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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Chasm at ECB widens as list of priorities for new CEO grows

May 17, 2022

With the resignation of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive Tom Harrison yesterday, yet another chasm appeared in the national set-up. Though current managing director of women’s cricket Clare Connor will take over the responsibilities on an interim basis, the governing body in charge of England’s international and domestic game will eventually need [...]
England training squad offers glimpse into potential fresh look

May 17, 2022

When England head coach Eddie Jones announced his 36-man squad yesterday for a three-day training cap next week, eyebrows were raised. This is not a binding squad for the imminent three-Test series against his native Australia, but it points to Jones’s thinking ahead of the last summer tour before his final World Cup. The squad [...]
London Irish look to win first top flight silverware in 20 years

May 17, 2022

London Irish could lift their first piece of top-flight silverware since 2002 when they take on Worcester Warriors in the Premiership Rugby Cup tonight. Back then – against Northampton Saints in the Powergen Cup – it was the likes of Brendan Venter, Paul Sackey and Glenn Delaney. Now it’s centurion Wallaby Rob Simmons, Fijian powerhouse [...]
Fresh doubt over Chelsea takeover amid issues with deal’s terms

May 16, 2022

Fresh doubt has been cast over the multibillion-pound takeover of Premier League outfit Chelsea with a new licence yet to be agreed. Government officials are said to have doubts over the reissuing of a licence which expires at the end of the month. The football club have been placed under such a licence following the [...]
Blackpool forward Jake Daniels, 17, becomes first current UK male footballer to come out as gay

May 16, 2022

Blackpool forward Jake Daniels has become the first current UK male professional footballer to come out as gay. The 17-year-old, who made his senior debut in the Championship this month, told Sky Sports: “I told my mum and my sister. The day after we played Accrington and I scored four, so it just shows how [...]
F1 must decide if chasing new markets should come at cost of racing

May 16, 2022

The Crypto.com Miami F1 Grand Prix was every bit as commercialised and over the top as you’d expect from anything in the Sunshine State of Florida. But among the fanfare, celebrity and extravagance of last week’s event, the racing was almost forgotten. A safety car caused by McLaren’s Lando Norris was the only point of [...]
England’s lack of representation in rugby’s European finals is no quick fix

May 15, 2022

Even before this weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals, the English game knew it would have no representation in the final. And bar outliers Saracens – who picked up three titles in four years – and Exeter Chiefs’ triumph during the pandemic, there has been little for Premiership sides to boast about at the highest level of [...]
Three eligible players Eddie Jones should pick for England’s summer tour

May 12, 2022

Rugby’s summer tours offer coaches a chance to trial players against quality southern hemisphere sides before crunch home games in the autumn. England head to Australia in June, Scotland will tour South America, New Zealand are to host Ireland, while Wales are bound for world champions South Africa. But 14 months out from a World [...]
Brendon McCullum becomes England’s Test cricket coach

May 11, 2022

Kiwi Brendon McCullum has today been confirmed as England’s next Test cricket coach. England have been looking to fill the vacant Test head coach role since Chris Silverwood resigned following the humiliating 4-0 Ashes defeat at the hands of Australia. McCullum will take charge of Ben Stokes’ side next month as a new era of [...]
The names who could revolutionise the England cricket Test team

May 11, 2022

There’s less than a month until England walk out at Lord’s to play their first Test match of the Ben Stokes era. But with a matter of weeks until England’s packed summer schedule, they’re still without a head coach. Following the departure of Chris Silverwood and resignation of Joe Root, the England and Wales Cricket [...]

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