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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Brits eye another Grand Slam doubles run at Australian Open

January 25, 2022

British singles interest at the Australian Open fizzled out last week when Dan Evans fell in the third round of the men’s competition. But hope is not lost at this year’s tournament as the recent trend of British Grand Slam doubles success remains on course to be extended into 2022. Brits have made up or [...]
Watford sack Claudio Ranieri after less than four months in job

January 24, 2022

Struggling Premier League outfit Watford have sacked manager Claudio Ranieri this evening. The Italian was in charge of just 14 Hornets games and departs with the club inside the relegation zone. The Ranieri sacking comes after Watford’s humiliating 3-0 loss to Norwich City on Friday. Watford are without a win in their last nine games [...]
Champions Cup: Round of 16 draw confirmed after last series of games

January 24, 2022

Rugby’s most prestigious club competition has completed its pool phase. Through to the round of 16 are teams from three countries, each with a shot at the Champions Cup in May’s finals weekend in Marseille. Here’s what we have learned from the group stage. English challenge Although Harlequins romped to a surprising domestic title last [...]
County cricket fixture changes not enough to save England’s Test team

January 23, 2022

When the County Championship fixture list was announced last week, many hoped it would include a healthy amount of August four-day games as England’s international Test side look to rebuild from a humiliating Ashes campaign. Alas, the domestic game is in for another season without the long-form game taking place across the height of the [...]
Formula E and Channel 4 enter multi-year broadcast deal

January 21, 2022

Formula E and terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 today announced a multi-year free-to-air partnership. The broadcaster will show more races of the Season 8 edition of Formula E than fans have seen in previous seasons. Channel 4 will also offer race highlights on its platform as well as the new 22-driver qualifying format on its YouTube [...]
Ollie Phillips: The squad is exciting but it’s still classic Eddie Jones

January 21, 2022

When I saw the England squad Eddie Jones had named for the Six Nations on Tuesday evening, I was actually pleasantly surprised. It is good to see head coach Eddie Jones picking in-form players this year, though I must say the squad seems rather predictable. The return of Owen Farrell is no surprise. Jones is [...]
Domestic cricket: Fixtures unveiled as English game eyes Ashes recovery

January 20, 2022

The England and Wales Cricket Board (EBC) today finalised the fixtures for domestic English cricket’s main competitions. The County Championship fixtures will kick off the men’s domestic summer on 7 April and will conclude in the last week of September. During this time, the T20 Blast will run over a seven week period – culminating [...]
Ashes: England Women look to get off to flying T20 start

January 19, 2022

England Women will be looking to succeed where the men’s team failed and end their Ashes losing streak when the showpiece competition gets underway tomorrow in Adelaide. England last won the Ashes in 2013-14, when they beat the Southern Stars 10-8 in Australia. In the three subsequent series they have failed to regain the coveted [...]
England coach Eddie Jones: ‘Make me look an idiot’

January 19, 2022

Eddie Jones yesterday told his dropped England stars to “play at a level that makes me an idiot if I don’t pick them” as he announced his wider squad for the upcoming Six Nations. Notable absentees from the training group, who will meet in Brighton next week, include Saracens back-three player Elliot Daly and Bath [...]
Championship rugby club chairman: ‘Increase funding to clubs’

January 18, 2022

Richmond’s chairman has called on the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to solve the Championship’s increasingly insurmountable financial barriers to promotion to the top division. The RFU has cut funding for already cash-strapped second-tier clubs from around £550,000 each per year to less than half that this season. It is another hurdle to promotion for Championship [...]

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