By: Matt Hardy

Deputy Sports Editor - City AM Matt is the Deputy Sports Editor covering sport, the business of sport and the politics of sport. He covers the likes of football, rugby, cricket, Formula 1, golf and tennis.

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Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea after just one season at Stamford Bridge

May 21, 2024

Mauricio Pochettino and Chelsea have parted ways after just one season, the club have confirmed. The 52-year-old joined the Stamford Bridge club last season and led the side to European football during his first year in charge. It marked a stark improvement from the 2022-23 season, where the club finished in a lowly 12th. But [...]
New Zealand All Blacks could MUTINY ahead of England Test series

May 21, 2024

Rugby in New Zealand is on the verge of mutiny just a month before their two-Test series against England. Leading past and current All Blacks players including Richie McCaw, Sam Whitelock and Sam Cane are signatories on an ultimatum letter from the New Zealand Rugby Players Association to the directors of the NZ Maori Rugby [...]
Senators demand investigation into F1 as Andretti pick up Symonds

May 21, 2024

Six serving senators from the United States have said Formula 1’s refusal to accept Andretti’s bid to become the sport’s 11th team could breach American antitrust laws and are calling for an investigation. In a letter, seen by The Athletic, to the chair of the US Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan and assistant attorney general [...]
Premiership gets shot in arm as league attendances grow for most

May 21, 2024

Premiership Rugby has received a welcome shot in the arm after the average match attendance across the league grew by almost 300. Excluding one-off matches at the likes of Twickenham and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the average attendance for regular home games – according to crowd data published by Premiership Rugby – rose from 12,569 in [...]
England Euro 2024 fixtures in full as Southgate names provisional squad

May 21, 2024

England manager Gareth Southgate today named his 33-man provisional squad ahead of this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Key players have been included and excluded from the team who will face Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland in a pair of friendlies before the Three Lions head to the continent. So with the major announcement [...]
Copper Box to host GB Basketball fixtures ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics

May 21, 2024

Great Britain will host a pair of basketball internationals in July as the sport prepares for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the summer. The GB Basketball men’s team will take on South Sudan on Thursday 18 July at the Copper Box while the women will take on Germany on Sunday 21 July. The Olympics will [...]
Southgate to name 26-man provisional Euro 2024 squad today

May 20, 2024

Gareth Southgate will today name an England squad that is likely to represent the Three Lions at this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Though his 26-man group will be provisional, it is unlikely that he will make too many changes between now and the deadline on 7 June. The announcement, expected at 2pm today, [...]
Slot confirmed as new Liverpool manager

May 20, 2024

Liverpool have confirmed the appointment of Arne Slot as their replacement for Jurgen Klopp, who left the Anfield club on Sunday. Slot joins Liverpool from Feyenoord ahead of next season and is the first Dutchman to manage the Merseyside club. The departed Klopp asked supporters to embrace the 45-year-old as they did when the German [...]
England ‘buzzed’ to see return of Archer ahead of T20 World Cup

May 20, 2024

All-rounder Sam Curran has said England players are “buzzed” to have pacer Jofra Archer back in the squad as the seamer aims to make the T20 Cricket World Cup squad later this month. England get underway in their World Cup defence next month in the West Indies – who are co-hosting the competition with the [...]
Manchester City win fourth consecutive Premier League trophy

May 19, 2024

Blue Moon rang around the Etihad on Sunday evening after Manchester City won an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title. In a riveting title race between Pep Guardiola’s men and Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal that went down to the final day, it was Manchester City that came out on top as the men in blue made [...]

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