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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Trump speaks up for Infantino at last as Fifa boss fights world football rebellion

August 11, 2026

US president Donald Trump has belatedly come to the aid of Gianni Infantino, saying it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace the under-fire Fifa boss. Infantino is fighting to save his job after three of Fifa’s four biggest confederations declared they had lost trust in him over plans to sell off stakes in a [...]
Infantino crisis shows football needs independent non-exec, says ex-Fifa advisor

August 11, 2026

The crisis at the top of world football has again shown the need for independent non-executive directors, says former Fifa and Uefa advisor Ebru Koksal. Fifa president Gianni Infantino is staring down calls to quit over his secret plans to sell stakes in a new commercial entity that would manage the World Cup to private [...]
Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis sues Crystal Palace for defamation

August 10, 2026

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis is suing Crystal Palace in the High Court after fans of the south London club displayed a banner depicting him holding a gun to a player’s head. Lawyers for Marinakis lodged the claim for defamation today, almost a year after the banner appeared at a Premier League fixture between the [...]
Ebru Koksal: ‘Women tend to ask difficult questions, and that’s not always liked’

August 10, 2026

Former investment banker turned CEO of Galatasaray, Turkish FA chief and advisor to Fifa and Uefa Ebru Koksal on the barriers faced by women in football, how it compares to the world of finance, and what England has got right. Ebru Koksal’s path to becoming a trailblazing female figure and one of the most respected [...]
Fifa crisis: Europe, North America and Asia unite to call for Infantino to quit

August 10, 2026

Uefa, Concacaf and AFC, three of Fifa’s four biggest confederations, have joined forces to renew calls for embattled president Gianni Infantino to step down. In an open letter, they accuse him of failing to recognise that his plan to effectively privatise the World Cup was “a fundamental breach of trust” and not just “a procedural [...]
Norwegian FA chief Klaveness cools Fifa election talk and takes swipe at Blatter

August 7, 2026

Norwegian football chief Lise Klaveness has played down her Fifa presidency ambitions and taken a swipe at Sepp Blatter, the former boss of the embattled governing body. Klaveness, a former international player, is a long-standing and outspoken critic of Fifa and has been touted as a potential challenger to current kingpin Gianni Infantino. Infantino is [...]
Mexico breaks ranks and dents Uefa-led bid to oust embattled Fifa kingpin Infantino

August 7, 2026

Mexico’s football association has broken ranks and delivered a blow to Uefa-led hopes of ousting embattled Fifa president Gianni Infantino. Infantino has been attempting to stave off a rebellion from the confederations of Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, Central and North America, who have all strongly condemned his secret attempts to effectively privatise the World [...]
Liverpool owners tipped to sell – but not to Amazon boss Bezos – by former CEO

August 6, 2026

Liverpool FC’s former CEO Peter Moore believes the club’s owners may be preparing to sell up but has poured cold water on talk of Jeff Bezos buying into the Reds. Fenway Sports Group is in talks to sell a minority stake to former QPR co-owner Amit Bhatia – a process some reports have suggested could [...]
Qatar Racing takes over sponsorship of £4.4m British Champions Day

August 5, 2026

Qatar Racing has replaced QIPCO as title sponsor of British Champions Day at Ascot for its next three editions, starting this year. The racing empire of Qatari royal Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah Al Thani is a subsidiary of QIPCO, which has sponsored the most lucrative day in the British racing calendar, worth £4.4m in prize [...]
Luis Figo: ‘Deceitful and cravenly self-interested’ Infantino must quit Fifa now

August 5, 2026

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has come under fire from another high-profile figure after Portugal great Luis Figo joined calls for him to quit without further delay. Infantino is clinging to his job despite senior Fifa figures condemning his plan to sell stakes in a new commercial vehicle that would manage the World Cup to private [...]

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