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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Owners of London Stadium forced to pay West Ham United £3.6m

January 27, 2025

The owners of West Ham United’s London Stadium have been forced to cough up £3.6m after losing a court case against the Premier League club. E20 Stadium, set up by publicly-owned London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), must pay back the multi-million pound sum to the club after West Ham challenged a payment they made to [...]
Marlborough Sports Garden: A £5m project to boost the City

January 25, 2025

Marlborough Sports Garden in Southwark is a crucial space for Londoners. Looking to raise £5m for an inspiring development, why should the City get involved? Hyacinthe Loyson, a French preacher from the mid 1800s, is described by historians as one of the early users of a phrase that continues to be recited today. “Good people [...]
Man United investor Ineos splits with key sport figure

January 24, 2025

Ineos, minority investors of Manchester United, split with a key sports figure on Thursday, citing a failure to agree over the future. The Sir Jim Ratcliffe-owned chemicals giant and British Olympic gold medal winner Sir Ben Ainslie have parted ways following Britain’s first appearance in an America’s Cup final in 60 years. The two parties [...]
No noise LA fires could impact 2028 Olympic Games, UK broadcaster says

January 23, 2025

LA Olympics broadcaster Warner Bros. Discovery doesn’t believe recent Los Angeles fires will impact the 2028 Games. Wild fires have swept across swathes of California in recent months, causing huge amounts of damage and forcing mass evacuations. The city is set to host the next summer Olympics, in 2028, following on from Paris last year. [...]
Six Nations investors CVC Capital Partners table Oval Invincibles bid

January 23, 2025

Private equity giant CVC Capital Partners have reportedly tabled a bid for Hundred franchise Oval Invincibles. It comes as the eight teams are being asked by the England and Wales Cricket Board to shortlist three or four preferred bidders to take through to the next stage of the auction. The ECB is selling each of [...]
Netflix to hike prices as live sport aids surge in subscriber numbers

January 22, 2025

Netflix boasted 19m extra subscribers in their fourth quarter results for 2024, partly due to their rise in live sports offering, as the streaming giant passed 300m paid subscribers. The platform added live sport to its slate in 2024, showing boxing, NFL and WWE. It also won the media rights to the next two Fifa [...]
Is Hamilton and Ferrari the biggest deal in sport, not just Formula 1?

January 22, 2025

Lewis Hamilton tests his Ferrari today for the first time. Is this partnership one of the most iconic in sport? We take a look. Usually the thought of Formula 1 drivers testing their cars ahead of a new season wouldn’t even approach the realms of interesting. But at Fiorano Circuit near Maranello in northern Italy [...]
Afghanistan boycott ‘not way to go’, says England captain Buttler

January 21, 2025

England’s white-ball captain Jos Buttler has insisted that a boycott of their upcoming match against Afghanistan over the Taliban’s treatment of women is not “the way to go about it”. The England and Wales Cricket Board has faced growing pressure from politicians and activists to boycott next month’s fixture with Afghanistan, part of the Champions [...]
Haaland: Man City striker could pay £150m to HMRC over new deal

January 21, 2025

Signing a lucrative contract, as Erling Haaland did with Manchester City this month, is usually one of the happiest days of someone’s life. Haaland has signed for nearly a decade in a deal that is reportedly worth £26m a year before bonuses. But the reality is that the taxman is coming, and for the Norway [...]
Top Kiwi ref to take charge of Gloucester vs Leicester in Premiership

January 21, 2025

New Zealand referee Ben O’Keeffe will take to the whistle in the Premiership this weekend in preparation for reffing England at the Six Nations, City AM can reveal. The Super Rugby official, who has officiated on a British and Irish Lions Tour, will take charge of Gloucester’s Premiership fixture against Leicester Tigers on Saturday at [...]

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