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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Why doesn’t Saudi Arabia sponsor rugby when it invests everywhere else?

December 7, 2024

If you were going to have a gander through the list of sports sponsorship deals related – directly or indirectly – to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, you’d be scrolling for a good while. Because research by Play the Game reports that there’s a total of 910 deals between Saudi Arabia or Saudi companies/individuals and [...]
Russell: Bully Verstappen wanted to put me on my f****** head in the wall

December 5, 2024

Formula 1 driver George Russell has unleashed a brutal attack on world champion Max Verstappen after the Dutchman moaned about the Brit. Verstappen said he lost all respect for George Russell after an incident in Qatar but the Mercedes driver hit back, saying the Dutchman had “bullied” people for years and promised to purposely crash [...]
Charlotte Dujardin banned for year over horse whipping controversy

December 5, 2024

Former Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin has been suspended from all equestrian competition for a year after being involved in a horse whipping controversy. The Brit was was provisionally suspended by equestrian’s governing body, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports earlier this year, before the Paris 2024 Olympics after footage emerged of her appearing to whip [...]
Premier Sports boss on Champions Cup, 24/7 rugby channel and rights

December 5, 2024

Ahead of the Investec Champions Cup, City AM sat down with Richard Sweeney of Premier Sports as the broadcaster takes on European rugby’s rights. When the Champions Cup TV deal between TNT Sports and European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) came to an end, many assumed a copy-and-paste agreement would see the partnership continue. But the [...]
World Supercross Championship heads to London for first time

December 4, 2024

The World Supercross Championship will debut in London next year with West Ham United’s London Stadium hosting the event. It comes as the former Olympic Stadium will not host Major League Baseball in Stratford, as it did earlier this year. The FIM World Supercross Championship will also host a debut event in Buenos Aires as [...]
Championship rugby clubs expecting legal challenges over promotion criteria

December 4, 2024

Championship rugby clubs are expecting legal challenges to the criteria that they will be judged against for promotion to the Premiership. Top-of-the-table Coventry announced yesterday that they had applied for an audit that, if passed, would grant them access to a play-off between the team that finishes bottom of the Premiership and the Championship winner. [...]
Sumo coming to London and Royal Albert Hall for second time in 1,500 years

December 4, 2024

Elite Sumo wrestling will return to the Royal Albert Hall for the first time since 1991 as the Japanese sport ventures away from its founding shores for just the second time in 1,500 years. The iconic London venue will be transformed to host an official basho as part of the Grand Sumo Tournament next October. [...]
Lewis Hamilton move can complete Ferrari F1 love affair

December 4, 2024

When Lewis Hamilton rounds the final corner at the Yas Marina Circuit on lap 58 of the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday, it’ll be an epochal moment for the Mercedes driver. For in all likelihood the British driver will have completed his 246th race for the Silver Arrows, and his 356th race [...]
Pay Ryder Cup players $5m each, says Tiger Woods

December 3, 2024

Tiger Woods has said that the Ryder Cup should pay its participants a fee, but that the fee should go to charity. It comes as Team USA plans to potentially pay players who compete in the inter-continental golfing tournament. The next edition will take place across the pond at the infamous Bethpage Black. “The Ryder [...]
Top sports lawyer says City case should be held in public

December 3, 2024

The KC responsible for helping Leicester City find a loophole in the Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules Nick de Marco has said that such cases – including Manchester City’s battle of 115 alleged breaches of Financial Fair Play rules – should be held in public. De Marco aided the Foxes in arguing to an [...]

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