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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Fantastic Farrell helps Saracens secure top four spot as others left chasing

April 24, 2022

Saracens may have confirmed their spot in Premiership Rugby’s end-of-season playoffs with a 38-22 bonus point over Exeter Chiefs, but the implications for the losing side could be monumental. The Chiefs have featured in each of the last six Twickenham finals but, having failed to pick up a single point at Sarries, that run looks [...]
Verstappen’s Imola win a psychological momentum shift for Red Bull

April 24, 2022

Imola is the home of Ferrari, the heartland of the Prancing Horse. But in today’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, it was the reigning world champion Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team who came out on top. Dutchman Verstappen led from the very first lap and after fending off title rival Charles Leclerc in his [...]
Wales Women can shine in future rugby games after copying England

April 22, 2022

Wales are a team on the up as they prepare to meet France in the penultimate round of the Women’s Six Nations. Having not won for three years prior to the tournament, they take two victories from their three matches at this championship into the clash with title challengers France. Such a turnaround would have [...]
Surrey bowler Overton backs side to win domestic double this season

April 20, 2022

Surrey bowler Jamie Overton believes they can win a domestic double after making an unbeaten start to the season that has lifted the club top of the County Championship. The south Londoners drew their opening match with Warwickshire before cruising past Hampshire in a match that saw Overton take handy figures of 8-107. The former [...]
Champions Cup two legged ties introduced new spark to European rugby

April 18, 2022

Some said the past fortnight’s two legged ties would kick the life out of European rugby. Others said it would be one of the best changes the governing body, EPCR, could make to liven up the continental season. Well, after the weekend’s second leg matches, it’s clear that the latter opinion has won out. It [...]
Ben Cohen ready to admit defeat in battle to save anti-bullying foundation

April 13, 2022

England Rugby World Cup winner Ben Cohen has revealed that his anti-bullying foundation StandUp could be forced to close in the coming months. “I will say this and no one knows it,” Cohen told City A.M. “I am probably going to close it. We’ve had Covid-19, Brexit, Ukraine and we’re probably going to hit a [...]
Prospective Derby County owner says Rooney will remain with club

April 12, 2022

Derby County’s potential new owner Chris Kirchner has said Rooney will remain with the struggling Championship outfit. Rooney, former England, Everton and Manchester United player, was approached for the top job with the Toffees in January but Frank Lampard since filled the position. Rooney has previously said that he’d see out the season in the [...]
Interview: Premiership Rugby chairman Phillips insists on high standards

April 12, 2022

Ealing Trailfinders were last weekend confirmed as the winners of English rugby’s second tier, the RFU Championship. So why haven’t they been confirmed as the 14th Premiership side? Well, because they have been deemed to have failed to meet certain criteria relating to infrastructure, the London-based club have been denied their chance to join the [...]
Tigers roar on as Harlequins come unstuck in Champions Cup

April 11, 2022

It was always going to be the biggest test of Steve Borthwick’s 20-month tenure as Leicester Tigers director of rugby to date, and his side performed. In Leicester’s 10-29 first leg win over Clermont in the Champions Cup round of 16, Borthwick’s side combined brilliant back play with the brute force of a dominant forward [...]
Charles Leclerc: The story behind Ferrari’s Monegasque marvel

April 8, 2022

Most 24-year-olds would dream of a permanent Monaco residency, celebrity friends and a stonkingly expensive Ferrari. But for Formula 1’s latest title hopeful, Charles Leclerc, this was always seemingly his birthright. Born and raised in the paradisal microstate on the French Riviera, Leclerc is no stranger to fast cars and professional racing. His young career [...]

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