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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Maro Itoje and Ben Earl on Saracens, departing teammates and what success looks like

May 15, 2024

Sat on the balcony overlooking the trading ring of Finsbury Square’s London Metal Exchange, Saracens stalwarts and England internationals Ben Earl and Maro Itoje take in what they’ve just witnessed. In the preceding hour a handful of men in suits debated, argued and eventually decided the price of zinc, copper and other metals for the [...]
Premier League clubs to vote on scrapping VAR next month

May 15, 2024

Premier League clubs are set to hold a vote next month which could see VAR abolished from the English top flight. Introduced in 2019, VAR has been at the centre of a number of decisions this year which the PGMOL, Professional Game Match Officials Limited, have admitted were incorrect. The proposed vote would need 14 [...]
US firm offer Everton £150m loan to help finish Bramley-Moore Dock stadium

May 15, 2024

Struggling Premier League club Everton have been offered a £150m loan by a private equity firm to help in the completion of their new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium. The Merseyside club’s owner Farhad Moshiri has been trying to sell the club to American firm 777 Partners but the deal has stalled. It has left the future [...]
Alex Albon extends Williams Racing contract beyond new era of F1

May 15, 2024

Williams Racing F1 driver Alex Albon has committed himself to the team in a multi-year contract that extends his association with the British firm to beyond 2026. The Thai racer has been the leading driver for Williams in recent seasons and has signed on with his team into a new regulation period for Formula 1 [...]
Who is playing in NFL London games in 2024?

May 15, 2024

The NFL yesterday confirmed which regular season matches both Wembley Stadium and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium would host in the 2024-25 season. The New York Jets and the Minnesota Vikings will open the London series of games at the home of Spurs before the Jacksonville Jaguars take on the Chicago Bears at the north London [...]
Jack Sullivan: West Ham director on trophies, succession and creating a legacy

May 15, 2024

Jack Sullivan is the son of West Ham’s biggest shareholder David Sullivan. He was raised in and around the Hammers and is using his experience to forge his own business path. In a ranging interview; he talks about his family, West Ham and the future. If you were to ask any fan of West Ham [...]
Semenya set for ECHR hearing in “important day” in her journey

May 14, 2024

Caster Semenya will tomorrow have a hearing at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber in what has been described as “an important day in her journey as a human being and an athlete”. The 33-year-old South African has not been able to compete in the 800m since 2019 after controversial limits were [...]
Scheffler back on the course looking for US PGA title at Valhalla

May 14, 2024

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is back on the course and changing a second consecutive major this weekend at the US PGA Championship. The world No1 recently saw his wife give birth to a son last week and sat out last week’s Wells Fargo Championship, which was won by Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy. But the American [...]
ECB hit record turnover with Hundred and women’s Ashes contributing

May 14, 2024

The ECB have seen their turnover increase to £336.1m from £334m in the financial year to 31 January, with profit increasing from £21.1m to £27.9m.
John Fury bleeding as Tyson seen on crutches ahead of Usyk bout

May 13, 2024

The build up to Tyson Fury’s fight against Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk got off to an explosive start in Riyadh with the Brit’s father John allegedly headbutting one of the opposition crew. Tyson Fury was also seen in one social media video using what appeared to be crutches in Saudi Arabia. It comes as the highly [...]

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