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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Former England boss Eriksson reveals “best case a year” cancer diagnosis

January 11, 2024

Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson has said he has “best case a year” to live after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. “I’m going to resist for as long as I can,” Eriksson told a Swedish radio station. “I have an illness that’s serious. Best case a year, I have worst case a lot less. It’s [...]
Black Lion Challenge Cup inclusion opens door to Champions Cup dreams

January 11, 2024

Stepping out of the concourse and into the bowl of the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia felt like a big moment. The fatigue from travelling more than 2,000 miles for 80 minutes of rugby, equating to over seven hours on two overnight flights, instantly vanished. There, on the pitch, were historic English club Gloucester [...]
Yorkshire board approve Colin Graves takeover, reports

January 10, 2024

The board of directors at Yorkshire County Cricket Club have reportedly accepted a takeover bid by former club and England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves. Board members supported the bid unanimously, according to The Times, with club members potentially giving their approval after at least 21 days notice. The club, who have been [...]
McIlroy: World golf tour would be ‘dream’ after LIV talks over

January 10, 2024

Rory McIlroy has said that his “dream” would be a golfing world tour as the Northern Irishman responds to the uncertain future of the sport. A deadline for talks surrounding a potential merger between the PGA and DP World tours and the breakaway Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf tour has been extended having originally been set [...]
Andy Farrell set to be named as coach of British and Irish Lions

January 10, 2024

Ireland rugby head coach Andy Farrell is set to be named as the boss of the British and Irish Lions at an event in the City of London tomorrow. The 48-year-old Englishman has long been favourite for the position with the touring side heading to Australia in the summer of 2025. The Lions, a side [...]
Struggling Gloucester boss Skivington handed surprise England coach role

January 10, 2024

England A are set to play Portugal at the end of February.
Surrey announce record partnership with Kia spanning five years

January 10, 2024

County Cricket champions Surrey have announced a record partnership with Kia spanning five years. The five-year multi-million pound agreement will see the car maker sponsor the front of Surrey’s shirts and see the South Korean manufacturer maintain naming rights of their Oval ground in south London. The association between the two organisations began in 2010 [...]
The end of Tennis’ Big Three (and Murray)? Nadal retirement would leave sport needing new stars urgently

January 10, 2024

You have to cast your mind back to 2002 and Thomas Johansson, Albert Costa, Lleyton Hewitt and Pete Sampras for a year when none of the modern Big Three, or Andy Murray, won a Grand Slam. Because in each of the 21 years since at least one of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or [...]
Six Nations teams to have names on backs of shirts

January 9, 2024

All teams in this year’s Six Nations will put player names on shirts in a bid to grow the profiles of key players throughout the tournament. The move has been trialled in the past and will be adopted next month by all competing teams. Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney said in 2022: “We [...]
Sport loses icons with deaths of Franz Beckenbauer and JPR Williams

January 8, 2024

The world of sport lost two icons on Monday with the deaths of Franz Beckenbauer, aged 78, and JPR Williams, aged 74. German footballing legend Beckenbauer won the World Cup twice – once as captain in 1974 and once as manager in 1990 – and played 582 games for club side Bayern Munich. Williams changed [...]

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