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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Bairstow to turn down £650,000 Punjab Kings IPL deal to focus on Ashes

March 21, 2023

England’s dazzling batter-wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow will turn down £650,000 and miss this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) to focus on returning from injury in time for the Ashes this summer. The 33-year-old will not head to the Subcontinent and the Punjab Kings to take up his contract with the IPL franchise in the world’s richest [...]
England’s most capped rugby player Sarah Hunter to retire

March 21, 2023

England Rugby’s most capped player Sarah Hunter will retire from rugby after her side’s opening TikTok Women’s Six Nations match against Scotland this weekend. The 37-year-old made her England debut in 2007 and has gone on to represent her country 140 times. The back-row has captained the Red Roses since 2015 and has been part [...]
Exclusive: MP slams TikTok sponsorship with Women’s Six Nations as ‘disappointing’ amid calls to be wary of app and its data gathering

March 20, 2023

A senior UK Parliamentary committee chair has questioned TikTok’s sponsorship of the Women’s Six Nations, calling the deal “disappointing”. Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton and chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told City A.M. of her concerns that the Chinese-owned social media platform is “being promoted through European and British Sport”. The app, [...]
Six Nations: Six Irish in team of the tournament, no English

March 20, 2023

Understandably, the City A.M. Six Nations team of the tournament is made up of a large chunk of the Grand Slam winning Ireland side. Four French players, three Scots and two Italian forwards also make the grade, but chronic underperformance, despite ongoing rebuilds, means there are no Welsh or English representation in the XV. 1 [...]
Wolff DEFENDS F1 rivals Red Bull over dominant start to season

March 20, 2023

Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has defended long-term rivals Red Bull over their early-season stranglehold after the team featuring Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez dominated a Grand Prix for the second time in as many races. Mexican Perez won in Saudi Arabia on Sunday by five seconds from teammate Verstappen, with third place Fernando [...]
Rashford among TRIO of England stars out of Euro 2024 qualifiers

March 20, 2023

England trio Marcus Rashford, Mason Mount and Nick Pope have withdrawn from the international squad set to play Italy and Ukraine due to injury. The Manchester United striker Rashford picked up a knock in his side’s FA Cup win on Sunday, Chelsea midfielder Mount is recovering from an ankle injury and Newcastle goalkeeper Pope was [...]
Plunkett to play in inaugural Major League Cricket competition for Unicorns

March 20, 2023

England 50-over World Cup winner Liam Plunkett will be part of the inaugural Major League Cricket competition in the United States having signed for a franchise across the pond. The former international bowler will play for the San Francisco Unicorns when the MLC competition gets underway in July. Due to the 37-year-old’s wife being from [...]
Chelsea yet to make formal approach over playing matches at Twickenham Stadium

March 20, 2023

Chelsea are yet to make a formal approach about playing matches at Twickenham Stadium while Stamford Bridge is rebuilt, City A.M. understands. The Blues are reported to have drawn up a shortlist of possible venues at which to play home fixtures should they demolish their ground and build a new 60,000-seater arena. Twickenham, seven miles [...]
Six Nations: Ireland’s calling, England what ifs and the World Cup

March 20, 2023

So there we have it, another Six Nations Championship has concluded and it has, as ever, left us with more questions than answers. Ireland are champions – winning their fourth ever Grand Slam – but the hoodoo of never winning a World Cup quarter-final lingers over the men in green, there was a tale of [...]
Perez wins Saudi F1 race with Russell on podium after Alonso demotion

March 19, 2023

Red Bull’s Sergio Perez won the Saudi Arabia Formula 1 Grand Prix last night while teammate Max Verstappen came from 15th to finish second and lead the title race by a point. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso finished third in in Jeddah but was later demoted to fourth and replaced with Briton George Russell after the [...]

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