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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England out of Women’s T20 World Cup in shock defeat

October 15, 2024

England were beaten by the West Indies on Tuesday in a match that resulted in their exit from the Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup. The West Indies set a target of 145 after their innings. Openers Hayley Matthews and Qiana Joseph knocked 50 and 52 respectively. In response England could muster only 141-7, handing the [...]
Football injuries cost European clubs £2bn over the last four years

October 15, 2024

Injuries across Europe’s top five football leagues cost clubs £2bn over the last four seasons amid growing concerns surrounding player workload. There were 14,292 injuries across the Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A and the Bundesliga from 2020-21 to 2023-24, according to the Howden Men’s European Football Injury Index. In England, champions Manchester City [...]
Tories hit out at government over £3bn gambling tax raid plan

October 14, 2024

The Conservatives have launched a barrage of criticism at the government on mooted plans for a tax raid worth up to £3bn on the gambling industry, with the shadow sports minister demanding the government “take the blinkers off”. Shares in British gambling firms plummeted on Monday morning amid reports of the tax raid, which would [...]
Will any team ever be relegated from the Premiership? Doubt it

October 14, 2024

Exeter Chiefs and Newcastle Falcons are without a win this year but neither will be relegated from the Premiership due to the system. At the 65-minute mark in the Premiership match between Exeter Chiefs and Bristol Bears in Devon, the home side were 32-12 up on their West Country rivals. But come full-time the Bristolians [...]
New Zealand holds 4-0 lead over Ineos Britannia in America’s Cup

October 14, 2024

Great Britain’s chances of winning their first ever America’s Cup slipped further from reality on Monday after Ineos Britannia fell to a 4-0 deficit to holders New Zealand. The British challenger – headed up by British Olympic legend Ben Ainslie and backed by Ineos billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe – lost the only race on Monday [...]
Mercury/13 co-chief: We could partner WSL club within two years

October 14, 2024

Mercury/13 co-chief Mario Malavé discusses the women’s football portfolio, where global growth is and which clubs the organisation will buy next. Mercury 13 was a privately funded programme that aimed to ready women for space flight. It was a revolutionary mission in 1960 that, nine years before Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, put [...]
Lee Carsley: England deserve a world-class coach that’s won trophies

October 13, 2024

Interim manager Lee Carsley has said the England managerial job “deserves a world-class coach that’s won trophies and been there and done it” after his side’s 3-1 victory over Finland in the Nations League. Carsley had widely been touted for the England job but after the side’s humiliating 2-1 defeat to Greece last week, where [...]
Harlequins beat Saracens 1,700 days after last derby victory

October 13, 2024

Harlequins put an end to Saracens’s unbeaten start to the season, beating their rivals 17-10 in the London derby. Fin Baxter and Lennox Anyanwu crossed for the Twickenham side with Marcus Smith adding seven points off the tee while Hugh Tizard scored the away side’s only try. Five points off the boot of England returnee [...]
New Zealand takes 3-0 lead over Ineos Britannia in America’s Cup

October 13, 2024

Great Britain’s chances of winning a first ever America’s Cup took another hit on Sunday with Ineos Britannia going 3-0 down to holders New Zealand. The British challenger lost the first race of Sunday’s two-match programme to fall 3-0 behind – having lost the opening two races on Saturday in Barcelona – before the second [...]
Pakistan stalwart Babar Azam dropped for second England Test

October 13, 2024

Babar Azam has been dropped from the Pakistan squad to face England on Tuesday in Multan. The former three format captain, alongside leading pace bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, have been ‘rested on the basis of current form and fitness’, according to the Pakistan Cricket Board. Pakistan became the first nation to score [...]

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