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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Ryder Cup adds financial services firm to global sponsorship roster

July 22, 2026

The Ryder Cup has beefed up its partner portfolio ahead of next year’s event, signing a deal with an Irish-founded financial services firm. Stripe has become a worldwide partner for the next two editions of the intercontinental golf competition – held at Ireland’s Adare Manor in 2027 and Minnesota’s Hazeltine in 2029 – in a [...]
Exclusive: EQT to announce Emirates GBR SailGP deal

July 21, 2026

European private equity giant EQT will today partner with Sir Ben Ainslie’s SailGP team Emirates GBR ahead of this weekend’s British leg of the series. The Swedish global investment firm – with £250bn in assets under management – has agreed a deal to be Emirates GBR’s private markets partner until the end of the decade. [...]
QPR owner Bhatia Liverpool investment could value club at $6bn

July 21, 2026

Liverpool could be valued at more than $6bn amid talks between owners Fenway Sports Group and investors over a minority stake sale. A consortium of investors led by the British-Indian co-owner of Queens Park Rangers Amit Bhatia is reportedly in talks to purchase a significant minority in the Merseyside club, according to the Financial Times. [...]
What should sport expect from Andy Burnham and Lisa Nandy?

July 21, 2026

There’s an Evertonian in Downing Street, a Toffee looking to unstick what he calls “40 years of neoliberalism”. But in doing so Andy Burnham has left his constituent buddy and long-term ally Lisa Nandy at DCMS, with the “digital” brief dropped in 2023 returning to 100 Parliament Street. Some in Westminster believe Nandy, a Wigan [...]
Exclusive: Rugby World Champions Cup set to be mothballed

July 20, 2026

Plans for a rugby World Champions Cup are this week expected to be mothballed over calendar constraints and costs, City AM can reveal. Plans for a World Champions Cup – akin to the Fifa Club World Cup – were announced in 2025 with an inaugural competition set to be held in 2028. But a board [...]
Mega-rich Hundred franchise owners in London for start of competition

July 20, 2026

The mega-wealthy owners of London’s two Hundred franchises will be in the capital this week as the franchise cricket competition gets underway at the Oval. One of Asia’s richest family dynasties – the Ambanis – are expected to be at the Vauxhall cricket ground this afternoon as the newly branded MI London – formerly Oval [...]
Starmer took sport freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds while PM

July 17, 2026

Outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer took sport-related freebies worth tens of thousands of pounds in his two years at Downing Street. Official data declared by the Prime Minister in the register of accepted gifts and hospitality shows the sport-mad leader has enjoyed £33,000 worth of perks since winning a landslide victory for his Labour [...]
Over 1,000 World Cup final tickets unsold as resale site demands $2.3m

July 17, 2026

Over 1,000 tickets remain unsold for the World Cup final on Fifa’s resale site as some prices reach $2.3m. Spain will take on Argentina on Sunday at New Jersey’s 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium – known during this tournament as the New York New Jersey Stadium – in the World Cup final as the 104th and final [...]
England semi pulls in 24m on BBC but falls short of Euros final

July 16, 2026

BBC coverage of England getting dumped out of the World Cup broke 2026 records but fell short of other football matches in historical rankings. Around 24m watched Argentina’s late 2-1 win in Atlanta, making the match the most-watched live television moment of the year. The broadcast averaged 22.1m viewers on the BBC with the channel’s [...]
Calls for Argentina to be banned from World Cup over Falklands banner

July 16, 2026

MPs have called for Argentina players to be banned from the Fifa World Cup final after showing a banner relating to the Falkland Islands. Argentina players celebrated their 2-1 semi-final victory over England by waving a banner which read “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”. Translated as “The Falklands are Argentine”, the banner appears to be against [...]

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