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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Tom Brady co-owned Birmingham City edge closer to new stadium after land acquisition

April 9, 2024

Championship side Birmingham City, part-owned by NFL legend Tom Brady, are a step closer to a brand new stadium after Knighthead completed the purchase of a 48-acre site in the east of the city. It is hoped that the site will house a vibrant Sports Quarter for Birmingham and become home to the Blues, who [...]
Champions League: Arsenal ready to take on Kane’s Bayern Munich

April 8, 2024

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta praised his side’s mentality and character ahead of an enormous Champions League tie tonight against German side Bayern Munich. The Bavarians may be 16 points behind Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen but the side – with Harry Kane posing a threat – will not give Arsenal an easy ride as the Gunners [...]
Stokes, Broad, Ennis-Hill VC fund buys into ticketing platform Seat Unique

April 8, 2024

The Players Fund have invested into premium ticketing platform Seat Unique as the athlete-led venture capital firm’s portfolio grows. The Players Fund includes star sporting names such as Jessica Ennis-Hill and Eni Aluko, United States sprinter Allyson Felix, Ben Stokes Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler and Jofra Archer. In August last year it was reportedly backed to the [...]
Enhanced Games: Swimmer Magnussen says money key but not deciding factor to join doping Olympics

April 8, 2024

Swimmer James Magnussen, the first athlete to sign up for the Enhanced Games, admits that a $1m prize was the “tipping point” to agreeing to take part in the so-called doped Olympics but insists his decision was not just about money. Magnussen, a former world champion and Olympic medallist, is coming out of retirement to [...]
Champions Cup loss end of era for Saracens with Farrell leaving

April 8, 2024

For Owen Farrell, and likely the Vunipola brothers Mako and Billy, the curtain fell on a glittering Investec Champions Cup career with Saracens at the weekend. Because the trio of stalwart players – with over 600 Saracens, 250 England and 16 British and Irish Lions appearances between them – were dumped out of the continental [...]
Investec Champions Cup quarter-final draw, when do teams play?

April 7, 2024

Premiership clubs made it three years on the trot with three teams in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-finals this weekend in a good showing for the domestic game in England. It leaves open the possibility of an all-English final later this year at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Northampton Saints, Exeter Chiefs and Harlequins each won [...]
Saints march on to Champions Cup quarters with win over Munster

April 7, 2024

Northampton Saints reached their first quarter-final since 2020 yesterday after a ferocious performance saw them down Irish giants Munster 24-14 in the Investec Champions Cup. The victory at Franklin’s Gardens was hard-fought but with Munster dealing with illness in their camp, Northampton were able to pull away in the dying moments to reach the last [...]
The 2025 F1 driver line-up as Sainz leads chase for seat

April 6, 2024

With just 20 spots available each year, being a Formula 1 driver is a pretty exclusive club. You get to travel the world and experience the thrills and spills of high level sport with the hope of picking up a world title. The very best drivers get locked down into long term contracts because they [...]
La Rochelle need heroics to emulate Toulon three-peat in Champions Cup

April 5, 2024

When La Rochelle reached last year’s Champions Cup final at the Aviva Stadium they became the third team – alongside fellow French Top 14 sides Toulouse and Toulon – to feature in three consecutive finals. Toulouse and La Rochelle managed to win two of their three appearances while Toulon’s Galacticos – featuring the likes of [...]
County Championship captains back Root to shine for England

April 4, 2024

A majority of County Championship captains have backed Joe Root over captain Ben Stokes to shine for England this summer. Ten of the 18 counties backed Root, former England captain, to score the most runs for the national team this summer. England take on the West Indies and Sri Lanka this summer across six Tests. [...]

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