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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Women’s Euro 2025: WSL and Barcelona lead way for player provision

July 4, 2025

The Women’s Super League’s status as the leading domestic competition has been underlined by a squad analysis of all players at the current Women’s Euro 2025. While some European clubs are arguably bigger in terms of historical success and star power, as a whole the English top flight has by far the biggest array of [...]
Fifa ignoring 2026 World Cup human rights concerns, say groups

July 3, 2025

Fifa, football’s world governing body, has been accused of failing to “meaningfully address” concerns raised by human rights groups about US immigration policy ahead of next summer’s men’s World Cup. A letter signed by 90 groups urges Fifa president Gianni Infantino, who has adopted the slogan “football unites the world”, to publicly press the Trump [...]
London Lions tap pyramids experts for new basketball arena plans

July 3, 2025

The London Lions have appointed consultancies whose clients include the pyramids of Giza, the Eden Project and Formula 1 to help draw up plans for their new basketball arena. The Super League Basketball club have engaged The Sports Consultancy, which has worked with F1, the Football Association and the NFL, and Trivandi, whose projects have [...]
Andy Murray’s 2013 Wimbledon shirt put up for auction

July 3, 2025

Sir Andy Murray’s worn shirt from his historic 2013 Wimbledon triumph is expected to fetch more than £5,000 at auction later this month. Murray has signed the Adidas shirt, which he wore when beating Novak Djokovic to become the first British man to win Wimbledon for 77 years. It is going under the hammer in [...]
Grenfell United welcomes Ulster decision to end Kingspan deal

July 2, 2025

Grenfell survivors have welcomed Ulster Rugby’s decision to discontinue its stadium naming rights deal with Kingspan, an insulation maker criticised over the London tower block tragedy. Ulster announced this week it had begun the process of removing Kingspan branding from its home ground in Belfast after a long-term sponsorship deal with the local firm, which [...]
British Basketball Federation could face second lawsuit in row with clubs

July 2, 2025

The embattled British Basketball Federation (BBF) could face a second round of legal action after the owners of Manchester Basketball warned they are still considering joining Super League Basketball (SLB) in suing the governing body. Manchester Basketball chiefs have been left dismayed by the BBF’s decision last month to effectively block their participation in next [...]
Trump’s Scottish golf tournament gets crypto sponsor in Nexo

July 2, 2025

The DP World Tour has signed a major three-year partnership with crypto firm Nexo that will see it sponsor the revived Scottish Championship held at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course. Nexo will also become a partner to six of the European circuit’s biggest events, including the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, and become the tour’s [...]
Global sports market forecast to be worth $600bn by 2030

July 1, 2025

Growth of the global sports market is forecast to accelerate, making it worth $600bn (£438bn) by 2030, according to a report published today by consultancy Kearney. The market has grown an average of five per cent annually since 2020 but that rate is expected to increase to eight per cent, the report says. “Sport is [...]
London City Lionesses score Nike kit deal following promotion to WSL

July 1, 2025

London City Lionesses have secured a high-profile kit deal with Nike following their promotion to the Women’s Super League (WSL) for the first time. The trailblazing club – owned by American Michele Kang – are the only side in the WSL to be fully independent, with no ties to a men’s professional team in the [...]
E1 Series in €20m fundraise as it plots expansion and London race

July 1, 2025

Celebrity-backed electric powerboating series E1 is seeking around €20m (£17m) from a fresh round of fundraising as it this week steps up plans to secure a race in London. E1 has engaged Rothschild and Co to seek an investor to inject capital, which bosses have earmarked for a second fleet of boats and commercial and [...]

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