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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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 [...]
Petr Cech departs Chelsea in latest off-field change

June 27, 2022

Chelsea FC have this morning confirmed the departure of Technical and Performance Advisor and former goalkeeper Petr Cech. Cech will leave his role at the end of the month having been in the position for three years. “It has been a huge privilege to perform this role at Chelsea for the past three years,” Cech [...]
World track and field in need of resurrection ahead of major championships

June 27, 2022

The tectonic plates of British athletics shifted at the weekend as favourites fell to underdogs and new records were broken. As Jeremiah Azu and Daryll Neita won 100m British titles, toppled favourites and looked to book spots at this year’s World Championships in Eugene, US, you’d be forgiven for not knowing it was even going [...]
Wimbledon: The Brits aiming to capture the hearts of Henman Hill

June 27, 2022

The bamks of Henman Hill will today be packed to the rafters for the first time since before the pandemic. Wimbledon is back. And though the likelihood of an Andy Murray win feels slim, and the odds on Emma Raducanu lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish remain long, there’s hope that a number of Brits will [...]
Wimbledon: The favourites to come out on top

June 26, 2022

It’s fair to say that British players may not be the big favourites for either of this year’s singles Grand Slam titles. So just who is fancied to raise either of the trophies in 12 days time? Women’s favourites On the women’s side of the draw it is difficult to look past Iga Swiatek. The [...]
Azeem Rafiq: ‘I back Yorkshire hosting today’s Test match’

June 22, 2022

Azeem Rafiq, the former Yorkshire cricketer who lifted the lid on discrimination in the domestic game, insists that it is right for Headingley to host today’s Test match between England and New Zealand despite the charges hanging over the host county. The England and Wales Cricket Board suspended Yorkshire as a host of lucrative international [...]

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