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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Paul Hastings opens global sports practice as another law firm enters sector

July 13, 2026

Law firm Paul Hastings have launched a new global sports practice as the Bishopsgate-based US giant expands its offering. Former Baltimore Ravens general counsel Brandon Etheridge and former Slaughter figure Mark Zerdin, who advised TWG Motorsports on their Cadillac F1 team entry, will form the core of the practice, which will form part of deals-based [...]
Wimbledon: HMRC set to slap Sinner and Noskova with £1.6m tax bill

July 13, 2026

Wimbledon winners Jannik Sinner and Linda Noskova have been slapped with whopping multi-million pound tax bills after bagging £3.6m apiece at the All England Club. Sinner defended his title with a four-set win over French Open champion Alexander Zverev on Sunday while Noskova toppled Czech compatriot Karolina Muchova in three sets on Saturday. Both picked [...]
Bargain: England World Cup semi tickets vs Argentina just $2,700

July 13, 2026

Deep-pocketed fans can watch England in the Fifa World Cup semi-final against Argentina for $2,700. England earned a spot in their second World Cup semi-final in three tournaments with a nervy 2-1 extra-time victory over Norway on Saturday night and have been rewarded with a last four tie against the defending champions Argentina. The semi-final [...]
Liverpool upheaval as key figure leaves after multi-club expansion fails

July 10, 2026

Liverpool’s ownership is set for a boardroom exodus with Fenway Sports Group’s chief of football heading for the door. Michael Edwards, who joined the club for a second time in 2024, will leave a year before his contract expires, having already served his notice period. It could mark a key domino in a series of [...]
Why Raducanu may have harmed Fery’s post-Wimbledon commercial earnings

July 10, 2026

There’s a new wonder at Wimbledon: Arthur Fery. The 23-year-old Paris-born Brit is on a roll at the All England Club and this week became the first Open Era wild card to reach the semi-finals since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. And we all know what happened that year. You’d be forgiven if, before this tournament, [...]
Manchester United issue major stadium update for ‘New Trafford’

July 9, 2026

Manchester United has issued a stadium update after being forced into some changes surrounding their New Trafford site. The new Old Trafford will sit approximately 350 metres north-west of the existing 74,000-capacity stadium, it was confirmed on Thursday, after the club said that it had snapped up a new 25-acre plot of land for their [...]
Mayor gives green light for 4am Joshua vs Fury fight at Wembley

July 8, 2026

Sadiq Khan has given the green light for a 4am start to the Battle of Britain boxing bout between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury if it is held at Wembley Stadium. Sources close to the Mayor of London told City AM it is “doable” in a move that would make for TV-friendly viewing times in [...]
Brentford FC stadium to host rugby union franchise sevens finals

July 8, 2026

Brentford will host another sporting event this year with the finals of the inaugural Ultimate Sevens rugby union competition set for a west London debut this September. The sevens tournament will conclude a four-leg series on Thursday 24 September at the Premier League club’s Gtech Community Stadium after events in three successive weeks in Madrid, [...]
PwC sign sponsorship deal with major cricket team

July 8, 2026

PwC have entered into a partnership with a major cricket club as the professional services firm expands further into sport. The US branch of the Big Four organisation will become the sleeve partner of Major League Cricket team the Texas Super Kings. PwC’s Rob Baldwin described the deal as an alignment with their “commitment to [...]
Russians are poised to compete at the LA 2028 Games as IOC lifts ban

July 7, 2026

Russians are poised to compete at the LA 2028 Games after the International Olympic Committee lifted its ban on the Russian Olympic Committee. The Russian Olympic Committee had been banned since October 2023, following the invasion of Ukraine, but the International Olympic Committee now argues that the ROC “no longer includes as its members any [...]

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