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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Netball Q&A: London Pulse GK Hali Adio on the 2024 season

February 17, 2024

Tomorrow a new edition of the Netball Super League will commence in Nottingham with all 10 teams involved across five matches. Last season London Pulse topped the table for the first time before losing to Loughborough Lightning in their first final. But Pulse are determined to go one step further and take English netball’s biggest [...]
London Broncos to start Super League season under sad shadow

February 16, 2024

The Super League returned with a Hull derby on Thursday, as London’s only side start their campaign tonight with a trip to St Helens in a formidable opening fixture. The Broncos are back in the top-tier for the first time since 2019 after they stunned Toulouse Olympique in the Championship Grand Final. This season promises [...]
Ollie Phillips: Ireland top my Six Nations half term report card

February 16, 2024

It’s half term and even the Six Nations is taking a week off. So in this fallow week, after two rounds, it’s about time we handed out some reports and grades. I am a firm but fair teacher and my grades reflect that, so here goes. Top of the Six Nations class Ireland – A+ [...]
Rugby round up: Descriptive audio, colour blindness and England A

February 15, 2024

Despite the lack of Six Nations this week to get fans and others alike talking about rugby, the sport has seen a number of exciting announcements this week. From new audio description at the Six Nations to changes to aid colour blindness and the England A announcement. Here’s what you may have missed. Six Nations [...]
Roy Hodgson to be SACKED by Crystal Palace, reports

February 15, 2024

Premier League club Crystal Palace are set to sack Roy Hodgson with Oliver Glasner set to replace him, according to reports. The 76-year-old Eagles boss took over at Selhurst Park in March last year having already had a spell at the club. Palace sit 15th in the Premier League table and are just five points [...]
Manchester United record most expensive squad EVER at £1.2bn, Uefa report

February 14, 2024

The Manchester United squad that concluded the 2022-23 season was the most expensively-assembled team on record, a new report revealed this morning. An official Uefa document, titled European Club Finance and Investment Landscape Report, says the Old Trafford club’s 2023 financial year-end squad cost a collective €1.42bn (£1.21bn), which topples the previous record of €1.33bn [...]
Mapletoft: Pathways must be key in upcoming rugby recalibration

February 14, 2024

England under-20 head coach Mark Mapletoft has issued a rallying call to rugby chiefs to recalibrate the game and prioritise pathways to improve the national team when stakeholders decide on the future of the sport. The Professional Game Agreement was last officially signed eight years ago and is due for renewal in July this year. [...]
Chelsea approach Lyon and Bompastor amid Hayes replacement search

February 14, 2024

Chelsea Women have reportedly approached Lyon’s Sonia Bompastor as a potential replacement for Emma Hayes. Hayes will leave the Blues at the end of the season to take up a role with the United States Women’s National Team (USWNT). Bompastor has won the Champions League as both a player and a manager and is the [...]
Legal take: What we, and cricket, can learn from Rehan Ahmed visa saga

February 14, 2024

England begin the third of five Tests against India in Rajkot tomorrow. But after issues with the visa of Shoaib Bashir before the first Test in Hyderabad, England have again come up against issues with entering the county. This time, though, it’s leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed. Dipesh Shah, Head of Corporate Immigration at JMW Solicitors breaks [...]
Le Tissier, Hartson and Fowler given ticking off by advertising watchdog over Supreme CBD social media ads

February 14, 2024

Matt Le Tissier, John Hartson and Anthony Fowler have been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over social media posts promoting CBD products. The advertising watchdog upheld complaints relating to posts about Supreme CBD by the trio of former sports stars for failing to disclose they were advertisements and “making health claims about a [...]

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