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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LIV Golf: Branden Grace wins in Portland and banks $4m individual prize

July 4, 2022

“S***, this is fun! How good has this been? I’ve never experienced anything like this.” The words of Branden Grace after he banked the $4m prize pot for winning the second LIV Golf Invitational event in Portland, Oregon on Saturday. For the second time in two events, Grace shot a final round 65 – at [...]
Hollie Pearne-Webb: I am still learning how to lead as England hockey captain

July 4, 2022

It’s not often you get the chance to reinvent yourself as a captain three years into your tenure, but that’s exactly what England and Great Britain hockey captain Hollie Pearne-Webb is doing as her side begin a World Cup and then head to a home Commonwealth Games. The Pearne-Webb era has been dogged by the [...]
Jones and England on the back foot after Australia loss in Perth

July 3, 2022

As the sun set in the Western Australian metropolis of Perth on Saturday, hopes of Eddie Jones’ England team repeating their astonishing 3-0 whitewash of the Wallabies in 2016 faded into the night. Two late tries from Henry Arundell and Jack van Poortvielt ensured the 30-28 losing scoreline was slightly more palatable than it looked [...]
Tour de France remains ‘absolutely unimaginable act of suffering’

July 1, 2022

It may be over 3,000km of blood, sweat and tears but it grips us for one month of the year. When the Tour de France peloton embarks upon its Grand Depart in Copenhagen today, its twists and turns will no doubt draw us into cycling’s most prestigious event. Starting in Denmark before weaving down the [...]
Ollie Phillips: Eddie Jones’ England 23 a good balance between styles

July 1, 2022

The 23 England head coach Eddie Jones has selected for tomorrow morning’s first Test against Australia is a very exciting one. We’re seeing a balance of experience in the starting XV and some inexperience and excitement on the bench – and it should make for a really interesting battle with the Wallabies. A lot has [...]
India Test offers Stokes and McCullum’s England new challenge

June 30, 2022

Come the earlier than usual time of 10:30, the terraces of Edgbaston’s Eric Hollies stand will be bouncing in Birmingham as England’s Test team get set to play India. They haven’t played since last summer but tomorrow is the beginning of the deciding match of a five-Test series. India lead 2-1 after four Tests – [...]
Piquet’s comment reminds us why role models in F1 matter ahead of British GP

June 29, 2022

Home country hero Lewis Hamilton has, and there’s no other way to put this, dominated the British Grand Prix in recent years. On a run of three consecutive wins – seven wins in eight years – you’d be forgiven for thinking Hamilton and Silverstone were joined at the hip. But as he, his Mercedes team, [...]
Kylian Mbappe enters Web3 with Sorare deal

June 29, 2022

Paris Saint-Germain’s superstar footballer Kylian Mbappe has become NFT and fantasy gaming company Sorare’s first player ambassador. The French international joins the group in a long-term partnership. “Off the pitch, the most important thing for me is helping empower young people – who might not have access to the type of opportunities others have –to [...]
Wimbledon: Serena’s motivation, going under the radar and order of play

June 29, 2022

As Wimbledon’s courts once again get set to be graced by Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray, Serena Williams has spoken of her first round loss. Here is your SW19 latest. Williams motivated Yesterday’s evening session saw 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams crash out at the earliest possible stage of the tournament. Asked about what [...]
Champions Cup offers London clubs chance to shine on greatest stage

June 29, 2022

At a swanky Dublin event yesterday afternoon the best and brightest of European, and South African, rugby discovered their fate in next season’s Champions Cup. In a recent shake up in format, there are no longer six pools of four but instead two pools of 12. Teams now play a team from the other two [...]

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