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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Grieving Brook turns back on £400k IPL contract

March 13, 2024

Explosive England cricketer Harry Brook has snubbed this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) due to the death of his grandmother. The batter missed England’s tour to India earlier this year and has subsequently pulled out of his IPL contract with the Delhi Capitals. The 25-year-old Yorkshireman was purchased by the franchise for £380,000 and joins [...]
All 100 Willie Mullins winners at Cheltenham Festival

March 13, 2024

Trainer Willie Mullins bagged his 100th Cheltenham Festival winner with Jasmin De Vaux claiming the Champion Bumper in the final race of Style Wednesday. The second day of the Festival started on a bum note with Nicky Henderson withdrawing a number of horses and the Cross Country Chase being abandoned due to overnight rain. Mullins [...]
Bonus points create positive rugby, Six Nations chief insists

March 13, 2024

Six Nations chief executive Tom Harrison has defended the use of bonus points ahead of Super Saturday dispute a possible scenario occurring where England win more matches than Ireland but lose the title to their rivals. England have won three of their four matches and sit on 12 points while Ireland have the same winning [...]
Six Nations: England U20 crop must be given chance to shine

March 13, 2024

While England’s senior men’s team scuppered Ireland’s chance of securing back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams at the weekend, the Under 20 side have achieved a bigger feat in recent weeks. The youthful side’s 32-32 draw with Ireland at the weekend ended hopes across the Irish Sea of three consecutive Six Nations U20 Grand Slams. And [...]
Saudi Arabia bid $1bn to combine men’s and women’s tennis tours

March 12, 2024

Tennis could be the next sport to fall into the arms of Saudi Arabia after discussions at Indian Wells this week reportedly included a $1bn take-it-or-leave-it offer from the state backed Public Investment Fund which would see the men’s and women’s tours merged. The reports, in the Telegraph, suggest that ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi asked [...]
Cheltenham: State Man ‘turns up’ to win Champion Hurdle

March 12, 2024

Trainer Willie Mullins quipped that you’ve got to turn up to Cheltenham in order to win the Champion Hurdle after State Man won the showpiece race on the opening day of the Festival in the absence of Constitution Hill. The pre-Festival favourite Constitution Hill was ruled out of contention having been given a round of [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Bath eye up West Country battle

March 12, 2024

In the lead up to the 2023-24 Investec Champions Cup Round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Team of the week: Bath Rugby, England Few expected English teams to feature in their [...]
Cheltenham Festival: 16 per cent admit to skiving off work to watch sport

March 12, 2024

A new poll ahead of the Cheltenham Festival has shown 16 per cent of Brits have skived off work to watch sport. The research, conducted by YouGov in association with Betfair with a sample size of over 1,000, suggests nearly one in five adults have bunked off work to tune into sport at some point [...]
Sadiq Khan and Tory mayoral rival ‘stand ready’ to bring Commonwealth Games to London

March 11, 2024

London Mayor Sadiq Khan “stands ready” to step in to support the capital in a bid to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games should a new plan to take the next staging of the multi-sport tournament to Malaysia fail. The Asian nation, who hosted the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, have been offered £100m to [...]
Felipe Massa to SUE FIA, F1 and Ecclestone for damages

March 11, 2024

Former F1 driver Felipe Massa has filed a lawsuit in the London High Court against the FIA, Formula One Management and Bernie Ecclestone. The former Ferrari driver’s people released a statement surrounding their legal intentions relating to the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Brazilian law firm Vieira Rezende Advogados said: “Mr Massa is seeking declarations that [...]

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