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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St Patrick’s, Showdown3 and Varsity: London’s big rugby day out

March 24, 2023

Tomorrow is an important Saturday in the country’s rugby calendar because it’s one of the few days of the year where London really shines. The Varsity Matches – between Oxford and Cambridge – will take place at Twickenham while four Premiership clubs compete in two huge fixtures. Saracens host Harlequins in the Showdown3 at the [...]
Russia’s athletics doping suspension is OVER, but ban remains due to Ukraine invasion

March 23, 2023

World Athletics president Seb Coe has said that Russia’s seven-year doping ban has been lifted, but restrictions due to the Ukraine invasion remain. An investigation uncovered widespread state-sponsored doping was present across many disciplines in Russia and the country was banned from having athletes compete under the Russian flag unless they were categorically, in no [...]
Miami Open tennis: Murray seventh Brit out before second round in Sunshine State

March 23, 2023

Andy Murray became the seventh Brit to crash out of the Miami Open before the second round in Florida yesterday after losing in the first round in the Sunshine State. The Scot fell 6-4 7-5 in straight sets to Serbian Dusan Lajovic in Miami on Wednesday evening having reached the third round of Indian Wells [...]
Rice urges England to end World Cup hurt with Euro 2024 trophy

March 22, 2023

England’s Declan Rice has urged his side to go “that one step ahead” and beat a top team to win a first major men’s trophy since 1966. Gareth Southgate’s England are in Naples tomorrow to face Italy in their opening qualifier ahead of Euro 2024 in a repeat of the Euro 2020 final that they [...]
Ben Foakes adds name to Hundred mix ahead of Thursday’s draft

March 22, 2023

International cricketer Ben Foakes is one of a number of names who have put themselves into the mix ahead of tomorrow’s Hundred draft. The wicket-keeper-batter joins the likes of Indiana Richa Ghosh and Sneh Rana, Bangladeshi Tamim Iqbal and Pakistani Iftikhar Ahmed in registering for the franchise competition, which is the only major UK sporting [...]
The barking mad merger: What experts think of potential Ealing and Ospreys deal

March 22, 2023

With the flow of stories about financial woes in rugby resembling an everlasting hospital drip, one development has caused much less of a stir than it might otherwise have. It revolves around Ealing Trailfinders, who are top of the second-tier English Championship, a position they have been in or around for the past decade. They have [...]
Hojbjerg calls on Spurs manager Conte to clarify rant about players

March 21, 2023

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg yesterday called on under-fire manager Antonio Conte to “elaborate” on his criticism of players. The 53-year-old Italian’s future hangs in the balance after Spurs won just once in their last five games. Following his side’s 3-3 draw with Southampton on Saturday, Conte called a number of his players “selfish”. “I [...]
Bairstow to turn down £650,000 Punjab Kings IPL deal to focus on Ashes

March 21, 2023

England’s dazzling batter-wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow will turn down £650,000 and miss this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) to focus on returning from injury in time for the Ashes this summer. The 33-year-old will not head to the Subcontinent and the Punjab Kings to take up his contract with the IPL franchise in the world’s richest [...]
England’s most capped rugby player Sarah Hunter to retire

March 21, 2023

England Rugby’s most capped player Sarah Hunter will retire from rugby after her side’s opening TikTok Women’s Six Nations match against Scotland this weekend. The 37-year-old made her England debut in 2007 and has gone on to represent her country 140 times. The back-row has captained the Red Roses since 2015 and has been part [...]
Exclusive: MP slams TikTok sponsorship with Women’s Six Nations as ‘disappointing’ amid calls to be wary of app and its data gathering

March 20, 2023

A senior UK Parliamentary committee chair has questioned TikTok’s sponsorship of the Women’s Six Nations, calling the deal “disappointing”. Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told City A.M. of her concerns that the Chinese-owned social media platform is “being promoted through European and British Sport”. The app, [...]

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