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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Premier League players could be paid in crypto as blockchain evolves

August 11, 2025

Premier League football players could have their salaries paid for in crypto, a new report into the future of the blockchain suggests. After over £400m was spent in the 2024-25 sporting season on deals and sponsorships, it has been suggested that digital currencies could replace traditional payments for player transfers and salaries. In 2021 Spanish [...]
Formula 1 to open new F1 Box venue in London’s Westfield Stratford

August 11, 2025

Formula 1’s love affair with a new generation of fans is set to expand further with F1 Box, a new experience for fans in east London. Opening at Westfield Stratford in time for next weekend, F1 Box stems from the popular F1 Arcade in the Square Mile. The set-up will include a new simulator experience [...]
Liverpool fans face biggest Premier League ticket scam risk, data shows

August 8, 2025

Football ticket scammers fleeced fans out of £2.5m across the last two seasons with the government issuing a warning ahead of the Premier League season. Victims lost an average £128 through ticketing scams, according to data released by Lloyds in association with the Home Office. It is estimated that there have been over 12,000 victims [...]
Chicago Bears set for £6.5bn valuation after NFL franchise equity deal, report

August 8, 2025

NFL team the Chicago Bears could be valued at £6.5bn after two major shareholders agreed to an equity share of late investor Andrew McKenna. Former Aon director McKenna’s stake was shared between the McCaskey and Ryan families in an agreement which resulted in NFL commissioner Roger Goodell not needing to get involved in settling where [...]
Swiss officials call for Fifa chief Infantino to soften Trump tariff blow

August 7, 2025

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been called upon by political figures in Switzerland to help persuade Donald Trump to lower tariffs on the landlocked nation. The US President has announced that Switzerland is in line to be slapped with 39 per cent tariffs as part of his sweeping economic policies that have seen countries rush [...]
WNBA sex toy incidents fuel crypto prediction boom for Polymarket

August 7, 2025

Users of cryptocurrency-based predicting site Polymarket are cashing in on sex toys being thrown at WNBA matches in the US. There have been a number of incidents in the past week whereby sex toys have been thrown onto the court, momentarily stopping games. The vulgar short-term trend has impacted matches involving Indiana Fever, Los Angeles [...]
US Open tennis prize money soars as players get record purse cut

August 7, 2025

Players at this year’s US Open are set to enjoy a record prize purse for a grand slam as Flushing Meadows splashes the cash. Singles winners in New York this autumn will each receive £3.7m for lifting silverware on the court of Arthur Ashe Stadium. It trumps the prize purse for the previous three grand [...]
NFL buys stake in Disney subsidiary ESPN in media asset swap

August 6, 2025

The NFL is set to buy a minority stake in ESPN as the media giant takes control of American football’s NFL Network assets. The non-binding agreement, confirmed in the early hours of Wednesday morning, will see the NFL purchase a 10 per cent stake in the Walt Disney subsidiary and allow Disney to broadcast more [...]
Nandy warns Morecambe and Sheffield change is coming

August 6, 2025

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy has insisted “change is coming” for the owners of Morecambe and Sheffield Wednesday amid concerns of the futures of the football clubs. Morecambe’s 105-year history is at risk, with former Worcester Warriors owner Jason Whittingham’s failure to sell the club. Sheffield Wednesday’s players are set to fulfil their opening Championship game [...]
Jonas Martensson: Minecraft guru on new role with LIV Golf and Cleeks GC

July 24, 2025

Having swapped Minecraft for LIV Golf, Jonas Martensson discusses how he is going to revolutionise his Cleeks GC team. Picture the scene: you wake in random grassland with nothing to your name. Then you forage for resources and food, build yourself a house – then a town, city and kingdom – and fight monsters who [...]

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