By: Matt Hardy

Deputy Sports Editor - City AM Matt is the Deputy Sports Editor covering sport, the business of sport and the politics of sport. He covers the likes of football, rugby, cricket, Formula 1, golf and tennis.

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Rahm backs Hatton to shine on Saudi LIV Golf Tour

January 30, 2024

Jon Rahm has backed “fierce competitor” Tyrrell Hatton to help his team win on their inaugural LIV Golf season after the Englishman signed up to the Spaniard’s side. LIV Golf returns in Mexico this weekend after American Talor Gooch won the individual title and Crushers GC claimed the team competition last year. Hatton will join [...]
Fin Smith set for England debut against Italy in Six Nations

January 30, 2024

Northampton fly-half Fin Smith could make his England debut this weekend in his side’s Six Nations match away to Italy. The youngster has catapulted up the pecking order for England No10s after former captain Owen Farrell left the international set up and Marcus Smith was ruled out of this weekend’s opener with a calf injury. [...]
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel and former Coinbase figure invest in the Enhanced Games, a drug friendly Olympics alternative

January 30, 2024

The billionaire co-founder of PayPal Peter Thiel has invested in the drug friendly alternative to the Olympics, the Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games has promised the freedom to use banned substances that are not allowed in much of elite sport. The brainchild of London-based lawyer Aron D’Souza, the Enhanced Games have announced the closing of [...]
Jamie George: I turned down overseas offers to play for England

January 29, 2024

Jamie George couldn’t quite believe it when England head coach Steve Borthwick told him he’d take over from Owen Farrell as captain of the national team. The 33-year-old Saracens hooker doesn’t strike you as a traditional captain – he’s warm, sociable, humble and has the ear of a number of other senior players – but [...]
Valieva: Kremlin calls Russian skater four-year drug ban ‘politicised’

January 29, 2024

Kamila Valieva, who at 15 helped Russia win a team ice skating gold at the Winter Olympics before being found to have doped, on Monday received a four-year ban from the sport. But the Kremlin in Moscow has hit back at the ruling, slamming it as “politicised”. Having initially been cleared of the accusation, made [...]
Great England win in India an ode to Bazball revolution of Test cricket

January 28, 2024

To the Ben Stokes cynics, Brendon McCullum moaners and the Bazball beraters, what have you got to say for yourselves now? England have done a job on India, in India, sticking to their core values of trust, bravery and togetherness. Few, if any, would have looked at the 190-run deficit at the half-way stage and [...]
Cricket: Ben Stokes hails Pope and “greatest triumph” under Bazball

January 28, 2024

England Test cricket captain Ben Stokes has hailed his side’s “greatest triumph” as the tourists came from a 190-run deficit at the half-way point to beat India by 28 runs in Hyderabad. A magnificent 196 from England vice-captain Ollie Pope ate into the India first innings lead and, combined with steady knocks of 34 by [...]
Where to watch the Six Nations in London: Bars, pubs and dinners

January 26, 2024

It is upon us again. The Six Nations brings people together over rugby, food, rivalries and, of course, Guinness. But what is there to do, and where? City A.M. have compiled a list of the five hottest places to watch the rugby or attend dinners with legends here in London. Take a look. Dinner with [...]
Uefa chief Boban sensationally quits over issues with president Ceferin

January 25, 2024

Uefa’s chief football officer has sensationally quit the European football body in protest over new rules that could see president Aleksander Ceferin extend his term limits. Zvonimir Boban resigned in a statement this morning over what he said would be changes that went against “all the principles and values I wholeheartedly believe in and stand [...]
Former Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis pleads guilty to securities fraud

January 24, 2024

Former Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis has pleaded guilty to a number of criminal charges in the United States. The British billionaire was charged with insider trading last year and has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and two counts of securities fraud. The 86-year-old’s family trust control a majority [...]

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