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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Premier League Wolves SACK coach three days before new season

August 8, 2023

Premier League club Wolves have sacked their coach Julen Lopetegui just days before the new season kicks off. Lopetegui said: “I wish Wolves and everybody at the club the very best of luck for the future, and thank them for the opportunity granted at the time to take charge of this wonderful club.” The Midlands [...]
Helenius steps in to fight Joshua despite having bout just last week

August 8, 2023

Robert Helenius will step in and fight Anthony Joshua this weekend at the O2 Arena after the British heavyweight’s original opponent Dillian Whyte had “adverse analytical findings” detected in a drugs test. The organisers of the fight, Matchroom, found a new opponent for Joshua within 72 hours of the fight’s initial cancellation but the new [...]
Citi bank partners with Ryder Cup ahead of Rome showdown

August 8, 2023

Investment bank Citi will become a leading partner of the Ryder Cup for the next two editions of the intercontinental golfing tournament. The New York headquartered firm will become a worldwide partner and official financial services partner to the biennial tournament, which this year takes place in Rome before heading to Bethpage Black, NY, in [...]
Kick It Out: 70 per cent of football fans would now call out mates for discrimination

August 8, 2023

Football has become a “safer, more inclusive and more welcoming” sport over the past 30 years, according to anti-discrimination group Kick It Out. The organisation celebrates its three decade anniversary today and has released an impact report on the progress made in football. The study found that 70 per cent of fans said they would [...]
DeChambeau’s 58 a huge moment for LIV Golf’s future

August 8, 2023

It’s fair to say that LIV Golf has been the metaphorical banished sister of the traditional golf tours since its inception in 2021. It was cast aside, discarded and looked down upon by many on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour. But Sunday evening may have been the moment when LIV Golf shattered the [...]
Rugby World Cup: Steve Borthwick’s England squad verdict

August 7, 2023

And there we have it, England’s squad for next month’s Rugby World Cup in France. It has been named much earlier than any other northern hemisphere nation but it’s done and dusted, and it’s on head coach Steve Borthwick and England to make it work across the channel. It is a mixed squad; experience against [...]
Exclusive: IOC could ban Iran from Olympics over human rights abuses

August 7, 2023

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stands ready to ban Iranian athletes from competing at next year’s Olympic Games in Paris if human rights abuses in the country continue, City A.M. understands. With tensions in the nation between protestors and both the government and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, athletes have been targeted by the regime. Former [...]
Kane: Tottenham reject €100m Bayern bid for striker

August 7, 2023

Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly rejected the latest Bayern Munich offer for star striker Harry Kane. The German club are believed to have offered a package worth in excess of €100m (£86m) in what was their third tabled attempt at signing the England international but the two clubs are around £25m apart. The bid, made on Friday, [...]
Who’s in England’s Rugby World Cup squad?

August 7, 2023

England head coach Steve Borthwick named his 33-man Rugby World Cup this morning ahead of next month’s showpiece event. The former Leicester Tiger has been trimming his squad over the last two months and has made a number of eyebrow raising decisions as he looks to turn an England side he inherited last December into [...]
I want to channel John Terry, says Mille Bright ahead of Nigeria World Cup clash

August 7, 2023

England Women’s captain Millie Bright has said she wants to emulate former England Men’s star John Terry as her Lionesses side get set to take on Nigeria this morning in the last 16 of the Fifa Women’s World Cup. The Lionesses topped their pool and have been rewarded with a knockout tie against African side [...]

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