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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Exclusive: Saracens back Premiership rugby games in USA, league supportive

September 10, 2024

The Gallagher Premiership could host matches overseas again after Saracens backed the idea of taking English top-flight rugby back to the United States. Premiership clubs have not played a match in the US since 2017, when just 6,000 fans watched Newcastle Falcons take on Saracens in Philadelphia. But Saracens’ new chief executive Mark Thompson has [...]
The coaching duo behind Jannik Sinner rise to Grand Slam victor

September 10, 2024

On Sunday Jannik Sinner toppled Taylor Fritz in straight sets to win his first US Open and second career Grand Slam. The dominance of the Italian and fellow European Carlos Alcaraz ensured that for the first time since 2002, none of Novak Djokovic, Roger Fedderer or Rafael Nadal won one of the four calendar slam [...]
Exclusive: British Cycling throws weight behind Tour de France host bid

September 9, 2024

British Cycling has thrown its weight behind plans to bring the Tour de France Grand Depart back to the UK for the first time since 2014 and insisted it would “love” to stage it in London. Funding body UK Sport identified the 2027 Tour as one which could begin in Britain – with the Tour [...]
England lose unbeaten streak at hands of brilliant Sri Lanka

September 9, 2024

England’s Ollie Pope admitted his side “shot themselves in the foot” as Sri Lanka won the final home Test of the year to ruin a previously unbeaten summer. England, without Test captain Ben Stokes, went into the third Test at the Oval 2-0 up in the series having won all five of their matches this [...]
Paralympic athletes and sport chiefs call on the nation to build on Paris excitement

September 9, 2024

British Paralympic athletes and sporting chiefs have urged the nation to “take the excitement around Paris 2024 forward” and continue on an “upward trajectory” of backing disability sport. The curtain fell on 12 days of para-sport yesterday with a spectacular closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Paris. Paralympics GB finished second in the [...]
Adrian Newey, £30m deal at Aston Martin F1 and why he’s worth it

September 9, 2024

With Aston Martin set to announce Adrian Newey’s arrival at the Formula 1 outfit, City A.M. asked paddock insiders whether he was worth his reported £30m package. When you think of glitz, glamour and extortionate amounts of cash in sport Formula 1 is never too far away. The travelling circus is a commercial juggernaut worth [...]
Sri Lanka eye first Test win over England in decade after hosts collapse

September 8, 2024

An England collapse combined with a steady start to Sri Lanka’s second innings has left the tourists within reach of victory at the Oval. Despite grinding Sri Lanka out for 263 at the Oval in south London, England collapsed in their second innings to 156 all out. And at close on the Sunday, after the [...]
Great Britain match Tokyo Paralympics medal haul but down on Rio

September 8, 2024

Late success for Great Britain saw Paralympics GB match their medal haul from Tokyo at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Britain will bring home a total of 124 medals (49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze) with the number of gold and silver medals up on the Japanese Games but bronzes down. Paralympics GB, though, [...]
US Open: British champion heading back to school for GCSE’s

September 8, 2024

Mika Stojsavljevic, who on Saturday won the junior US Open, has said she will be back in school on Tuesday despite her success. The 15-year-old tennis star from Hammersmith was the first Brit to triumph in a junior slam at Flushing Meadows in New York since Heather Watson won the tournament in 2009. The Londoner [...]
Aston Martin F1 set to sell large minority stake to US firm and Silicon Valley giant

September 8, 2024

A deal to sell a large minority stake in Aston Martin could be announced soon in a move that could value the Formula 1 team at over £1.5bn. First reported by Mark Kleinman for Sky News, the deal is set to see Accel and HPS Investment Partners acquire between 20 and 25 per cent of [...]

How sport and athletes can show the realities of neurodiversity

How sport and athletes can show the realities of neurodiversity

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