By: Matt Hardy

Deputy Sports Editor - City AM Matt is the Deputy Sports Editor covering sport, the business of sport and the politics of sport. He covers the likes of football, rugby, cricket, Formula 1, golf and tennis.

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Motorsport UK chair slams FIA for lack of ‘gold-standard’ governance

March 6, 2025

The chair of Motorsport UK David Richards has threatened the FIA with legal action, slamming the governing body for a lack of “gold-standard” governance. Richards claims he was told to sign a restrictive new confidentiality act, as a member of the motorsport council, that imposed €50,000 fines for breaches and a fewer rules and guidelines [...]
MPs slam TNT Sports cycling subscription fee hike

March 5, 2025

MPs have slammed TNT Sports over its plan to move the Tour de France behind a paywall that is more than four times the former subscription fee. Cycling has long been on Eurosport but as of last week the broadcaster ceased to exist in the UK and its assets were transferred over to TNT Sports, [...]
Flintoff, Vaughan and Anderson register for Hundred cricket draft

March 5, 2025

Rocky Flintoff, son of former England favourite Andrew, has registered himself for the Hundred draft alongside Archie Vaughan, son of Michael. Flintoff, 16, and Vaughan, 19, are among more than 800 players to have put their names forward for inclusion in this year’s competition, with the draft scheduled for 12 March. At the other end [...]
WNBA: Serena Williams joins ownership group of basketball franchise

March 4, 2025

Tennis superstar Serena Williams has joined the ownership group for a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) expansion franchise. Toronto Tempo have welcomed the 43-year-old into their group alongside Larry Tanenbaum, who is the chairman of controllers Kilmer Sports Ventures and owns the likes of AS Saint-Étienne of Ligue 1. The WNBA has 13 teams but [...]
LaLiga launches UK free-to-air rights tender as ITV deal comes to end

March 4, 2025

Spanish football’s LaLiga has launched a media rights tender for free-to-air coverage of games in the United Kingdom. Two packages are on offer to British and Irish broadcasters: the first for exclusive access to all LaLiga matches, and the second for free-to-air matches scheduled for 8pm on Sunday evenings. ITV Sport has been the host [...]
Wembley, Spurs and Arsenal in line host NRL rugby league opener

March 4, 2025

Australian rugby league the NRL could move its season opener to London by the end of the decade, according to reports Down Under. The globe’s dominant rugby league competition has a deal in place to host matches in Las Vegas until 2028, but could see a shift in location after that agreement comes to a [...]
Aston Martin dealt blow after Ferrari F1 team wins key court battle

March 4, 2025

Aston Martin and design guru Adrian Newey have been dealt a blow after rivals Ferrari won a case to keep a key employee on gardening leave for half of the new Formula 1 season. Former Ferrari technical director Enrico Cardile left the Italian team to become the chief technical officer at Aston Martin last year, [...]
India force Dubai final despite Pakistan hosting Champions Trophy

March 4, 2025

The final of the Champions Trophy will be held in Dubai despite Pakistan being tournament hosts after India reached the final. Political tensions between Pakistan and India led to the tournament favourites refusing to play their matches in the host country. It has meant that India has played all of its games in the United [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Stand up for the Ulster Men

March 3, 2025

In the lead up to the 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Team of the week: Ulster Before the weekend Ulster, based in Belfast, had been toppled [...]
Wembley Stadium set to host Ashes Test versus Australia this summer

March 3, 2025

Wembley Stadium is being lined up to host the first UK rugby league Ashes Test in over two decades. The 90,000 capacity home of the Challenge Cup final is set to open the three-Test series against Australia, which has not been held since Kangaroos beat Great Britain 3-0 in 2003. Wembley Stadium will be followed [...]

Serie A won’t catch the Premier League by selling its rights better

Serie A won’t catch the Premier League by selling its rights better

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