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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Nadal: High chance I will not be at French Open again after loss

May 27, 2024

The King of Clay Rafael Nadal has said he may not be back at the French Open ever again after his first round exit at Roland Garros. The 14-time winner in Paris lost in straight 6-3 7-6 6-3 sets to German Alexander Zverev in the French capital. “It is difficult for me to talk. I [...]
Premier League: Maresca set for Chelsea as Emery signs five-year deal

May 27, 2024

Chelsea have set their sights on signing Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca to succeed the departed Mauricio Pochettino with Ipswich Town manager Kieran McKenna no longer in the running. The Blues parted ways with their Argentinian coach after just one season at Stamford Bridge, citing mutual consent. And in the days that followed that departure, [...]
Top Premier League stars MISS OUT on provisional Spain Euro squad

May 27, 2024

A trio of Premier League players have been named in Spain’s provisional squad for this year’s Euro 2024 Championships. Manchester City midfielder Rodri, who’s run of 50 consecutive wins with his club side came to an end with a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in Saturday’s FA Cup final, features in Luis de la Fuente’s [...]
South African involvement in European rugby has given competition lease of life

May 27, 2024

“It was international rugby versus club rugby,” said one person at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the South African Hollywoodbets Sharks beat Gloucester Rugby 36-22 in the EPCR Challenge Cup. That’s not entirely true, both sides had their international representatives, but the point is a good one. The addition of the Sharks into the European [...]
Investec Champions Cup: The final of a generation

May 27, 2024

It was billed as the final we deserved, between two powerhouses of the Investec Champions Cup meeting in a showpiece for the first time ever. And what a match fans were served up. At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, seen by many as one of the world’s greatest arenas, Leinster and Toulouse went toe-to-toe; the Dublinners [...]
Formula E: Shanghai sees field close ahead of final four races

May 27, 2024

With just two races before Formula E heads to London for its season finale the drivers at the top of the Individual Standings this weekend inched towards one another after a double-header in Shanghai. The controversial return to China was fuelled by involvement from the country’s manufacturing industry in components on many cars on the [...]
Is this the last French Open for King of Clay Rafael Nadal?

May 26, 2024

The term GOAT – greatest of all time – gets banded around far too much in sport. But when it comes to being King of Clay, a Royal of Roland Garros and the French Open, there’s only one name on anybody’s lips. Rafael Nadal has won the French Open 14 times, beating eight different opponents [...]
Formula E and motorsport at heart of a China waking from its slumber

May 25, 2024

In Rome’s Palazzo dei Congressi last summer, Formula E chief executive told City A.M. that a return to racing in China after four years was on the cards. “We need to be in mainland China,” he said. “I know we can dance around that a bit but we need to be in mainland China. “Every [...]
British Cycling and Lloyds Bank announce long-term partnership

May 23, 2024

British Cycling and Lloyds Bank have announced a long-term deal which will see the high street bellwether feature as a lead partner of the two-wheeled discipline. As part of the deal Lloyds will become the title sponsor of the Tour of Britain with their logo on the Great Britain Cycling Team. It is understood to [...]
Challenge Cup can be cure to desperate seasons for Gloucester and Sharks

May 23, 2024

Before the start of the current rugby season both Gloucester and the Sharks, from Durban, would have been full of hope for their domestic campaigns. But soon into their Premiership and United Rugby Championship campaigns, things began to unravel and any hopes of winning a league title disappeared over a cliff. It left the two [...]

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