By: Matt Hardy

Deputy Sports Editor - City AM Matt is the Deputy Sports Editor covering sport, the business of sport and the politics of sport. He covers the likes of football, rugby, cricket, Formula 1, golf and tennis.

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India, Qatar, Germany, South Africa and Korea in for 2036 Olympic Games

October 6, 2026

Aspiring hosts of the 2036 Olympic Games will have until the end of the month to declare their interest in staging the multi-sport event. The quadrennial summer Games will be staged in Los Angeles in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032 but submissions for the following event will now close at the end of October after [...]
Premier League gets US broadcast bounce after World Cup

October 6, 2026

The Premier League has received a US-shaped broadcast bounce with the World Cup inspiring Stateside viewership of the English top flight. Premier League viewership among adults aged 18-34 is up 20 per cent compared to last season, with Tottenham Hotspur’s struggles featuring in three of the top six Stateside broadcasts. The data, from sponsorship analytics [...]
Crystal Palace valued at £900m and hire Raine Group to explore investment or sale

October 5, 2026

Crystal Palace’s owners have valued the club at £900m and hired the Raine Group to field interest in investment or a possible sale, multiple sources have told City AM. The £900m figure is more than double the valuation at which Woody Johnson acquired 43 per cent of the south London club a little over a [...]
Shock boardroom shake-up as Sunderland chief exits

October 5, 2026

Sunderland have parted company with interim chief executive Tom Burwell in a shock move after just five months as the Black Cats’ top man. The club said their majority owner, 29-year-old Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, will take charge of day-to-day operations at Sunderland, who this year are playing in the Europa League. Burwell’s abrupt departure comes 24 [...]
London Broncos owner: We can replicate Wakefield in Super League

October 5, 2026

On Saturday, Wakefield Trinity won a Super League title for the first time since 1968, completing a fairytale return to glory following a takeover by local businessman Matt Ellis just three years ago. Their route to Old Trafford began in the Championship and concluded at the weekend in front of 74,000 fans. It is a [...]
London is running out of development land for sport teams to build stadiums on

October 2, 2026

One of London’s greatest assets is its varied and wide-ranging sports scene; six Premier League football clubs, many further down the pyramid; iconic rugby, tennis and cricket grounds; indoor arenas as far as the eye can see. But with success comes a desire to expand and grow. Chelsea are actively assessing options for a new [...]
Nike: Shares fall, S&P 100 ejection and Mbappe out

October 2, 2026

Nike shares continued to fall this week after the sportswear giant warned of a decline in revenue over the coming year. The American firm, fresh off the back of news that it would be ejected from the S&P 100, adjusted its share price amid a mixed first fiscal quarter. Its statement comes alongside layoff warnings [...]
Everton owners The Friedkin Group part of £850m mega stadium redevelopment

October 1, 2026

Owners of Premier League club Everton, The Friedkin Group, are spending around £850m on a major new stadium that is set to host matches at the 2032 Euros. The Friedkin Group, who purchased Everton in 2024 from Farhad Moshiri, will pump around £500m into a new 60,000-capacity capital city stadium with additional funds for urban [...]
MSG Sport to spin New York Knicks and Rangers into NYSE-listed firms

October 1, 2026

Directors at Madison Square Garden Sports Corp have approved plans to spin off the organisation’s New York Rangers and New York Knicks franchises into separate public firms. The move will make the NBA-winning New York Knicks the first publicly traded basketball team in nearly a quarter of a century. The New York Knicks NBA spin-off [...]
NFL cut ticket prices to fill Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

September 30, 2026

The NFL has cut ticket prices for this weekend’s fixture between the Indianapolis Colts and Washington Commanders in a bid to fill the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Some high-end category seats at Sunday’s game – the first of three across London in October – have been reduced to less than £80 each. It follows concerns that [...]

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