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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Trump-linked Kushner and ex-Disney boss to buy £9bn LA Lakers from Chelsea co-owner

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Josh Kushner, the Donald Trump-linked figure at the centre of the Fifa sell-off row, is to buy NBA’s LA Lakers from Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter in a £9bn deal. Walter purchased the Lakers for £7.4bn in October last year but is set to see a bumper return on his investment when Kushner – brother to [...]
London being lined up to host re-run of GAA final between Mayo and Kerry

Sport Business

London is being lined up to stage a re-run of last month’s dramatic GAA All-Ireland Football Championship between Mayo and Kerry. Saracens’ StoneX Stadium is being eyed by the two counties who are seeking permission from the Central Council in Ireland to stage the match, according to the Irish Independent. The match could see the [...]
Exclusive: Rugby League monitoring Henry Pollock amid £1m Hearn wage demands

Sport Business

Henry Pollock could find himself at the centre of a rugby bidding war with top flight league clubs monitoring the union star amid uncertainty over his future, City AM can reveal. The 21-year-old flanker has emerged as one of England rugby’s most popular players, earning a reported £150,000 per year at Prem Rugby champions Northampton [...]

Wimbledon won’t slap sponsor on new show court but eye US growth

August 12, 2026

Wimbledon is quintessentially British, and its branding is understated. But what’s next for the Grand Slam? Matt Hardy finds out. “I’m not sure it’s Wimbledon style to have a naming right on a court,” the tennis Grand Slam’s marketing and commercial director Usama Al-Qassab tells City AM when asked whether a new show court at [...]
Inside Formula 1’s £10,000 hospitality ticket on the back of a moving lorry

August 11, 2026

Formula 1 is expanding the roll-out of a £10,000-per-head hospitality experience which allows VIPs to dine on the track aboard a “travelling dining room”. The Out Lap kicked off in Spa before the summer break but will continue in Zandvoort, Monza and Madrid after a sell-out in Belgium as part of the mega-deal between Formula [...]
Jeff Bezos closes in on Liverpool FC stake as FSG sale deal nears

August 10, 2026

Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos is set to buy shares in Liverpool FC as Fenway Sports Group plans a significant minority sale. A consortium featuring Bezos, as well as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is led by the son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and former Queens Park Rangers shareholder Amit Bhatia and is nearing a deal [...]
Prem Rugby team ditch Big Game fixture at Premier League ground

August 10, 2026

Prem Rugby club Gloucester have cancelled a planned fixture at Aston Villa’s Villa Park after its inaugural staging last season was criticised by fans. A Slater Cup fixture between Gloucester and Leicester Tigers was held at the Premier League ground last season, with a number of discounted tickets helping the attendance top 20,000 – around [...]
Ex-UK minister Robertson rubbishes Ukrainian claims he aided Russia’s Olympic return

August 10, 2026

Former Sports Minister Sir Hugh Robertson has shut down claims he was central to Russia’s readmission into the Olympic Games, telling City AM that claims he is a “Russian stooge” are “rubbish”. The former Conservative cabinet minister and the International Olympic Committee’s chair of the Working Group on the Fundamental Principles of Olympism, has described [...]
Champions Cup rugby team hacked in ransom attack with player data at risk

August 7, 2026

Champions Cup rugby club Stade Francais has said it is the victim of a cyber attack, with reports stating players’ identity documents are being held to ransom. Cybercriminals have reportedly threatened to release documents relating to players, having already unveiled a number of identifiable documents belonging to 18 players. “Immediate containment, investigation and recovery measures [...]
BBC to broadcast Alexis Ohanian co-founded all-female athletics series Athlos

August 7, 2026

The BBC will broadcast the Alexis Ohanian co-founded all-female athletics meet Athlos when it heads to London next month. The event, one of a number on a series funded by the Reddit co-founder, will land at Prem Rugby team Saracens’ Stone X Stadium in September with the likes of Keely Hodgkinson, Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas [...]

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