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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Super League nears NRL investment but deal could be delayed until 2028

Sport Business

A deal for the Australian NRL to buy a stake in Super League, England’s top rugby league competition, is nearing completion but may not begin until 2028, prompting concern for London Broncos, City AM understands. Executives from the sport’s two premier competitions – including Rugby League commercial managing director Rhodri Jones and Aussie rugby league [...]
Black Knight’s Foley: We will do an AFC Bournemouth at Exeter Chiefs

Sport Business

AFC Bournemouth owner Bill Foley has said he will replicate the Premier League club’s playbook at newly acquired Prem Rugby team Exeter Chiefs. Foley’s Black Knight consortium – which features Oscar winner Michael B Jordan – purchased Exeter Chiefs over the summer amid a flurry of inward investment into the English top flight rugby competition. [...]
Budget 2026: Healey warned betting tax hikes could hit non-league football

Sport Business

The Chancellor has been warned that tax rises on betting operators could have an impact on non-league football amid duty hike fears at next week’s Budget. Chancellor John Healey will next week deliver Andy Burnham’s first Budget since his coronation as Prime Minister earlier this year, and taxes are expected to be jacked up on [...]

Sport’s $2 trillion fan economy growing faster than global GDP

October 21, 2026

Sport’s $2 trillion fan economy has outgrown the global GDP rate by nearly 66 per cent over the last 15 years, according to new research. Since 2010, the fan economy has “compounded at approximately six per cent per year on average”, a report published this week found, “1.6x the 3.8 per cent growth of global [...]
Exclusive: Airwallex and McLaren to renew partnership as valuations soar

October 21, 2026

Fintech Airwallex will today extend its partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 team after both organisations enjoyed steep valuation boosts, City AM can reveal. The partnership, initially announced in 2024, will be renewed and upgraded, making Airwallex the Formula 1 constructors’ champions’ AI finance partner. It comes amid a boom for both brands. McLaren was [...]
Exclusive: Thatchers to sponsor Prem Rugby as deal struck with Elton John agency

October 20, 2026

Prem Rugby will this week announce Thatchers as a new commercial partner as Elton John’s Rocket Sports agency continues to hunt for league sponsors, City AM understands. The English top flight counts London Pride as its beer sponsor but will add the West Country brand to its partnership roster as official cider partner. It is [...]
Team GB Olympic gold medallist makes multi-million-pound CBD investment

October 20, 2026

Team GB Olympic gold medallist Jade Jones has announced a multi-million-pound investment in a UK wellness brand. Her firm, JJ Double Gold, will invest in York-based CBD business HempWell Ltd over the next three years, Jones having started her own brand in July. She said: “HempWell has a wealth of expertise in this area, and [...]
MPs urged to back strike action ban at major sporting events

October 20, 2026

Industrial action could be banned during major sporting events such as the Olympics, World Cup and Euros if a key amendment is passed in Westminster this morning. The shadow sport minister, Conservative Louie French, will table an amendment to the Sporting Events Bill this morning that he hopes will stop “reckless union leaders who want [...]
McLaren could earn £50m from sale of five Formula 1 cars

October 19, 2026

Five McLaren Formula 1 cars could fetch £50m after the team put chassis belonging to the likes of Ayrton Senna, Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris up for sale. The models range from 1991 through to 2023 – the most modern Formula 1 car ever offered for private ownership – and are expected to go for [...]
Bellingham leads $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed tech firm Rezzil

October 19, 2026

Jobe Bellingham has led a $10m fund raise of Premier League-backed technology firm Rezzil. The 21-year-old Borussia Dortmund midfielder – whose brother Jude starred for England at the Fifa World Cup this summer – is part of the round alongside putting coach Phil Kenyon, who has worked with the likes of Rory McIlroy and Scottie [...]

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