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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Premiership rugby attendances down by over 1,000 PER MATCH

December 5, 2023

English rugby’s financial concerns have deepened after research by City A.M. revealed that the average attendance at Premiership rugby matches is down by more than 1,000 spectators per game on last season. More than 70 per cent of Premiership fixtures so far this season have seen attendances fall, with 47,000 fewer fans in total watching [...]
Tory mayor hopeful Susan Hall backs London to host Commonwealth Games

December 5, 2023

Conservative Mayor of London candidate Susan Hall has thrown her support behind the capital hosting the next edition of the Commonwealth Games after the Gold Coast in Australia dropped the only bid for the 2026 event. The state of Victoria, also Down Under, withdrew as hosts in July and there has not since been a [...]
Sky Sports takes lion’s share in £6.7bn Premier League rights race

December 4, 2023

Sky Sports has secured up to 100 extra Premier League games per season after the broadcasting giant won the race for the rights to the world’s most valuable football league. The new deal, which takes effect in 2025-26, is worth £6.7bn over four years, compared with £5.1bn over three years for the current rights contracts. [...]
Rosberg: F1 drivers must do more to promote climate change and rights

December 4, 2023

Former F1 world champion Nico Rosberg says some of the world’s biggest sports stars and his former colleagues aren’t doing enough to use their platform to promote social causes. Rosberg X Racing won a second world Extreme E championship in just three seasons on Sunday when his outfit fended off Acciona | Sainz XE Team [...]
Euro 2024: Three Lions on tour as England’s Germany trip revealed

December 4, 2023

Book the flights because we’re going to Gelsenkirchen, Frankfurt and Cologne. That’s right, the draw for the 2024 Euros in Germany has been completed and there’s reason to be positive for England, Gareth Southgate and fans of the Three Lions. They have been drawn in a favourable Group C alongside Denmark, Serbia and Slovenia and [...]
Government to establish Board of Women’s Sport to accelerate growth of sector

December 4, 2023

The UK Government is to establish a Board of Women’s Sports next year to help accelerate growth of the sector beyond football. The move comes as the Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer today accepted all of the recommendations put forward in former England international Karen Carney’s review into women’s football following the success of the Lionesses [...]
Issues Down Under as former Australia cricketer Johnson bashes Warner

December 3, 2023

Former Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson took a sensational swipe at ex-team mate David Warner this weekend, questioning whether he deserved a “hero’s send-off”. Warner has been a long-standing opener for the Baggy Greens but said he would retire from the Test format of cricket after his side’s series against Pakistan next month. But Johnson has [...]
I’m no Arteta: Guardiola refuses to criticise referees after howler versus Spurs

December 3, 2023

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insisted he wouldn’t copy Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta in criticising officials after his side were denied a late goal-scoring opportunity by referee Simon Hooper in their 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. Star striker Erling Haaland was fouled in his own half in the 94th minute but managed to get up [...]
Premiership rugby: Saracens miss captain Farrell as Gloucester lose six

December 3, 2023

In their first match since captain Owen Farrell announced he’d be temporarily leaving the England set-up to focus on his and his family’s mental well-being, Saracens – without their captain fantastic in their side – were downed by Northampton Saints at home to end a five-match Premiership winning streak. Not to take away from yesterday’s [...]
FA Cup third round: Draw in full as Arsenal host Liverpool

December 3, 2023

It’s that time of year again, when fans of Premier League and Championship clubs find out who they will face in the third round of the FA Cup. Having skipped the opening two rounds, teams from the top two tiers now enter the knockout competition. The FA Cup is the most historic cup competition in [...]

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