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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Super League Basketball steps up season plans despite BBF legal row

July 21, 2025

Super League Basketball (SLB) chiefs have announced further ticket sales for next season despite the campaign being threatened by a legal battle with the British Basketball Federation (BBF). SLB says its men’s and women’s Trophy Finals will take place at Birmingham’s Utilta Arena on 1 February 2026, with tickets set to be made available via [...]
Does NFL hold key to resolving football’s bitter welfare row?

July 17, 2025

A bitter row between Fifa and players’ union Fifpro escalated at the recent Club World Cup in the US, but looking across the pond could provide the solution. Fifa president Gianni Infantino may be fond of his slogan “football unites the world” but the recent Club World Cup only appeared to drive a wedge even [...]
Manchester United and City top football arrests league table

July 17, 2025

Manchester United had more supporters arrested last season than any other team in England and Wales, ahead of neighbours Manchester City and West Ham United. Home Office figures released today show there were 121 arrests of Manchester United fans, 34 of which were for public or violent disorder, during the 2024-25 campaign. That was by [...]
Crystal Palace to step up legal fight over Europa League expulsion

July 16, 2025

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has confirmed that the club will take their bid to overturn expulsion from the Europa League to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. European governing body Uefa stripped the FA Cup winners of their spot in next season’s competition last week after ruling that they had broken multi-club ownership (MCO) [...]
Open odds: Bookies facing seven-figure payouts if Rose blooms

July 16, 2025

Rory McIlroy may be the popular choice but long-odds Justin Rose is the winner that bookmakers truly fear at this week’s Open Championship. Rose tied for second at Royal Troon last year and the Englishman has looked a future winner of the Claret Jug since starring at the 1998 edition as a 17-year-old amateur. Now [...]
Premier League on track to smash £2.4bn summer spending record

July 16, 2025

Premier League clubs are on course to smash all previous spending records this summer after exceeding £1bn in gross outlay on transfers quicker than ever before. Club World Cup winners Chelsea and domestic champions Liverpool have been the biggest spenders, with the Blues shelling out more than £200m and the Reds breaking the British transfer [...]
NRL rugby league star Tuivasa-Sheck lined up for R360 move – reports

July 16, 2025

Current rugby league star and former All Black Roger Tuivasa-Sheck is being lined up for a big-money switch to the breakaway R360 competition, according to reports in Australia. The move would see the 32-year-old New Zealand Warriors winger, one of the biggest names in the NRL, switch codes from league to union for the second [...]
County cricket faces viability questions, warns report

July 15, 2025

County cricket faces “questions about its long-term viability” despite a looming £520m windfall from sales of stakes in the Hundred franchises, a new report has warned. The Leonard Curtis Cricket Finance Report, launched yesterday at the Oval, examines the financial health of domestic cricket in England and Wales. It found that central funding accounts for [...]
Rory Fever set to double financial impact of Open at Portrush

July 15, 2025

Rory Fever is expected to help double the financial impact of this week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush compared to its last visit to Northern Ireland six years ago. The 2019 Open, won by Irishman Shane Lowry, produced £100m of economic benefit but improved transport links, more accommodation options, and home favourite Rory McIlroy’s return [...]
Why David Gower is selling his rare cricket memorabilia on eBay

July 15, 2025

Former England cricket captain David Gower has eschewed fancy auction houses and instead plumped for eBay to sell off a stash of rare mementos from his legendary career. In among the usual second-hand shoes, garden furniture and iPhones, something peculiar and altogether more exotic is lurking on eBay. A bat from Botham’s Ashes, signed by [...]

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