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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Premier League front-of-shirt sponsorship revenues rise to £444m

September 21, 2026

Premier League clubs’ front-of-shirt sponsorship revenue has risen eight per cent to £444m despite implementing a voluntary ban on gambling firms. The English top flight agreed to ban betting and casino brands from the lucrative front-of-shirt sponsorship slot in a move that lost the 20 clubs a collective £67m. But Premier League teams have managed [...]
Reynolds, Mac and Apollo buy Wrexham pub

September 21, 2026

Ryan Reynolds, Rob Mac and Apollo Sports Capital have purchased a pub in a move that expands Wrexham AFC’s footprint. The Turf, which used to look over the stands and into the Championship football ground, has been added to a portfolio by the club’s owners which includes both Wrexham and their Racecourse Ground home. The [...]
Fery reveals tennis Player Council ambitions as he gets Laver Cup call-up

September 21, 2026

British tennis star Arthur Fery has revealed his ambition to join the sport’s burgeoning player power movement after capping a breakthrough season with a Laver Cup call-up. After a stunning run to the semi-finals at Wimbledon earlier this year, new British men’s No1 Fery has been added to the European squad as an alternate for [...]
China’s EV brands are all over sport in the west. Why?

September 18, 2026

Electric vehicle brands from China are snapping up sport sponsorship opportunities across the west. Matt Hardy asks why. The automotive sector has long had an association with sports sponsorships: think the century-old deal between Ford and AFL side the Geelong Cats, or Volkswagen’s enduring patronage of Bundesliga side Wolfsburg, originally a works team from its [...]
Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur criticised for unlicensed gambling deals

September 18, 2026

Clubs including Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur have been criticised for doing deals with unlicensed gambling firms as the government continues a consultation on banning such organisations from sponsoring sport. Chelsea and Spurs are two of 11 Premier League clubs which hold agreements with betting companies not licensed in the UK. Others include Aston Villa and [...]
Major development in £3bn project backed by Crystal Palace co-owner David Blitzer

September 17, 2026

Co-owner of Premier League club Crystal Palace, David Blitzer, is part of a group that has announced a major update to a £3bn stadium development. The American businessman, who became an early multi-franchise investor and was one of the first people to hold stakes in all five big North American leagues – NHL, MLB, MLS, [...]
LVMH’s Arnault joins Nike board as sportswear giant set to lose S&P 100 spot

September 17, 2026

The son of LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault has been appointed to Nike’s board of directors a week after it was announced the sportswear giant will lose its S&P 100 spot. Alexandre Arnault, currently deputy chief executive of LVMH’s wines and spirits division, will hope to help the US apparel firm stem a trend of share [...]
Who owns Chelsea after £950m Boehly and Walter stake sales?

September 17, 2026

Todd Boehly and Mark Walter have sold their combined 25 per cent stake in Chelsea in a deal that values the Premier League club at £5bn. The agreement, announced last night, will see the former chairman of Chelsea Boehly – who was the face of the consortium that purchased the club from Roman Abramovich in [...]
Exclusive: Battersea Power Station rules out building NBA Europe stadium

September 17, 2026

Battersea Power Station chiefs have categorically ruled out suggestions that London’s NBA Europe team could build its home basketball arena on the site. The capital remains at the centre of a bidding war for an NBA franchise, with interested parties reported to include former Tottenham Hotspur chief Daniel Levy, current Spurs majority shareholders the Lewis [...]
Spurs owners take 12-month investment to £300m with fresh £120m injection

September 16, 2026

Tottenham Hotspur’s majority owners will take their investment into the club to beyond £300m in the last year after agreeing to an additional £120m injection. The family of billionaire Joe Lewis – which owns 70 per cent of the controlling ENIC Sports Inc company – have pumped £120m into the north London club, who currently [...]

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