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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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 [...]
London Lions: ‘Do-or-die’ EuroCup semi-final has crowds flocking to Copper Box

March 29, 2024

Over 7,000 fans are expected to cram into the Copper Box tonight as London Lions take on Paris in the EuroCup semi-finals. The British Basketball League side come into this second leg of three with a deficit but know they’re on the cusp of an incredible achievement against competition favourites Paris. “I’ve already forgotten about [...]
Premiership rugby: Saracens make £5m loss and clubs to battle government?

March 27, 2024

England’s top-flight Premiership rugby clubs are at loggerheads with the government over the repayment of loans worth over £150m from the Covid-19 pandemic. The first raft of repayments are due imminently, according to the Mail, and clubs are hoping to get repayment dates pushed back. The government is said to have provided low interest loans [...]
The Boat Race: Rowers urged to stay out of water due to E. coli

March 27, 2024

Celebrations for the winning teams in this year’s Boat Race have been warned not to throw their cox in the Thames, as per tradition, due to the threat of E. coli in the water. Men’s and women’s crews from Oxford and Cambridge universities will take part in the iconic Boat Race along a stretch of [...]
Prosecutors seek two-and-a-half-year sentence and £86,000 from Rubiales over ‘kissgate’

March 27, 2024

Spanish prosecutors yesterday announced that they are seeking a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a €100,000 (£86,000) fine from Luis Rubiales, the former Spanish football chief at the centre of the “kissgate” scandal with international player Jenni Hermoso. The Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court (AN) spoke with regards to the former chief of the Royal [...]
English rugby ref body ‘regret’ events that saw Premiership TMO get ‘distracted’ by pundits

March 26, 2024

English rugby chiefs have described an incident whereby it looked as if a Television Match Official (TMO) was influenced by TNT Sports commentary as “regrettable”. In the second half of the Premiership match between Saracens and Harlequins, TMO Stuart Terheege was heard stating that his officiating team couldn’t look at a potential foul play incident [...]
Horner accuser rejects lucrative offers to reveal all on Red Bull complaint

March 26, 2024

The suspended Red Bull employee at the centre of allegations relating to Formula 1 boss Christian Horner has rejected lucrative offers to sell her story, City A.M. understands. She was suspended by the team just days after Horner saw claims of inappropriate behaviour dismissed by what Red Bull called a “fair, rigorous and impartial” process. [...]
Hope for Reading as club enter exclusivity period with potential buyer

March 26, 2024

Reading have entered an exclusive negotiation period with a prospective buyer as the League One side’s tenure under Dai Yongge looks closer to a conclusion. The sale of the Royals would see Dai’s Shares, the stadium and the club’s training ground all given up as part of the negotiation. Dai is very unpopular with the [...]
Wiegman slams player-coach relationships amid Leicester City investigation

March 26, 2024

England manager Sarina Wiegman has weighed in on the player-coach relationship debate in women’s football, describing such associations as “very inappropriate”. The Lionesses’ boss was asked to comment on the situation after Leicester City boss Willie Kirk was placed under investigation by his club after he was accused of indulging in a player-coach relationship. “I [...]

The Masters delivers food now, and it’s desire wrapped in identity

The Masters delivers food now, and it’s desire wrapped in identity

Barbican Centre: the brutalist landmark weaving art into everyday London life.

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