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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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 [...]
Formula E, Extreme E and E1 Series co-founder Alejandro Agag on the future of sport

June 29, 2022

In the overcrowded market that is sport it’s difficult to stand out. New ideas, usually brainchilds of multi-millionaires, come and go – often passing within the blink of an eye. And if they are successful one year, there’s little certainty of a cut through the next. But with growing concerns surrounding the environment and the [...]
McLaren deal with Neom could stimulate economic growth away from oil

June 28, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s latest venture into sport has come with an increased presence in electric racing. Yesterday motorsporting giant McLaren announced that Neom – a region of the Middle Eastern Kingdom that’s set to become an eco hub at a cost of $500bn – would become title partner of both the Formula E and Extreme E [...]
England can be the great entertainers of Test cricket after whitewash

June 28, 2022

And just like that all is well in English Test cricket again, right? In yesterday’s seven-wicket demolition of New Zealand at Headingley, England completed a 3-0 whitewash over the Black Caps to win their first Test series since the beginning of last year. If after England’s humiliating Test series defeat against the West Indies earlier [...]
A look at England’s former captain as Eoin Morgan retires from international cricket

June 27, 2022

“We Allah with us as well. I spoke to Adil [Rashid] and he said ‘Allah was definitely with us’ and I said ‘we had the rub of the green’.” The words of Irish-born limited overs cricket captain Eoin Morgan after his incredibly diverse England side won the 2019 Cricket World Cup at Lord’s after that [...]

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