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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Allianz extension insures IOC against further sponsor losses

March 12, 2025

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has further shored up its sponsor roster after losing several big clients by extending its partnership with Allianz to 2032. Allianz has also added a further four years to its deal with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which will conclude after the Brisbane 2032 Games. The insurance giant joined the [...]
Cheltenham hit by snow – but racing expected to go ahead on Wednesday

March 12, 2025

Cheltenham chiefs expect racing to go ahead on Wednesday despite a surprise flurry of snow and temperatures of -2C ahead of the second day of the festival. The course got a dusting of the white stuff early this morning, raising fears that the 65,000 racegoers expected to attend Prestbury Park could be in for disappointment. [...]
150th Anniversary Test: Ashes rivals to play day-night Test

March 11, 2025

England’s one-off match against Australia in 2027 to mark 150 years of Test cricket will be a day-night fixture, organisers have announced. The match in Melbourne, dubbed the 150th Anniversary Test, is scheduled to take place on 11-15 March 2027 – exactly two years from now – and be the first men’s pink-ball clash at [...]
Manchester United reveal plans for Britain’s biggest stadium

March 11, 2025

Manchester United have revealed plans to build Britain’s biggest stadium, a £2bn 100,000-capacity venue to replace Old Trafford that will sit at the heart of a “miniature city of the future”. New conceptual images of the venue show an “umbrella” canopy with three spikes, a nod to the prongs of the devil’s trident on the [...]
Exclusive: London Lions owner pledges ‘hundreds of millions’ for new arena

March 11, 2025

The Lithuanian billionaire who rescued London Lions has revealed he is ready to spend “hundreds of millions of pounds” to build their new home. Tomas Okmanas, the co-founder of cybersecurity company Nord, said the purpose-built basketball arena – by far Britain’s biggest – could house up to 20,000 spectators. The plans were first announced on [...]
EFL writes to Badenoch to question Tory U-turn on football regulator

March 10, 2025

The EFL has written to Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch to express surprise at the party’s U-turn on support for an independent football regulator. The Football Governance Bill was first introduced by the last Tory government but has faced growing opposition from Conservative peers in the House of Lords. Badenoch, meanwhile, has described the proposed football [...]
Alpine to sell Formula 1 tickets to fans through Viagogo partnership

March 10, 2025

BWT Alpine is to become the first Formula 1 team to sell tickets for races to fans as part of a new partnership with peer-to-peer marketplace Viagogo. Alpine will use the ticketing platform to offer thousands of places at Grands Prix this season directly to motorsport fans, who normally have to buy from F1 itself [...]
British and Irish Lions copy Formula 1 with live squad reveal at O2

March 10, 2025

The British and Irish Lions are taking a leaf out of Formula 1’s book by announcing their squad for this summer’s tour to Australia in a live event for fans at the O2 in London. Lions chair Ieuan Evans will unveil Andy Farrell’s touring party and reveal who will captain the side in front of [...]
Netball Super League 2025: Learning from the WNBA – and coming to the O2

March 8, 2025

New teams, new rules, a new competition structure and a big bump in pay; a new era of the Netball Super League begins this weekend with the biggest shake-up in its 20-year history. Gone are Bath, the league’s most successful side, and three other teams as the field has shrunk from 10 to eight. In [...]
Jamie Vardy reveals he did not pay for Rochester Rhinos stake

March 7, 2025

Footballer Jamie Vardy has admitted that a stake in US club Rochester Rhinos which he was said to have bought was in fact given to him for free. The Leicester City striker became a co-owner of the New York outfit in 2021, when they announced that Vardy had “bought a minority stake and is excited [...]

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