turmoil but even by its warped standards the raging civil war between SLB clubs and governing body the BBF is extraordinary. At its heart is a power struggle for the right to run the domestic league. But it also involves claims of dishonesty, mission creep, vindictiveness and outright illegality [...]

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