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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Investigation finds 150 referees with betting accounts, one individual placed 18,000 bets

October 28, 2025

A five-year investigation into referees found that over 150 were actively gambling, with one individual allegedly placing over 18,000 bets. Turkey’s football federation chief Ibrahim Ethem Haciosmanoglu claimed the half-decade investigation into officials in the country found that 371 of 571 match officials have gambling accounts with 152 of those currently active. He revealed at [...]
Chelsea co-owner Boehly part of $10bn NBA deal for LA Lakers

October 28, 2025

Todd Boehly is part of the $10bn deal to buy the LA Lakers alongside Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter. Walter had agreed to purchase a majority stake in the NBA side earlier this year in a deal that would value the franchise at $10bn. But Front Office Sports reports that Chelsea consortium frontman Boehly is part [...]
Barbarians: Inside rugby team playing All Blacks in London this weekend

October 28, 2025

The Barbarians are taking on an All Blacks XV this weekend at Premier League club Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium in London. Rugby’s financial structure is bizarre at the best of times: on one hand you’ve got teams playing every week struggling to make ends meet, and on the other hand you’ve got the British and [...]
Exclusive: Reeves risks Black Market Britain with gambling tax hike

October 27, 2025

Chancellor Rachel Reeves risks creating “Black Market Britain” if next month’s Budget sees significant tax raids on the gambling sector. Industry insiders have warned of the potentially catastrophic impact on bookmakers and gambling firms if levies on betting and online slot machines are hiked in line with recommendations by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The [...]
Exclusive: Cleo founder Hussey-Yeo to head fan bid for Sheffield Wednesday

October 27, 2025

The founder of fintech unicorn Cleo, Barney Hussey-Yeo, has offered to front a bid to buy struggling Championship club Sheffield Wednesday, City AM can reveal. The Sheffield-born data scientist will invest his own capital as part of a bid that would involve other wealthy Owls fans, as well as the wider community if necessary, to [...]
Baller League chief: $100m cheque won’t get me to talk to you

October 26, 2025

The man behind Baller League has said a $100m cheque will not be enough to buy a seat at its investment table. The indoor, six-a-side football competition, was founded in Germany but has since moved to the United Kingdom with plans to expand Stateside. The likes of Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski were early Baller [...]
Test Twenty: The cricket format looking to find stars of tomorrow

October 25, 2025

As the amount of cricket increases again, those behind Test Twenty explain the business behind backing youth. Some would argue there’s enough cricket in the world, others would debate that we’ve got far too much. It often seems like a month cannot go by without a World Cup here or Test series there, but Gaurav [...]
Soho home to new three-story sports bar in boost for London

October 25, 2025

Soho this week welcomed a new three-story sports bar in a boost to central London’s offering as Box opened its doors to punters. The 33-screen Shaftesbury Avenue opened this week and is expected to form a key pillar of Soho’s sporting nightlife. Split over three floors, Box Piccadilly has 33 screens, karaoke booths, shuffleboard and [...]
Sheffield Wednesday: What happens next as administrators called in?

October 24, 2025

With Sheffield Wednesday filing for administration on Friday, what happens next for the Owls? The club – who are bottom of the Championship – have received a 12-point deduction from the EFL, with the governors of England’s second league saying this step “presents Sheffield Wednesday with the opportunity to move matters towards a successful sale [...]
Private equity in NFL incredibly successful, commissioner Goodell says

October 24, 2025

Private equity sales in the NFL have been “incredibly successful”, according to the American football league’s commissioner Roger Goodell. It comes after the league voted to allow NFL franchise stakes to be sold to the sector for the first time in 2024. Those stakes are capped at 10 per cent of a franchise but are [...]

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