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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UK Athletics faces £20m blow after manslaughter charge

January 8, 2025

UK Athletics is staring down the barrel of a huge £20m fine after the cash-strapped track and field governing body was charged with corporate manslaughter. The Crown Prosecution Service charged UK Athletics over the death of Abdullah Hayayei, a Paralympian from the United Arab Emirates, after a metal throwing cage fell on him while training [...]
Gloucester Rugby forced to pull Russia flag from player shirt

January 8, 2025

Gloucester Rugby has been forced to remove a Russian flag from the shirt of one of their players after a complaint from a fan. The Cherry and Whites have operated a policy, since 2015, of rewarding their international stars with the flag of their Test nation on their club shirt. But Gloucester were forced to [...]
South Africa World Test Championship warm-up won’t be in London

January 8, 2025

South Africa’s efforts to play a Test match in the UK ahead of their World Test Championship final have hit an obstacle as both of London’s big grounds are unlikely to offer up their wickets, City AM can reveal. South Africa have reached their first ever World Test Championship after a series win over Pakistan, [...]
Tamworth ticket price for Spurs FA Cup match justified by situation

January 7, 2025

Luck of the draw, magic of the cup and giant-killing potential: these are the three cliches which circulate round after round, year after year, in the FA Cup. But there is something deeply romantic about the underdogs going on a David-like run against Goliath. In 2021, eighth-tier side Marine went on a brilliant run to [...]
British golfer to ditch PGA Tour to join Legion XIII on LIV Golf

January 7, 2025

Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin is set to snub his newly-earned place on the PGA Tour to sign a shock deal with Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf team. McKibbin won a PGA Tour card in November via the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai but the 22-year-old Brit will instead take the final spot in Legion XIII. [...]
Downing Street asks ICC to support Afghan women amid boycott calls

January 7, 2025

Downing Street has waded into the debate surrounding a potential England boycott of next month’s match with Afghanistan, calling on the International Cricket Council to “deliver on their own rules”. England are scheduled to take on Afghanistan at the Champions Trophy in Pakistan on 26 February but there have been calls for the England and [...]
Reeves employer NIC tax plans raise wind-up fears for football clubs

January 7, 2025

A total of 24 professional football clubs are in arrears to HMRC over PAYE debt, with experts fearing that number could rise due to Rachel Reeves’s budget. Clubs including Championship side Reading and National League Southend United are among those who received winding-up petitions from HMRC in 2024. But business experts have warned that changes [...]
Springboks face new bid for stake by Leeds United private equity investors Ackerley Sports Group

January 6, 2025

The world champion Springboks could sell off a stake of their commercial rights company to investors in Leeds United as South African rugby looks for a stronger financial footing. Seattle-based firm Ackerley Sports Group LLC is reportedly set to revive plans to invest in the 2023 Rugby World Cup winners after an initial bid foundered [...]
Independent Football Regulator hires head of legal from CMA

January 6, 2025

The incoming football regulator has appointed a head of legal as it steps up plans to begin its work in earnest in 2025. David Riley this week left his role as legal director of the Competition and Markets Authority to take up a role with the football body, where he will head up the legal [...]
Hamilton world title or Fury vs Joshua? The betting trends set to dominate 2025

January 4, 2025

Millions of Brits love a little betting flutter now and again, and sport is where the majority of our punts go. Government reports state that “the provisional 2024 to 2025 year-to-date [April to September] total for betting and gaming receipts is £1,78bn, which is £102m (6 per cent) higher than the same period during the [...]

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