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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LIV Golf Adelaide a point of difference for Saudi Arabia league

April 25, 2024

When the LIV Golf roster tee off for the first event in the league since the Masters at Augusta earlier this month it is likely to feel like another marquee match event on the 2024 calendar. Because Adelaide, South Australia, is the closest the Saudi Arabia-backed breakaway league has to its own major. The inaugural [...]
HP become Ferrari chief partner as F1 team change name

April 24, 2024

The iconic Prancing Horse of Ferrari’s F1 team will now be known as Scuderia Ferrari HP after announcing a new title partnership deal with Hewlett Packard. The tech firm will feature on Ferrari branding from the next Grand Prix, in Miami next week, and is understood to be worth well over 50 per cent of [...]
Has Rafael Nadal competed in his last French Open before retirement?

April 24, 2024

Rafael Nadal could miss the French Open this year in what could be his final season on the tennis circuit, the Spaniard has revealed. Nadal has said previously that 2024 would be his last year on the ATP Tour and at the majors, with many expecting the 22-time Grand Slam champion to bow out after [...]
Liverpool open talks with Feyenoord over Slot replacing Klopp

April 24, 2024

Liverpool have opened talks with Feyenoord about the possibility of hiring their manager Arne Slot as the Merseyside club look to replace the departing Jurgen Klopp. German Klopp announced in January that he’d be standing down as manager at the end of the season but the club has been in no hurry to appoint a [...]
Haaland out of Brighton match as Man City chase Premier League title

April 24, 2024

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland will miss tonight’s clash with Brighton and Hove Albion having missed his side’s FA Cup semi-final victory at the weekend. The Norwegian is out of the Premier League tie at the Amex Stadium this evening with a muscle problem. Manager Pep Guardiola insisted the issue was not serious with 20-goal [...]
Spain’s LaLiga vows to push ahead with matches in the US

April 24, 2024

Regular season LaLiga matches could be played in the US within two years after the Spanish league’s president confirmed they intend to push ahead with plans. LaLiga has been at the forefront of discussions about the staging of regular season matches overseas, with the US seen as among the most commercially desirable destinations, and recent [...]
Inside the past, present and future of stadium design with Populous

April 24, 2024

One of the cherished memories for any sports fan is that intake of breath from sheer disbelief when you first climb the concrete steps from the bowels of a stadium to glimpse the scale of the arena which a team you’re about to both fall in love with and despise for a lifetime calls home. [...]
England set for 26-man squad for Euro 2024

April 23, 2024

Teams will be able to take teams of 26 to this summer’s Euro 2024 tournament with Uefa set to confirm plans to stick with bigger squads. The number was increased from 23 to 26 because of the Covid-19 pandemic but was expected to return to its original number. That is no longer the case. Netherlands [...]
Aquatics GB ‘extremely concerned’ about China positive drugs tests

April 23, 2024

The country’s governing swimming body Aquatics GB has said it is “extremely concerned” by 23 Chinese athletes being cleared to compete at Tokyo 2020 despite testing positive for a banned substance before the Olympics. The swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ), which is a heart medication used to prevent angina attacks, at a training camp [...]
Champions Cup final could be bumped from ITV1 to make room for FA Cup

April 23, 2024

Broadcaster ITV is facing a scheduling conundrum next month with the FA Cup final and the Champions Cup rugby final set to take place on the same day at the same time. Due to the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City being one requiring heightened security, the kick-off was moved to 3pm. But the [...]

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