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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Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis gives up control of club

April 30, 2025

Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis has relinquished control of the Premier League club in order to avoid scuppering their Champions League qualification. Marinakis has placed his Forest shares in a blind trust to ensure that he does not fall foul of Uefa rules preventing control of two teams in the same European competition. [...]
Formula 1 doesn’t need fourth US race, says Miami Grand Prix boss

April 30, 2025

Formula 1 chiefs should resist further cashing in on the sport’s growth in the US and adding a fourth American race to the calendar, says the boss of this week’s Miami Grand Prix. The explosion in interest, credited in large part to Netflix show Drive To Survive, has seen the sport’s Colorado-based owners, Liberty Media, [...]
FA chief Mark Bullingham becomes UK sport’s best paid boss on £1.3m

April 29, 2025

FA chief executive Mark Bullingham received total pay of £1.32m last year, making him the highest paid boss of a UK sports governing body. Bullingham’s remuneration package for the period ending July 2024 was up 55 per cent on the previous year and included £450,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan. The total figure [...]
Tennis rocked as another Grand Slam winner gets anti-doping ban

April 29, 2025

Tennis has been rocked by another Grand Slam champion breaching anti-doping rules after Australian doubles star Max Purcell accepted an 18-month ban. Purcell, 27, who has won the Wimbledon and US Open men’s doubles titles, did not test positive for a banned substance but admitted to exceeding limits for intravenous vitamin infusions. He will be [...]
London yet to fire starting gun on 2040 Olympic bid despite Khan backing

April 29, 2025

Talk of a London bid to host the 2040 Olympic Games is premature and faces competition from Saudi Arabia, despite the enthusiasm of Mayor Sadiq Khan, City AM understands. Khan this week reiterated his ambition for the capital to become the first city to host the event four times, saying that it would “knock it [...]
Spain power outage: British tennis ace Fearnley’s Madrid match abandoned

April 28, 2025

British tennis player Jacob Fearnley was forced off court at a crucial stage of his match at the Madrid Open due to the huge power outage that hit Spain on Monday. Fearnley was trailing Grigor Dimitrov 6-4 5-4, having just saved match point and broken the former world No3 to stay in the third-round contest, [...]
Sadiq Khan: London would ‘knock it out the park’ as 2040 Olympic host

April 28, 2025

London could face competition from Saudi Arabia if it bids for the 2040 Olympics.
Who is David Kogan, the future football regulator facing the ‘piranha club’?

April 27, 2025

David Kogan once claimed to have helped introduce bingo to Daily Star readers but his forthcoming job as chair of the independent football regulator represents an altogether different kind of gamble – and some much bigger numbers. Subject to a pre-appointment grilling by the Culture, Media and Sport select committee early next month, the seasoned [...]
David Kogan: Media grandee set to chair football regulator

April 25, 2025

Media heavyweight David Kogan OBE, a former advisor to the Premier League with links to the Labour party, has been named the government’s preferred candidate to chair the independent football regulator. Kogan, 67, has seen off competition from serial football club executive Christian Purslow, equality campaigner Sanjay Bhandari and former parliamentary expenses watchdog Professor Sir [...]
Bukayo Saka: Arsenal star’s image rights company doubles earnings

April 25, 2025

A company set up to manage Arsenal and England forward Bukayo Saka’s image rights more than doubled in value last year. Income at BS7 Rights Limited, which is run by his parents Adenike Saka and Hamed Saka, increased from £2.30m to £4.64m in 2024. The sharp rise came after Saka signed a new contract at [...]

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