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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The Devil Wears Prada star Anne Hathaway buys into SailGP team

May 27, 2025

Star of The Devil Wears Prada and Ocean’s 8 Anne Hathaway has become the latest celebrity to buy into SailGP. The actress has joined a consortium led by Assia Grazioli Venier, the co-founder of Muse Capital and youngest ever board member at Juventus, in buying into the Italian sailing team. She follows footballer Kylian Mbappe’s [...]
Football Regulator: Industry experts call out governance of sport

May 27, 2025

Over 400 points have been docked from clubs in the English Football League since the Premier League launched in 1992, insight shared with City AM reveals. It points to an English top flight that has pulled away from the rest of the promotion-relegation pyramid ahead of the introduction of an Independent Football Regulator. Insight provided [...]
Raducanu banks £100,000 from French Open win

May 26, 2025

British tennis star Emma Raducanu has banked herself at least £100,000 after winning her opening round match at the French Open. The 22-year-old former US Open champion beat China’s Wang Xinyu at Roland Garros to reach the second round of the clay grand slam in Paris. By simply walking out onto Court Eight on Monday [...]
Investec Champions Cup: Cardiff, Chippy Lane and rugby’s selling point

May 26, 2025

Walking down Cardiff’s iconic “Chippy Lane” in the shadow of the Principality Stadium on Saturday night after the Investec Champions Cup final was a reminder of the very best of club rugby. Bordeaux fans celebrating their 28-20 victory alongside Northampton Saints fans drinking away their sorrows – before the mad dash back across the border [...]
Premier League prize money: Millions on line this weekend

May 25, 2025

Today all 20 Premier League sides will take to the pitch for the final time this season, and though we know who has won the title – and who is going down – there’s still a lot on the line. There’s the battle for the Champions League, handed out to the top five teams, where [...]
Women’s Champions League to be shown on Disney+

May 23, 2025

The Uefa Women’s Champions League will be broadcast on Disney+ from next season, with 75 matches shown on the streaming platform. The announcement comes ahead of the Women’s Champions League final on Saturday between Arsenal and Barcelona in Lisbon. This weekend’s final will be shared between Dazn and TNT Sports. The Walt Disney Company has [...]
Lyles to defend 100m title at London Athletics Meet

May 23, 2025

Paris 2024 gold medallist Noah Lyles will compete in the 100m at the London Athletics Meet in July. The American is the latest big name to confirm his place at the event, which will take place at West Ham United’s London Stadium. Lyles beat Kishane Thompson and Fred Kerley last year at the Stade de [...]
Does ProD2 on YouTube offer example to other leagues wanting exposure?

May 23, 2025

Few sports fans would have heard of the ProD2, but for rugby nuts it is seen as the best second tier competition across the sport’s global offering. Last night saw Provence and Soyaux Angouleme face off in the post-season playoffs. And for the first time Brits were able to tune in. But you’d struggle to [...]
Grade II listed Crystal Palace sports venue set for major overhaul

May 22, 2025

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has unveiled new images of plans for the overhaul of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. The redevelopment of the Grade II listed multi-sport venue – which hosted the first Women’s FA Cup final and Usain Bolt as well as events such as Grand Prix motorracing – is set [...]
Enhanced Games: Trump-backed ‘doping Olympics’ set for Las Vegas

May 21, 2025

Las Vegas has been selected as the host of the first so-called doping Olympics, organisers the Enhanced Games have announced. The event – which will involve limited track and field, swimming and weightlifting events and take place across Memorial Day weekend next May – will see athletes able to use performance enhancing substances to win [...]

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