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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Bronze: England performances mean a lot but results mean more

July 27, 2023

England star Lucy Bronze has said winning is more important than scoring lots of goals ahead of the Lionesses’ second World Cup fixture. England take on Denmark tomorrow in Sydney knowing a win will all but guarantee a spot in the last 16 of the World Cup. The Lionesses beat a stubborn Haiti 1-0 in [...]
Liverpool’s new stand won’t be ready for Premier League opener

July 26, 2023

Liverpool’s revamp of the Anfield Road End of their stadium will not be open in time for the start of the new season, the club have confirmed. The £80m development will see the stadium’s capacity increased to 61,000 but the club will now operate a phased reopening of the stand until October. “Unfortunately, the upper [...]
Stokes hails England pacer Anderson as greatest of all time

July 26, 2023

England Test captain Ben Stokes has thrown his support behind paceman James Anderson, describing him as the “greatest fast bowler to play the game”. The 41-year-old seamer has managed to take just four wickets in this year’s Ashes and has struggled to make the same impact as in previous series. England cannot win the Ashes [...]
Brook: England can claim ‘moral victory’ over Australia in Ashes

July 25, 2023

England batter Harry Brook insisted his side could claim a “moral victory” this week at the Oval after Australia retained the Ashes with one Test to spare. Rain scuppered any England hopes of this week’s Test match in south London being a decider and Australia cannot lose the series. A series draw for England would, [...]
Richards and Dean bring home British one-two at aquatics worlds

July 25, 2023

Britain took home a gold and silver in the 200m freestyle yesterday at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan as Matt Richards toppled Olympic champion Tom Dean. The 20-year-old was outstanding in the four-length race and beat Dean to the gold medal by 0.02 – South Korea’s Hwang Sun-woo took the bronze with defending world [...]
Formula E CEO: We must look at US and China expansions

July 25, 2023

Formula E has built itself from lowly foundations into one of the premier competitors for the world’s leading motorsport series, Formula 1. But even those running an all-electric racing series focused on sustainability and addressing environmental concerns cannot deny that expansion is on the mind. Under the baking heat of a Roman summer, Formula E [...]
Formula E set for close London finale while F1 sees repeat results

July 25, 2023

While Formula 1’s increasing predictability is testing viewers’ appetite, the same cannot be said of Formula E ahead of this weekend’s finale in London. On Saturday and Sunday race fans will descend on Docklands for a double header to decide the championship. With a maximum of 58 points available across two races, any one of [...]
Open Sunday should be free-to-air going forward, says MP golf group chair

July 25, 2023

The final day of the Open Championship should be broadcast live on free-to-air channels to attract more people to the sport, says the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for golf. Craig Tracey MP says the sport could soon be prescribed by doctors to help patients get healthy, and that bringing live coverage of [...]
England name unchanged squad for fifth Ashes Test against Australia

July 24, 2023

England have named an unchanged team for this week’s fifth Ashes Test as England look to deny Australia their first series win on these shores since 2001. Rain scuppered England’s hopes of drawing the five-match series level at Old Trafford on Sunday which ensured the tourists retained the famous urn. But England can continue a [...]
Results matter for England but Bazball means more to cricket

July 23, 2023

England can bemoan the rain and they can bemoan the slow over rate throughout the fourth Test, but neither of those are the reason Australia have retained the Ashes. Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum and England as a whole can only look at themselves for yet another failure to secure the urn at home. The wait [...]

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