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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Ronnie O’Sullivan and Thomas the Tank Engine director launch snooker TV channel

September 30, 2025

Ronnie O’Sullivan has teamed up with a former director of Thomas the Tank Engine to launch the world’s first dedicated snooker TV channel. Pluto Snooker 900, which launches next week, promises to show a combination of live action, classic matches and O’Sullivan’s coaching series, The Rocket Method. It is the brainchild of Jason Francis, a [...]
Europe’s Ryder Cup drama draws 5m UK viewers on Sky Sports

September 29, 2025

Europe’s nail-biting Ryder Cup triumph at Bethpage Black pulled in 5m UK viewers across three days of coverage on Sky Sports, the broadcaster said. Average viewing was up 45 per cent on the last Ryder Cup in Rome two years ago, while the audience for Sunday’s final session peaked at 24 per cent higher than [...]
Club World Cup left Chelsea with less than two weeks’ pre-season

September 29, 2025

Winners Chelsea were among the teams hardest hit by participating in the Club World Cup, exposing their players to greater risk of injury, according to a report by footballers’ union Fifpro. Reaching the final of the revamped competition in the US this summer left Chelsea with just 13 days of pre-season preparations before beginning the [...]
Mitsubishi, Emirates and Mastercard enjoy Women’s Rugby World Cup lift

September 29, 2025

England’s Red Roses weren’t the only winners at the Women’s Rugby World Cup; sponsors Mitsubishi Electric, Emirates and Mastercard all enjoyed major boosts from the tournament. Mitsubishi saw a 60 per cent increase in online engagement as a result of its partnership with the Women’s Rugby World Cup, which hosts England won on Saturday in [...]
Ryder Cup fomo? Here’s how to buy tickets for Adare Manor in 2027

September 26, 2025

If you’ve got Ryder Cup fomo from watching the action at Bethpage Black, help is at hand: packages for the next match at Adare Manor are already on sale. An estimated 250,000 golf fans are descending on New York this week for the biennial match, in which the USA are attempting to win back the [...]
2026 World Cup: San Francisco and Seattle could lose games, says Trump

September 26, 2025

US President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of moving 2026 World Cup games away from San Francisco and Seattle if the host cities are deemed to be unsafe. The first 48-team World Cup is being co-hosted with Canada and Mexico but will be held mostly in the US, with San Francisco and Seattle currently [...]
Barcelona backer Sixth Street invests in NFL’s New England Patriots

September 25, 2025

FC Barcelona investor Sixth Street is set to acquire a minority stake in the New England Patriots in a deal that values the NFL franchise at $9bn (£6.7bn). Sixth Street is buying three per cent of the Patriots and Greek-American billionaire Dean Metropoulos five per cent, according to reporting by Sportico. The Patriots’ long-time owners, [...]
New Balance Arena: Atalanta strike stadium naming rights deal

September 25, 2025

Italian football club Atalanta have deepened their ties to the US by agreeing a stadium naming rights deal with sportswear brand New Balance. Boston-based New Balance became the Bergamo team’s kit supplier this season and has quickly doubled down by expanding the partnership. Atalanta are owned by US private equity boss and former Chelsea bidder [...]
Cricketers’ union: Counties don’t care about player welfare

September 24, 2025

The Professional Cricketers’ Association has accused County Championship chairs of failing to prioritise player welfare after they rejected plans to streamline the competition. A long-running consultation on reducing the number of fixtures in the English game concluded yesterday without achieving the two-thirds majority support required. The proposals put to a vote were for the top [...]
Tennis stars on collision course with Grand Slams over reforms

September 24, 2025

Leading tennis players including Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka are understood to be unhappy with the Grand Slams about a lack of progress over welfare, prize money and consultation reforms. The top 10 players from the men’s ATP and women’s WTA tours have been in discussions with Wimbledon, the French Open, the US Open and [...]

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