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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Steve Diamond: Newcastle Falcons can be rugby’s Wrexham AFC

May 6, 2025

Newcastle Falcons boss Steve Diamond has insisted his club can be the Wrexham AFC of rugby as the northern outpost of the Premiership continues to look for fresh investment. The Kingston Park club, according to former Worcester and Sale boss Diamond, has “two or three” interested bidders. Current owner Semore Kurdi has said he’d sell [...]
Brighton owner Bloom proposes £10m minority stake in Hearts

May 6, 2025

Brighton and Hove owner Tony Bloom has proposed a £10m investment in Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian. The investment needs approval from the club’s majority shareholder, supporters group Foundation of Hearts, and would see Bloom receive a 29 per cent stake in the club who are second in the relegation segment of the Scottish [...]
LIV Golf close to South Africa deal, government says

May 6, 2025

The Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf league could soon head to South Africa, according to the country’s government. The rebel LIV Golf League, currently in its fourth season, is backed by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund and has not previously staged an event in Africa, though many players on the tour have played in International [...]
Top UK golf event to be staged at Donald Trump course in Scotland

May 6, 2025

A UK Donald Trump golf course will host a top event this summer amid rumours the US President could be on the verge of being let back into the British golfing establishment. The UK government has recently been forced to deny lobbying the sport’s UK governing body the R&A over attempts to see the iconic [...]
Northampton Saints a Champions Cup tonic for English Premiership

May 6, 2025

With Northampton Saints in the Investec Champions Cup final, the English Premiership has a representative for the first time since 2020. At the end of January former Investec Champions Cup winners Exeter Chiefs were dumped out of the competition without a win to their name, Premiership leaders and title favourites Bath were dumped out with [...]
Saints and Bordeaux prove Champions Cup magic remains

May 5, 2025

Whether or not you are a betting person you only needed to have a gander at the bookmakers’ predictions for the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals to get a good read on how each of the two matches last weekend should have gone. The first semi-final of the weekend saw tournament favourites Leinster host English champions [...]
Hamilton wants ‘power seat at table’ amid FIA governance controversy

May 2, 2025

Lewis Hamilton has said drivers can help in the governance of Formula 1 with “a power seat at the table”. The sport is facing discontent surrounding the leadership of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. The Emirati has seen some of his top officials resign over governance standards, has been slammed by the Motorsport UK chair, [...]
English Cricket bans transgender women from women’s game

May 2, 2025

Transgender women will no longer be able to play in women’s and girls’ cricket matches, the sport’s governing body the ECB has announced. It comes after a recent Supreme Court ruling said only those whose biological sex is female can be called female. “Our regulations for recreational cricket have always aimed at ensuring that cricket [...]
Champions Cup prize money: Why profits in semis are shared

May 2, 2025

As the Investec Champions Cup semi-finals get underway, why are the clubs involved not guaranteed all of the profits generated? Over the last couple of days the Uefa Champions League semi-finals have played out at London’s Emirates Stadium and Barcelona’s Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. The final four teams are battling for prize money that could [...]
Major London venue to host 2026 World Cup final

May 1, 2025

Major London venue Lord’s will host the Women’s Cricket T20 World Cup this year as the tournament’s venues were revealed. The Home of Cricket will stage the showpiece final in next year’s World Cup in a win for the capital amid competition from other major UK Test arenas. Manchester’s Old Trafford, Leeds’ Headingley, Birmingham’s Edgbaston, [...]

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