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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England Cricket drives on sponsor roster with Toyota deal

April 17, 2025

England Cricket have strengthened their sponsorship roster with agreement with car giant Toyota. The multi-year deal will see the Japanese motor manufacturer become a principal partner of the England and Wales Cricket Board, supporting the grassroots game nationwide. It comes as banking giant Barclays became the main sponsor of Lord’s and the MCC. Toyota joins [...]
Allianz Stadium: What could Twickenham rugby arena look like after facelift?

April 17, 2025

We’ve all been there, kettled into Twickenham station after a day out at Allianz Stadium watching England Rugby take on top international opposition. The 82,000-seat national stadium is the biggest purpose-built rugby arena in the world and sits behind only Wembley Stadium’s 90,000 in terms of UK capacity. But Allianz Stadium and its surrounding area [...]
Hearn hopeful of Battle of Britain Fury fight with Joshua

April 16, 2025

Matchroom bigwig Eddie Hearn has said he is hopeful boxing fans will still get to watch Anthony Joshua take on Tyson Fury in the future. Hearn’s optimism comes despite Fury retiring for the fourth time in January. There have been calls from British boxing fans to see a Battle of Britain fight at Wembley Stadium [...]
Venice Beach and Universal Studios in LA28 Olympic Games venues

April 16, 2025

Olympic triathlon champion Alex Yee will defend his title along Venice Beach as the latest round of venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Games were announced. Having triumphed in and around the Seine in 2024, Yee – who was this week named on the Forbes 30 under 30 sports list – will head to the [...]
Nigeria and India in line to host 2030 Commonwealth Games

April 16, 2025

The Commonwealth Games could head to Abuja in Nigeria, Gujarat in India or Canada in a major boost to the future of the multi-sport event. The games, founded as the Empire Games in 1930, are being staged with a slimmed-down format in Glasgow next year after Australia pulled out of hosting the Commonwealths in 2026. [...]
Sports bodies have ‘no excuses’ after Supreme Court trans ruling

April 16, 2025

A human rights charity has said sports bodies have “no excuses” over the continuation of transgender women in female sporting categories. It comes after a landmark ruling in the UK’s Supreme Court in London, which found that a gender recognition certificate (GRC) does not change the legal sex of a person under the 2010 Equality [...]
Women’s Boat Race beats Lionesses in TV figures

April 15, 2025

Sunday’s women’s Boat Race became the country’s most watched female sporting event this year, TV broadcasting data has revealed. The peak figure of over 2.1m tops the previous 2025 record, when 1.2m watched England’s Lionesses play in the Uefa Women’s Nations League match against Belgium on ITV1, which took place earlier this month at Bristol [...]
Championship Rugby: Coventry for sale but club has Premiership future

April 15, 2025

Benefactor of Premiership hopefuls Coventry Rugby Jon Sharp sits down with City AM to discuss why he’d sell up and walk away if the right party came along. A brief poke under the bonnet of rugby union’s financials would be enough to frighten even Formula 1’s greatest mechanic away. In so-called perfect France losses are [...]
NBA: LeBron and Curry beaten by Slovenia’s Doncic for jersey sales

April 15, 2025

Slovenian Luka Doncic has become the first overseas NBA player to top the list of the most popular jerseys in American basketball. It is the first time in over a decade that a player outside of LeBron James or Stephen Curry has held the title, when New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony was the jersey in [...]
New padel Europe vs Americas ‘Ryder Cup’ coming to London this year

April 15, 2025

The padel equivalent of the Ryder Cup will hold its inaugural edition in London later this year, organisers confirmed on Tuesday. The FIP Intercontinental Cup will see Team Europe take on Team Americas in male and female competitions in July. It is testament to the rise in popularity of the racket sport across the capital, [...]

West Indies legend Chris Gayle invests in UK T20 franchise

West Indies legend Chris Gayle invests in UK T20 franchise

New Lola T70S is a reborn – and road-legal – 1960s race car

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