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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Mercury/13 co-chief: We could partner WSL club within two years

October 14, 2024

Mercury/13 co-chief Mario Malavé discusses the women’s football portfolio, where global growth is and which clubs the organisation will buy next. Mercury 13 was a privately funded programme that aimed to ready women for space flight. It was a revolutionary mission in 1960 that, nine years before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, put [...]
Lee Carsley: England deserve a world-class coach that’s won trophies

October 13, 2024

Interim manager Lee Carsley has said the England managerial job “deserves a world-class coach that’s won trophies and been there and done it” after his side’s 3-1 victory over Finland in the Nations League. Carsley had widely been touted for the England job but after the side’s humiliating 2-1 defeat to Greece last week, where [...]
Harlequins beat Saracens 1,700 days after last derby victory

October 13, 2024

Harlequins put an end to Saracens’s unbeaten start to the season, beating their rivals 17-10 in the London derby. Fin Baxter and Lennox Anyanwu crossed for the Twickenham side with Marcus Smith adding seven points off the tee while Hugh Tizard scored the away side’s only try. Five points off the boot of England returnee [...]
New Zealand takes 3-0 lead over Ineos Britannia in America’s Cup

October 13, 2024

Great Britain’s chances of winning a first ever America’s Cup took another hit on Sunday with Ineos Britannia going 3-0 down to holders New Zealand. The British challenger lost the first race of Sunday’s two-match programme to fall 3-0 behind – having lost the opening two races on Saturday in Barcelona – before the second [...]
Pakistan stalwart Babar Azam dropped for second England Test

October 13, 2024

Babar Azam has been dropped from the Pakistan squad to face England on Tuesday in Multan. The former three format captain, alongside leading pace bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, have been ‘rested on the basis of current form and fitness’, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board. Pakistan became the first nation to score [...]
Novak Djokovic fails to win 100th ATP title

October 13, 2024

Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 by world number one Jannik Sinner on Sunday as the Serb failed to win a 100th ATP title. Only two players – Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) – have more ATP titles than Djokovic, who won Olympic gold this year to complete the career slam. “I [...]
England thrash Scotland in T20 Cricket World Cup

October 13, 2024

England thrashed Scotland in the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup to move top of their group and remain unbeaten. The result leaves England alongside Australia as the only unbeaten teams in the tournament, albeit both teams are in separate groups. Having restricted Scotland to 109-6 from their 20 overs – captain Kathryn Bryce knocked 33 [...]
Ex-F1 boss Guenther Steiner hits out at FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem

October 12, 2024

Former Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has hit out at FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem after the Emirati complained about bias in the British media. Ben Sulayem said he has not been fairly treated by the British media following comments by design guru Adrian Newey, who said Max Verstappen and Sebastian Vettel faced poor [...]
Tampa Bay Rays’ Tropicana Field ripped to shreds by Hurricane Milton

October 10, 2024

Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays, had its fabric roof ripped to shreds by Hurricane Milton this week. Milton made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane having been a Category 5 just hours before it hit Tampa – home of the baseball team and former Super Bowl winners the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who [...]
IMG partners with British Cycling Events in new deal

October 10, 2024

British Cycling Events and IMG have announced a six-year partnership aimed at supporting the growth of the organisation’s portfolio. The firm, a subsidiary of British Cycling, was set up to deliver various two-wheeled events across Great Britain. The partnership, the organisation states, will aid events such as the Tour of Britain be elevated. IMG have [...]

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