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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NFL UK chief on Jags’ London franchise and Olympic flag football in 2028

October 14, 2023

Flag football at the Olympics could be the inspiration to get more UK children into the NFL, according to the league’s UK general manager Henry Hodgson. Speaking to City A.M. from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which will this year host the Tennessee Titans versus the Baltimore Ravens in the third and final NFL London game of [...]
France are hosts with most, rugby needs them to succeed

October 13, 2023

As it stands, prior to this year’s tournament, there’s a 33.33 per cent recurring chance of lifting the World Cup as competition hosts. New Zealand did it at Eden Park in 1987 as co-hosts, South Africa achieved the feat at Ellis Park in 1995 and the All Blacks ensured they’d never lost a home final [...]
Best places in London to watch the Rugby World Cup

October 12, 2023

The Rugby World Cup has reached the knockout stages, with just eight teams remaining in the hunt for the William Webb Ellis Cup. We’ve scouted out the best spots in London to watch the four quarter-finals, and here’s what we have found. Sound Cafe, Marble Arch Located within the Cumberland Hotel, Sound Cafe is actually [...]
Russia Olympic Committee ditched by IOC for including bodies from Ukraine as members

October 12, 2023

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has suspended the Russian Olympic Committee after they sought to include Ukrainian sports bodies in Donetsk. The ROC took the decision to include, as its members, “the regional sports organisations which are under the authority of the NOC of Ukraine (namely Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia), the IOC said. The [...]
Odds tumble on Dettori winning in UK after retirement u-turn

October 12, 2023

The odds of horse racing legend Frankie Dettori making a winning UK comeback have plummeted to just 2/1 after the jockey announced he is to continue racing in the USA. The 52-year-old is to move to California and could participate in the Kentucky Derby or Breeders’ Cup, but bookies have slashed the odds on him [...]
Oxford v Cambridge Varsity Matches LEAVE Twickenham

October 12, 2023

The iconic Oxford versus Cambridge Varsity Matches have are to move away from Twickenham Stadium after 100 years to head to north London. Saracens‘ StoneX stadium will play host to the famous university rugby match, which has seen a male and female double-header in recent seasons. But the move away from the home of English [...]
Ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone slapped with 17-month suspended prison sentence

October 12, 2023

Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has admitted fraud after failing to declare more than £400m held in a trust in Singapore.
Ford to be dropped with Smith at No15 for England quarter-final

October 11, 2023

George Ford is set to be dropped from the England starting XV as Steve Borthwick’s looks to return to play-maker Owen Farrell on Sunday against Fiji. The Sale Sharks No10 started three of England’s four pool stage games at the Rugby World Cup – versus Argentina, Japan and Samoa – but is set to be [...]
NFL plans to stay in London long after current Spurs deal, says UK head

October 11, 2023

The NFL’s UK chief insists there will be no reduction in the number of games staged in London after the sport’s deal with Tottenham Hotspur expires at the end of the decade. The American Football league has held overseas games in London since 2007 and recently extended a deal to play two of those per [...]
Premiership Rugby pre-season survey: All 10 bosses speak to City A.M.

October 11, 2023

After 12 months of financial turmoil off the pitch which claimed three English clubs, Premiership rugby is set to return to the field this weekend in a new 10-team format. The scheduling of the current Rugby World Cup and introduction of a new domestic competition, the Premiership Rugby Cup, also mean that teams face a [...]

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