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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Halep back on tennis court after four-year doping ban slashed to nine months

March 5, 2024

Former Grand Slam tennis champion Simona Halep has seen her four-year doping ban slashed to just nine months. The new, backdated ban means the Romanian is able to resume competition immediately. The 32-year-old appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after she was banned for testing positive for roxadustat, an anti-anaemia drug. Her appeal [...]
Sport’s coming home: Women’s World Cup, Ryder Cup and Tour de France on UK’s list of 70 targets for next decade

March 5, 2024

The Solheim Cup and World Athletics Championships are also on the list.
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem investigated over alleged F1 race tampering attempt

March 4, 2024

The president of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, is reportedly under investigation over an alleged attempt to interfere with the 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix. A whistleblower is said to have told the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) that Ben Sulayem intervened to have a penalty given to Fernando Alonso of [...]
Ngannou: I can knock Anthony Joshua out in Saudi Arabia

March 3, 2024

Francis Ngannou believes he can knock Anthony Joshua out when the two heavyweights clash this Friday in Saudi Arabia. The winner of this bout could end up taking on either Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk for an undisputed showdown but that fight has been pushed back. Ngannou, a former UFC champion, knocked Fury to the [...]
F1: Verstappen unstoppable, Sainz winning fans and is Norris best of Brits?

March 3, 2024

As 20 cars lined up on the grid ahead of Saturday’s F1 season opener there was a heightened sense of hope that the dominance seen by Max Verstappen and Red Bull last year would come to an end… of sorts. But when the Dutchman crossed the line after 57 laps around the Bahrain International Circuit [...]
Joaquin Niemann prepares for Masters with LIV Golf win in Saudi Arabia

March 3, 2024

Joaquin Niemann stormed to a second LIV Golf title in three events yesterday after the Chilean won by four shots in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia. Having won the LIV Golf season opener in Mexico the South American backed up a win on the International Series in Oman with a win in neighbouring Saudi [...]
GB Wheelchair Rugby issue rallying cry to big business that other sports should follow

March 2, 2024

On the 33rd floor of the the Fenchurch Building (the Walkie-Talkie) last week names from big business and the City of London gathered to engage in what was effectively a soft pitch for funding by GB Wheelchair Rugby. But it wasn’t a Dragons’ Den-esque room of bigwigs scolding GBWR chief executive Jason Brisbane, rather a [...]
F1 prize money 2024: How much do teams make? What is the budget cap? Why do Ferrari get legacy payments?

March 1, 2024

This weekend the F1 season returns in Bahrain as 20 drivers and 10 teams battle it out across 24 races to win individual and team championships. And with the sport making billions each year, teams are getting a great cut of the revenues. The F1 prize pot is reportedly around 45 per cent of the [...]
F1 calendar: Where do they race and what F1 race is next?

February 29, 2024

This weekend Formula 1 returns to Bahrain with the 2024 F1 season getting underway on Saturday in the Middle East. But here we look at the sheer global travel schedule that’s put on the paddock, starting in Bahrain and travelling the world before its Abu Dhabi conclusion. This is what the season would look like [...]
Doped Olympics, the Enhanced Games, is “bollocks”, says Seb Coe

February 29, 2024

World Athletics chief Seb Coe has rubbished plans for a doping Olympics, the Enhanced Games, as “bollocks”. The former Olympic champion was speaking ahead of this weekend’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. “It’s bollocks. I can’t really get excited about it,” Coe said. “There’s only one message and that is if anyone is moronic [...]

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