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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SailGP: The $100m-per-team sailing league looking to join British summer of sport

July 7, 2026

With SailGP back on these shores later this month, how is the league going about becoming a staple of the British summer? The British summer of sport is an extraordinary thing; Henley, Wimbledon, the Boat Race, Queen’s, Test cricket, The Open, Prem Rugby’s final, the British Grand Prix and more. But there is another sport [...]
All England Club slap down wealthy Indian Jindal over Wimbledon empty seat post

July 6, 2026

The All England Club has slapped down a member of the billionaire Jindal family after the Indian bemoaned empty seats at Wimbledon. Parth Jindal, whose investments includes Indian Premier League cricket team Delhi Capitals, took to social media to berate the empty seats on the showcourts of Wimbledon. “Never seen so many empty seats at [...]
IFS and Chelsea reaffirm partnership but AI firm won’t be front-of-shirt

July 6, 2026

Industrial AI firm IFS has reaffirmed commitment to its global partnership with Chelsea but will not remain the Premier League club’s front-of-shirt sponsor. IFS appeared on the front of Chelsea’s shirts for the latter part of last season, having signed a three-year contract with the US-owned West London side in February. But their expanded partnership, [...]
England World Cup final run could see Brits spend extra £250m

July 6, 2026

A run to the Fifa World Cup final could see England fans generate an extra £250m in retail and home-viewing spend. Data from Novuna Finance shared with City AM suggests that the nation could spend an additional £75m-£150m should Thomas Tuchel’s England side go on a knockout run, while reaching the coveted final – later [...]
Tickets for England World Cup quarter vs Norway on sale for $8m

July 6, 2026

Tickets for England’s Fifa World Cup quarter-final are on sale for $8m as fans look to snap up a spot for the last eight tie in Miami. England posted one of their greatest ever World Cup victories on Monday, beating Mexico 3-2 at the Azteca Stadium in the co-host’s capital. And they’ve been rewarded with [...]
Free-to-air bonanza boon for fans, sport and marketers

July 4, 2026

A weekend of wall-to-wall live sport on free-to-air television will serve as a boon for brands, terrestrial broadcasters and fans, experts have said. This weekend will see a monumental volume of sport across the five main free-to-air channels – BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and 5 – as well as ITV4 – as sports look [...]
Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis announces £210m stadium plans

July 3, 2026

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has announced a new £210m stadium construction project as he looks to grow his football empire. Plans for a 53,000-capacity arena have been submitted by the Greek funder, who owns Premier League club Nottingham Forest as well as Olympiacos, Rio Ave FC and a number of other sporting franchises. The [...]
Formula 1’s governing body wants more races in China and Asia

July 3, 2026

Formula 1’s governing body has insisted it wants more races in China and Asia as part of a Far East pivot ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) told City AM that Asia had become a key growth market for the not-for-profit motorsport governing body, which this [...]
Sumo’s London return shows the capital really is a global sport leader

July 2, 2026

An astonishing thing is happening in Greenwich’s historic Borough Hall. The somewhat garish landmark of SE10, until next Wednesday, is at the epicentre of London’s love affair with Sumo. Having returned to the capital in 2025 for the first time since the early 1990s, City AM revealed last month that the highest level of the [...]
Formula 1 worth £12bn to UK economy as Silverstone rakes in £100m

July 2, 2026

Formula 1 boosts the UK economy by £12bn every year, according to new figures revealed ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The wider impact in the UK of the elite motor racing series – 10 of whose 11 teams are headquartered in the country or have operational bases on these shores – [...]

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