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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JD Sports: Retailer partners with UFC ahead of London Fight Night

March 17, 2025

UK retailer and FTSE 100 giant JD Sports has partnered with fighting organisation UFC in a deal that begins this weekend at London’s Fight Night. The Manchester-headquartered brand forms half of a European partnership, which will see it become a key partner across UFC despite it issuing a profit warning in January. JD Sports forecast [...]
Investec Champions Cup Barometer: Itoje for British and Irish Lions captain?

March 17, 2025

In the lead up to the 2024-25 Investec Champions Cup round of 16, City A.M. has put together a barometer in partnership with Investec to assess which teams are hot – and which are not – ahead of April’s knockouts. Player of the week: Maro Itoje, Saracens For a long time no other name but [...]
Boxing nearing Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games inclusion

March 17, 2025

Boxing’s once uncertain Olympic future appears to have been resolved with the sport set to feature in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. The International Olympic Committee itself organised the sport’s competitions at the last two Games – in Tokyo in 2021 and Paris in 2024 – after governance issues relating to the International Boxing [...]
No10: Government ‘absolutely committed’ to independent football regulator

March 17, 2025

The government has insisted it remains “absolutely committed” to the incoming football regulator despite chancellor Rachel Reeves’ desire to slash bureaucratic bodies. Reports suggested that plans to get rid of a number of quangos, as well as Reeves’ opinion that regulators are “too slow to get things done”, could have resulted in the Football Governance [...]
Carabao Cup prize money: How does it compare to the FA Cup?

March 16, 2025

On Sunday at Wembley Stadium one of Liverpool or Newcastle United will pick up the first major trophy of the English football season: the Carabao Cup. Liverpool have won the League Cup on 10 occasions, two more than any other team, while Newcastle’s best finishes came in both 1976 and 2023 when they finished second. [...]
Joe Marler on Saracens, standing up for England players and Six Nations

March 15, 2025

Former England international prop Joe Marler is no stranger to saying what he thinks and doing what he wants. The recently retired 34-year-old has ridiculed the Haka and was famously banned for groping then-Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones. But now – speaking to City AM from a greyhound rehoming project, naturally – he went after [...]
Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe invests in France SailGP team

March 14, 2025

France and Real Madrid footballer Kylian Mbappe has expanded his sports portfolio by investing in SailGP. The World Cup winner has invested in his native France SailGP Team with 10 of the 12 teams on the circuit now having some form of private backing. The 26-year-old joins the likes of former F1 driver Sebastian Vettel, [...]
Formula 1 prize money: Why constructors’ title trumps driver championship

March 13, 2025

In Formula 1, the glory always seems to belong to the driver who is crowned world champion. That is justified: the winner has usually earned the trophy and become the one to beat with a consistent season of quality results. But the reality is that for the majority in Formula 1 it is not the [...]
England Rugby to switch to Murray-backed Castore after Six Nations

March 12, 2025

England’s rugby teams will replace Umbro with Andy Murray-backed British sportswear brand Castore after this year’s Six Nations. The new kit deal is due to start in May and follows months of talks between the Rugby Football Union and Castore, which was founded by former City workers. It means that England men’s team will debut [...]
Wembley considered for Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight with Dubois

March 12, 2025

Wembley Stadium could host the undisputed heavyweight boxing world title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dubois. Ukrainian Usyk became the first undisputed heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis last May when he beat Tyson Fury in Riyadh but relinquished one of his belts when he couldn’t face Dubois due to a rematch clause with [...]

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