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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Iga Swiatek: Wada decision clears Pole to continue Australian Open bid

January 20, 2025

No2 seed Iga Swiatek has been cleared to continue her quest for a first Australian Open title after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) ruled out pushing for a longer ban. Swiatek, 23, served a one-month ban last year after the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) accepted that her positive test for trimetazidine was a result [...]
Novak Djokovic: Australian TV presenter apologises for mockery

January 20, 2025

Ten-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic has received a public apology from Channel 9 presenter Tony Jones after he mocked the Serbian and his supporters on live TV. Djokovic refused to take part in an on-court interview after his fourth-round win over Jiri Lehecka in protest at disparaging remarks made by Jones on the official [...]
Destination Calcio: Why a little-known website bought Serie B media rights

January 18, 2025

Destination Calcio only popped up last summer and has a modest audience but has snapped up the live rights to Italian football’s Serie B in the UK and US until 2027. What’s going on? Serie B may be at the niche end of football fandom, especially for British lovers of the game, but the Italian [...]
Richest women’s football teams: Arsenal rival Barcelona for top spot

January 17, 2025

Arsenal are now rivalling Barcelona as the richest women’s football team in world football, according to new analysis by Deloitte. The all-conquering Catalan club remain No1 in the business advisory firm’s ranking of the biggest women’s teams by revenue generated. But Arsenal are a very close second, having also recorded revenue of €17.9m (£15.1m) for [...]
Caledonia Gladiators review hiring after signing murder suspect Malik Dunbar

January 16, 2025

British basketball team Caledonia Gladiators say they are reviewing their recruitment process after discovering that recent signing Malik Dunbar is a murder suspect. The Scottish club say they sacked Dunbar and fellow American Jared Wilson-Frame on Tuesday, just weeks after signing them, for “a serious breach of club discipline”. Caledonia Gladiators added that it was [...]
LIV Golf is here to stay, says new CEO Scott O’Neil

January 16, 2025

LIV Golf’s new CEO Scott O’Neil insists it will be a “full and participating member” of the professional game’s new landscape when a planned merger with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour is finally completed. Experienced sport and entertainment executive O’Neil’s appointment as the successor to Greg Norman appears to underline LIV Golf’s ambition [...]
Tennis star Taylor Fritz donates Australian Open prize money to LA fire relief

January 16, 2025

California-born tennis star Taylor Fritz has pledged to donate some of his Australian Open prize money to help victims of the fires that have swept through LA. The American men’s No1 is giving his first-round winnings of A$132,000 (£67,000) to relief efforts as the wildfires continue to wreak devastation on the city. “I just want [...]
James Vince: Hampshire captain steps down and moves to Dubai

January 15, 2025

World Cup winning England batter James Vince has quit his red-ball deal with Hampshire and relocated to Dubai in a move that allows him to play in the Pakistan Super League. Vince, 33, has stepped down after 10 years as club captain and renegotiated his contract to a white-ball-only agreement that will mean he still [...]
Cates to keep Sky Sports role despite getting Match of the Day job

January 15, 2025

Kelly Cates is set to keep her role with Sky Sports despite being named as one of three new presenters for Match of the Day, the flagship football show of rival broadcaster the BBC. Cates, who currently anchors Sky Sports’ biggest live Premier League games alongside presenting for BBC Radio 5 Live, will join Mark [...]
Tottenham battles Wembley after Benn v Eubank confirmed for April

January 15, 2025

The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is vying with Wembley to be host venue for the much-anticipated British boxing showdown between bitter rivals Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr in April. Saudi official Turki Alalshikh confirmed overnight that the fight has been made, more than two years after it was called off at short notice, and will [...]

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