By: Matt Hardy

Deputy Sports Editor - City AM Matt Hardy is the City AM Deputy Sports Editor with a specialism in the business of sport. He covers the likes of rugby, cricket, sporting investment and venture capital funds; while also being across golf, cricket, and the politics of sport.

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Shock as Saqib Mahmood goes unsold in SA20 T20 auction

October 1, 2024

English cricketer Richard Gleeson fetched the highest price at the SA20 T20 cricket auction yesterday as fellow international Saqib Mahmood went unsold. The 36-year-old Lancashire cricketer – who last played for England in 2022 – sold to Sunrisers Eastern Cape for R2.3m (£99,600) after a bidding war in yesterday’s auction, which helped the six competing [...]
NFL: How data can help drive down concussion and injuries

October 1, 2024

The NFL has a long and complex relationship with brain injuries and concussions. In 2021 a $1bn settlement saw the American football league agree to end race-based adjustments in dementia testing relating to black retirees. Just over a decade ago the New Orleans Saints were caught up in “Bountygate” after awarding their players non-contract bonuses [...]
Alpine looks to Mercedes as Renault halt F1 engine operations

September 30, 2024

Renault will stop making Formula 1 engines from 2026, leaving Alpine on the hunt for a new provider. The French organisation, which first entered Formula 1 in 1977, will close its works engine programme at Viry-Chatillon. It means their sole engine user, Alpine – whose shareholders include Ryan Reynolds, Michael B Jordan, Anthony Joshua and [...]
FA Cup to increase prize money to offset lack of replays

September 30, 2024

Nearly £2.5m extra will be handed out in prize money for this season’s FA Cup in the first year without replays. The Football Association announced last season that the 2024-25 edition of the competition would scrap replays from the first round onwards, causing outrage among many football league clubs who gained financially out of the [...]
E1 series: Electric boat racing to head to Qatar in 2025

September 30, 2024

The all-electric E1 racing series will head to Qatar for the first time in season two, it was announced on Monday. The distant sibling to Formula E and Extreme H will kick off its season in the peninsular Arab country that hosted the 2022 Fifa World Cup – won by Argentina. The Corinthia Yacht Club [...]
Premiership Rugby 5 things: Bonus points more vital than ever

September 30, 2024

Each Premiership side has now played a match at home and one on the road, so what have we learned from the early rounds of domestic rugby? Well Gloucester’s new attacking style started to reward them with results while Saracens and Bath remained the only unbeaten sides. Here are five talking points from round two. [...]
Australia win ODI series 3-2 after rain halts England hopes

September 29, 2024

Rain and a solid Australia innings combined to inflict defeat on England in Bristol as they lost the ODI series 3-2. England recovered from 2-0 down to draw the series 2-2 to turn Sunday’s fifth match into a decider. Ben Duckett was the star for England with the bat; the Opener knocked 107 of England’s [...]
IPL could ban English players for two years if they pull out

September 29, 2024

The world’s biggest T20 league the IPL (Indian Premier League) could enforce two-year bans on English players under new plans. If players are purchased in the auction or retained by their IPL side and then pull out before the 2025 competition, they will be barred from competing in the Indian domestic league for two years. [...]
Argentina can humiliate establishment with Rugby Championship win

September 28, 2024

As the Rugby Championship reaches its climax, can Argentina upset the apple cart and topple the Springboks? What constitutes a world class rugby team? Is it World Cup wins alone or is in an era of dominance year in, year out? How about a team with fewer resources than the others going into the final [...]
Cricket in focus: England, India, the IPL and Hundred

September 27, 2024

As England and India forge their own paths with white-ball cricket competitions the Hundred and T20, is the future one of cooperation? When the bumper England versus India Test series rolls around in the summer of 2025 – a year where the hosts also head Down Under to face Australia in the Ashes – the [...]

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