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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Paralympic athletes and sport chiefs call on the nation to build on Paris excitement

September 9, 2024

British Paralympic athletes and sporting chiefs have urged the nation to “take the excitement around Paris 2024 forward” and continue on an “upward trajectory” of backing disability sport. The curtain fell on 12 days of para-sport yesterday with a spectacular closing ceremony at the Stade de France in Paris. Paralympics GB finished second in the [...]
Adrian Newey, £30m deal at Aston Martin F1 and why he’s worth it

September 9, 2024

With Aston Martin set to announce Adrian Newey’s arrival at the Formula 1 outfit, City A.M. asked paddock insiders whether he was worth his reported £30m package. When you think of glitz, glamour and extortionate amounts of cash in sport Formula 1 is never too far away. The travelling circus is a commercial juggernaut worth [...]
Sri Lanka eye first Test win over England in decade after hosts collapse

September 8, 2024

An England collapse combined with a steady start to Sri Lanka’s second innings has left the tourists within reach of victory at the Oval. Despite grinding Sri Lanka out for 263 at the Oval in south London, England collapsed in their second innings to 156 all out. And at close on the Sunday, after the [...]
Great Britain match Tokyo Paralympics medal haul but down on Rio

September 8, 2024

Late success for Great Britain saw Paralympics GB match their medal haul from Tokyo at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Britain will bring home a total of 124 medals (49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze) with the number of gold and silver medals up on the Japanese Games but bronzes down. Paralympics GB, though, [...]
US Open: British champion heading back to school for GCSE’s

September 8, 2024

Mika Stojsavljevic, who on Saturday won the junior US Open, has said she will be back in school on Tuesday despite her success. The 15-year-old tennis star from Hammersmith was the first Brit to triumph in a junior slam at Flushing Meadows in New York since Heather Watson won the tournament in 2009. The Londoner [...]
Aston Martin F1 set to sell large minority stake to US firm and Silicon Valley giant

September 8, 2024

A deal to sell a large minority stake in Aston Martin could be announced soon in a move that could value the Formula 1 team at over £1.5bn. First reported by Mark Kleinman for Sky News, the deal is set to see Accel and HPS Investment Partners acquire between 20 and 25 per cent of [...]
Moeen Ali retires from international cricket

September 8, 2024

England all-rounder Moeen Ali has retied from international cricket a decade on from making his debut. The 37-year-old won the World Cup with England at Lord’s in 2019 – where the home nation beat New Zealand in a Super Over – and was key to the T20 World Cup triumph in 2022. He last played [...]
Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir retires from GB racing

September 8, 2024

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir this morning announced his retirement from Great Britain competition after finishing fifth in the T54 wheelchair marathon at Paris 2024. The Paralympic legend, 45, who first won gold in Beijing, said he would continue to race in the London Marathon. “I’m quite emotional as I know it’s my last [...]
T20 Blast Finals Day: When is it and how much are tickets?

September 6, 2024

The traditional T20 Vitality Blast weekend is soon upon us, where the best white-ball domestic sides in England compete to be crowned champions. But when is it, where will it be held, who won it last year and how much are tickets? Well, City A.M. have you sorted. When is T20 Finals Day? T20 Finals [...]
Draper, Sinner, Fritz and Tiafoe: Who are the US Open semi-finalists?

September 6, 2024

The US Open semi-finals take place today with Great Britain featured in the men’s last four for the first time since 2012. Jack Draper, Jannik Sinner, Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will battle it out out on Friday and one of them will win their first US Open title in New York. But who are [...]

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