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 looked much improved against Japan but All Blacks different beasts

June 23, 2024

England’s 52-17 victory over Japan in Tokyo on Saturday marked a milestone for Steve Borthwick’s side. For it was the first time since 2017 an overseas summer tour has seen England victorious in the opening game – a 34-38 win over Argentina in San Juan back then. So already England are on a positive pathway [...]
‘I should have won!’: Lando Norris fumes after blowing Spain F1 chance

June 23, 2024

McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris says he should have won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday but admitted he lost the race at the beginning. Having set an astonishing pole position lap on Saturday, Norris and eventual race winner Max Verstappen of Red Bull were swamped at the start by Mercedes racer George Russell. Verstappen [...]
Summer rugby tours: Where are the home nations going this summer

June 21, 2024

This summer the home nations – England, Wales, Scotland and the island of Ireland – will tour far-flung rugby nations. Traditionally the home nations head to the southern hemisphere but this season the tours have been expanded ahead of a new men’s global competition, set to start in 2026. So who is playing who, and [...]
Why is Borthwick playing it safe for England’s historic Test match in Japan?

June 21, 2024

England should beat Japan but at a time when the All Blacks are looming there seems to be little adventure.
Murray wins at Queen’s in 1,000th elite level match

June 18, 2024

Andy Murray’s farewell to Queen’s started with his second win in seven years at the London ATP event. In what was the Brit’s 1,000th match in the elite men’s game – becoming the fifth active player to reach that benchmark after Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco and Richard Gasquet – he needed three sets [...]
Michael Johnson announces Grand Slam Track with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone

June 18, 2024

Michael Johnson’s challenger athletics tour was announced yesterday with Grand Slam Track set to contract racers to four Slams per year with prize money up to $100,000 per event. The idea has $30m of backing from a number of sources and will see four Slams between April and September, starting next year, and apparently avoiding [...]
Formula 1 is coming to London this summer… sort of

June 18, 2024

Formula 1 will head to London for the first time this summer, in the form of its exhibition, at the ExCeL Centre in the east of the capital. The Formula 1 exhibition heads to the Big Smoke after stints in Madrid, Vienna and Toronto. It opens in August and will allow fans to get up [...]
Steven Finn: Reece Topley can play key role for England at T20 World Cup

June 18, 2024

Former international bowler Steven Finn has backed Reece Topley to play a key part in England’s bid to defend their T20 Cricket World Cup title in the Caribbean. England scraped through to the Super Eight second stage of the World Cup, this year being co-hosted by the United States and West Indies, having needed to [...]
Brit gets MLB debut with Los Angeles Dodgers

June 17, 2024

Michael Peterson has become the first English Major League Baseball (MLB) player since 2015 to earn a maiden big league call-up. The 30-year-old from Middlesex has joined the Los Angeles Dodgers from AAA affiliate Oklahoma City. He has represented Great Britain in the World Baseball Classic, where last year he left a mark in striking [...]
USA has cricket fever as nation looks to lay sporting foundations

June 17, 2024

On social media platform X last week, mid-way through the USA’s T20 Cricket World Cup group game against tournament favourites India, one account explained the complicated scoreboard of cricket to an American using the analogy of a burger eating contest. The 20 overs represented 20 minutes to eat as many burgers as possible, and wickets [...]

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