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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Slade set to be left out of Borthwick’s England Rugby World Cup squad

August 6, 2023

England centre Henry Slade is set to be left out of Steve Borthwick’s World Cup squad, which will be named at 10am tomorrow morning. The shock omission comes as England head coach Borthwick chooses to name his squad a month out from this autumn’s tournament, taking place in France next month. Other players expected to [...]
England were dire, and there’s no World Cup quick fix for Borthwick

August 6, 2023

If any one of the 23 who played for England on Saturday in their 20-9 loss to Wales thought they were guaranteed to be one of the names Steve Borthwick lists in his Rugby World Cup squad tomorrow morning, they might want to think again. What unfolded under the roof of the Principality Stadium in [...]
Taking sporting images is an art, but anyone can try

August 5, 2023

That irritatingly obnoxious phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” gets bounded about as if a drunk selfie or edgy picture of the Shard is worth the same interest as Alberto Korda’s snap of Che Guevara or the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper”. Photography is damn hard, and capturing the various moving elements of [...]
Netball World Cup: England in semi-finals but that’s nothing new

August 5, 2023

A World Cup semi-final for any England time is usually celebrated like a once in a lifetime event, but not in Netball. England may be into the last four of the Netball World Cup but it’s a position they’ve found themselves in for each and every edition of the tournament. But a win on Saturday [...]
Can the Saudi Pro League buy a reputation for good, watchable football?

August 4, 2023

It is difficult not to look to the Saudi Pro League with a sense of admiration. Many will disagree with the methods of the Saudi Arabian clubs – throwing money at players until they nod and accept a transfer to the Middle East – but others will argue that other leagues, especially in Europe, had [...]
Formula E, going green, and that £4bn Tata Group battery factory

August 4, 2023

The Formula E season may be over but the technology never sleeps. And when technology can be transferred from a race track and into our homes – whether that be electric generation software or broadcasting structures – it can be revolutionary. When tech folk talk of what’s called “Race to Road” they refer to motorsporting [...]
LIV Golf back in United States for first event since mega merger

August 4, 2023

LIV Golf has hopped on a plane across the pond after a two event hiatus in Europe. Greenbrier plays host as West Virginia becomes the latest state to entertain the Saudi-backed golf tour. But since the LIV Golf travelling party left the United States last, for events in Spain and the United Kingdom, the circuit [...]
Championship clubs need to make money, but Sheffield Wednesday are taking the mick

August 3, 2023

The Championship kicks of on Friday evening as nearly 3,000 Southampton fans make the eight-hour round trip to Sheffield Wednesday. Football’s second tier is crazy; 46 matches with 24 clubs stretching from Plymouth to Sunderland, Swansea to Norwich. In 2019 the average away ticket would set you back £27.04, but data from TheAwayFans states that [...]
Run Cha Cha Chase: Cricketer Broad to do Strictly Come Dancing – reports

August 3, 2023

Stuart Broad, who retired from Test cricket after England’s 2-2 draw in the Ashes – is reportedly set to swap the new ball for a pair of dance shoes and join the cast Strictly Come Dancing. The pacer could compete in the celebrity show towards the end of the year given the extra time on [...]
England’s World Cup path becoming clearer by the day

August 3, 2023

The Lionesses’ route to a potential World Cup final will become a lot clearer today with the final two group games taking place in Australia. South Korea take on Germany and Morocco play Colombia with places in the last 16 at stake. England knew, after they demolished China 6-1 on Tuesday, that they’d take on [...]

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