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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English Cricket bans transgender women from women’s game

May 2, 2025

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s and girls’ cricket matches, the sport’s governing body the ECB has announced. It comes after a recent Supreme Court ruling said only those whose biological sex is female can be called female. “Our regulations for recreational cricket have always aimed at ensuring that cricket [...]
Champions Cup prize money: Why profits in semis are shared

May 2, 2025

As the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals get underway, why are the clubs involved not guaranteed all of the profits generated? Over the last couple of days the Uefa Champions League semi-finals have played out at London’s Emirates Stadium and Barcelona’s Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. The final four teams are battling for prize money that could [...]
Major London venue to host 2026 World Cup final

May 1, 2025

Major London venue Lord’s will host the Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup this year as the tournament’s venues were revealed. The Home of Cricket will stage the showpiece final in next year’s World Cup in a win for the capital amid competition from other major UK Test arenas. Manchester’s Old Trafford, Leeds’ Headingley, Birmingham’s Edgbaston, [...]
City of London to host padel and football during London Sports Festival

May 1, 2025

The Square Mile will this summer bask in the opportunity to get active with the launch of the London Sports Festival across the capital from this month. Beginning later this month and running through until October, iconic London landmarks will play host to a number of sports to merge the City’s working engine with the [...]
Dubai real estate firm to sponsor Chelsea for rest of season

April 30, 2025

Chelsea have announced major Dubai-based firm Damac Properties as its front-of-shirt sponsor for the remainder of the season. The deal will see the UAE brand on the Stamford Bridge team’s shirts from tomorrow evening, when the Blues take on Djurgarden in the Europa Conference League in Sweden. But the deal will conclude at the end [...]
Can London challenge Saudi Arabia and India for Olympic Games?

April 30, 2025

Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the 2040 Olympic Games in London but up against Saudi Arabia, India and other new global powers, can Great Britain compete? Picture the scene: the year is 2040, the Olympic Games are back in London; Danny Boyle – at the age of 83 – has been persuaded out of retirement to [...]
No criminal charges over ice hockey player death whose neck was cut

April 29, 2025

The professional ice hockey player arrested on suspicion of manslaughter will not face criminal charges, the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed this week. Former Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson, 29 from America, died after a collision with Sheffield Steelers‘ Matt Petgrave, from Canada, resulted in his neck being cut in 2023. But the CPS have concluded [...]
Exclusive: Macron to announce Gloucester Rugby deal as UK revenues soar

April 29, 2025

Italian sportswear brand Macron will today add Gloucester Rugby to their growing English sports kit portfolio as part of a long-term agreement, City AM can reveal. Gloucester, whose deal with Oxen ends this season, will join Premiership Rugby champions Northampton Saints and Sale Sharks under the Macron umbrella, alongside World Rugby and Uefa refereeing agreements. [...]
Independent Football Regulator costs could hike ticket prices, MP says

April 28, 2025

Shadow sport minister Stuart Andrew has insisted the Independent Football Regulator’s reported £47.3m club compliance cost could push ticket prices up for fans. It came as the Conservatives, who introduced the original Football Governance Bill before the 2024 General Election, opposed the proposed legislation at the second reading stage on Monday in the House of [...]
Hundred sponsor KP Snacks signs deal with England cricket

April 23, 2025

The England and Wales Cricket Board has today confirmed an expansion of its deal with KP Snacks, signing on with the main sponsor of The Hundred as an official partner of the senior international sides. The deal will see the Butterkist, McCoys and Pom-Bears maker, which began its association with The Hundred in 2021, appear [...]

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