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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Brighton post £122.8m profit in record season for Seagulls, Leicester City make loss

April 2, 2024

Brighton and Hove Albion yesterday announced a record profit of £122.8m, largely bankrolled by player sales to Chelsea. The Premier League club’s profit represents their most successful season ever. The Seagulls finished sixth in the Premier League last season and qualified for the Europa League. “These accounts will of course catch the eye because of [...]
Middlesex chief: Ignoring foreign investment offers for Hundred would be foolish

April 2, 2024

The chief executive of Middlesex County Cricket Club says English cricket would be “foolish” to spurn foreign investment interest in The Hundred, as the sport’s chiefs explore the future of the short-form competition. The England and Wales Cricket Board is said to have had a number of discussions with private equity groups and overseas investors [...]
Formula 1 owner Liberty revs up motorsport interest with £3bn deal for MotoGP parent Dorna

April 2, 2024

F1 owner Liberty Media will takeover the motorcycle racing league MotoGP via a £3bn deal with Bridgepoint and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Man United look to poach Southampton director of football

April 1, 2024

Manchester United have reportedly made an approach for Southampton director of football Jason Wilcox as the club look to establish a new hierarchy off the pitch after the recent investment from Sir Jim Ratcliffe. The Ineos billionaire completed his purchase of just over 25 per cent of the club earlier this year after the deal [...]
Leicester Tigers fined £47,000 for breaching salary cap

April 1, 2024

Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers have been fined £47,000 for breaching the salary cap in the 2019-2020 season. The club has accepted and paid an overrun tax with the club’s chief executive Andrea Pinchen stating: “While disappointed to again have historic salary cap spending relating to 2019/20 season result in this overrun tax, as was [...]
Former Tottenham Hotspur owner Lewis set to be sentenced this week over insider trading

April 1, 2024

The former owner of Tottenham Hotspur Joe Lewis is this week set to be sentenced after pleading guilty to insider trading in the United States. The 87-year-old Londoner is due to learn his fate on Thursday 4 April when his sentence is handed down by US district judge Jessica Clarke in New York. He pleaded [...]
Hamilton says he was ‘obviously’ robbed of 2021 F1 world title

April 1, 2024

Lewis Hamilton has admitted he was “robbed” of an eighth world F1 title in 2021 after Max Verstappen took the crown in controversial circumstances. During the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi Hamilton was leading Verstappen but a series of events, including an incorrect safety car restart procedure that eventually led to the [...]
Swimming: British Championships are sink or swim for Olympic hopefuls

April 1, 2024

It’s a sink or swim week for Britain’s Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls in the pool as the British Championships offer qualification to Paris. The winners of each event at the London Aquatics Centre in Stratford will automatically qualify for the 2024 Summer games. The other allocated spot will be chosen at a later date by [...]
Can recycled rugby balls help sport’s fast fashion-style dilemma?

April 1, 2024

Rugby balls are set to go green after major manufacturer Rhino announced they will produce balls made of recycled rubber. The initiative, which is set to be fully in place by the end of the decade, will look to bring an end to a sport’s version of fast fashion, whereby a high churn culture does [...]
The Boat Race: Who are favourites and where do Oxford and Cambridge race?

March 30, 2024

It’s that time of year again, when the Gemini Boat Race makes west London’s Thames banks become awash with current and former Oxford and Cambridge students. So with the annual rowing regatta returning to the capital on this Easter weekend, albeit with a warning not to enter the water due to E. coli, we’ve taken [...]

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