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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England ODI era under Mott off to perfect start with Dutch double

June 20, 2022

In their six-wicket victory over the Netherlands in Amstelveen yesterday, England didn’t need to demonstrate their ability to set world record targets like the 498-4 they did in the opening One Day International on Friday. Instead they showed their ability to chase down a modest total, in a reduced number of overs due to the [...]
Big Freddie Burns moment personifies great game of rugby

June 19, 2022

What constitutes a great game? Is it a record amount of points, tries upon tries and showboating rugby? Is it gripping, tense and decided in the final 20 seconds with a drop goal? Saturday’s Premiership final between Leicester Tigers and Saracens ended in the manner of the latter. It wasn’t a record-breaking points haul like [...]
Barbarians hark back to less serious times, says David Flatman

June 17, 2022

Sunday sees the curtain fall on the rugby season in England as an Eddie Jones XV takes on the globetrotters of oval ball in the Barbarians. The side are put together with little preparation and aim to please the masses, and former England international David Flatman says this year will be no different. “The pure [...]
Adam Peaty interview: Swimming should look at example set by Boxing

June 16, 2022

He is one of the most recognisable swimmers in British history but Adam Peaty insists that his sport needs to follow the example of boxing. The three-time Olympic champion, currently engaged in his own fight to be fit for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, believes swimming chiefs should do more to heighten the drama of [...]
England win was not just a victory but an ode to Test cricket

June 15, 2022

If that was the definition of what Test cricket can be, why would you want to watch anything else? At a sun-drenched Trent Bridge yesterday, on the fifth day of the second Test against New Zealand, every result was on the table for England. A win for England would have cemented their first series win [...]
Simon Shaw interview: ‘Addressing concussion is for the here and now’

June 15, 2022

It was a project hatched over a pre-arranged dinner, but the cogs that were left turning once the bill had been settled have spearheaded innovation into understanding concussion in and out of sport, and provoked questions as to why it continues to take so long to implement change. Simon Shaw is a former Wasps rugby [...]
Burnley appoint Vincent Kompany as new manager

June 14, 2022

Championship outfit Burnley have appointed former Manchester City player Vincent Kompany as their new manager. The Clarets were relegated from the Premier League following the recent conclusion of the season and will compete in their first Championship season since 2015-2016 this summer. Kompany, 36, joins after a spell with Belgium’s Anderlecht – where he guided [...]
Sublime Jimmy Anderson takes 650th victim 19 years after his first

June 14, 2022

“When he makes it swing, the Barmy Army sing, for Jimmy Anderson.” The chant made famous by England’s most devoted Test fans in the 2017 Ashes. But James Anderson has been running in the new ball for his national side now for over 19 years. The 39-year-old has long been a favourite of players, coaches [...]
Barmy Barbarians’ rugby against England will set Twickenham alight

June 13, 2022

Rugby union is a sport in which traditions are constantly debated and continually evolving, but one element of the oval ball sport that has remained untouched since the late 1800s is the Barbarians. Almost a World XV, the Barbarians are a group of players cobbled together under – usually – an existing international coach who [...]
Murray offers Brits chance at dreaming about what Wimbledon could hold

June 13, 2022

“It’s an honour to play against him in this kind of court.” The words of Italian world No10 Matteo Berrettini after he beat 36-year-old Andy Murray in three sets at the final of the Stuttgart Open yesterday. For three-time Grand Slam winner Murray, who has spent much of his recent career dogged by injury, the [...]

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