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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Prem Rugby: Attendances down but Newcastle Red Bulls see ticket surge

October 12, 2026

Prem Rugby clubs with fresh investment have had mixed ticketing success after the overall league saw an attendance dip for its opening block of games. After three rounds and 15 fixtures of the 2026-27 Prem Rugby season, attendances are down 8.5 per cent on the same period last year, with a mixed set of results [...]
LIV Golf players to be banned from DP World Tour and Ryder Cup

October 12, 2026

Players who sign up to play on a resurrected LIV Golf tour will be prohibited from competing on the DP World Tour or in the Ryder Cup, its European chiefs have said. The rebel golf league has secured funding from BC Partners to exit bankruptcy proceedings after Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund pulled its backing [...]
Bagatelle: Is exclusive Chelsea offering future of Premier League hospitality?

October 10, 2026

Bagatelle has opened inside Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge. Matt Hardy went down to see if it lives up to its reputation. It feels like every week a top football club opens a new hospitality offering that claims to reinvent what has, in reality, long been the status quo: a good bit of food and a free [...]
Former Balotelli club building roller coaster in £420m stadium development

October 9, 2026

A club that once starred Premier League stalwart Mario Balotelli is building a roller coaster as part of a Mega £420m stadium development. The club, which once featured former Inter Milan, Manchester City and Liverpool striker Balotelli up front, will undertake a near-£500m transformation of their stadium, and build a roller coaster. FC Sion, which [...]
Everton owners The Friedkin Group put Merseyside club up for sale

October 9, 2026

The owners of Everton have put the club up for sale just two years after buying into the Premier League team. The Friedkin Group purchased the Merseyside club in 2024 at a valuation of £400m. Now, they say, they are “exploring new investment options for Everton Football Club, including the potential sale of a controlling [...]
Nascar eyes US military bases as venues for UK race in ‘Operation Overseas Trojan Horse’

October 8, 2026

United States military bases in the UK could stage Nascar races as the American motor sport moves towards international expansion. The North American series – which is being challenged domestically by the increased presence of Formula 1 – has only ever ventured out of the US for point-scoring races in neighbouring Canada and Mexico. But [...]
Leeds United consider AI-powered dynamic ticket pricing

October 8, 2026

Leeds United could introduce AI-powered dynamic ticket pricing to increase revenue at the Premier League club, its chairman has said. Paraag Marathe said the Elland Road club could reward loyal supporters with cheaper prices while pricing tickets for more casual fans at a higher mark-up. “There’s probably an opportunity to do it in a way [...]
Land surrounding West Ham United’s London Stadium touted for development

October 7, 2026

Land surrounding West Ham United’s London Stadium could be developed after architects were appointed to lead a consultation over the future use of the site in Stratford. “Potential development and leisure opportunities” will be scoped out by Populous, the global firm behind the likes of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Fulham’s Riverside Stand. It comes [...]
Exclusive: City Football Group official’s Labour Conference trip made ‘in personal capacity’

October 7, 2026

A senior City Football Group official who attended the Labour party conference days after Manchester City were found guilty of over 100 Premier League charges has told City AM he was there in a personal capacity. Chris Anderson, head of regulatory affairs at Manchester City parent company City Football Group, was among the delegates in [...]
India, Qatar, Germany, South Africa and Korea in for 2036 Olympic Games

October 6, 2026

Aspiring hosts of the 2036 Olympic Games will have until the end of the month to declare their interest in staging the multi-sport event. The quadrennial summer Games will be staged in Los Angeles in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032 but submissions for the following event will now close at the end of October after [...]

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