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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Can Italy’s challenger European rugby project win them a World Cup?

January 14, 2025

Rugby authorities in Italy have reportedly submitted plans for a new European rugby competition. But can it be viable, and is the World Cup the end goal? The new president of Italy’s rugby federation, Andrea Duodo, caused a little bit of a stir recently when he confirmed that new proposals for a European club rugby [...]
Australian Open NFTs tank in value on non-fungible token marketplace

January 14, 2025

NFTs sold by Tennis Australia for nearly £1.5m have tanked in value amid reports the organisation has walked away from its non-fungible token project. More than 9,000 of the NFTs, which are digital images of tennis balls, have shed up to 90 per cent of their value since the launch in 2022 by Tennis Australia. [...]
Steve Borthwick England squad: Three Champions Cup bolters to watch

January 14, 2025

This morning England manager Steve Borthwick names his squad for the Six Nations, with a trip to Dublin up first next month. Last weekend’s Investec Champions Cup action, then, was the very last chance for players to give a good account of themselves before today’s announcement. But it wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies for hopefuls [...]
Investec Champions Cup: Leinster, Glasgow and Toulon secure home ties

January 13, 2025

There may be a round of Investec Champions Cup matches to go but for some clubs their future has already been decided. For South African side the Bulls, it’s done and dusted with the Pretoria-based outfit unable to reach the round of 16 in April, no matter how good or bad their result against Stade [...]
Baseball home run for London as MLB weekend generates £56m

January 13, 2025

London will miss the benefit of MLB in 2025 after last year’s MLB London Series boosted the capital’s economy by £56.5m. Back-to-back matches between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies drew in over 108,000 fans at the London Stadium with the nation outside of London benefiting to the tune of a further £9m. The [...]
Six Nations tickets: How much will the tournament cost you?

January 12, 2025

We’re just days from the Six Nations getting underway in Paris when France host Wales with tickets for this year’s competition all but sold out. The Stade de France in Paris, Allianz Stadium in London, Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and Stadio Olimpico in Rome will [...]
Most profitable sports clubs of 2025 list features three Premier League sides

January 11, 2025

Three Premier League clubs have made the Forbes most profitable sports teams list of 2025, with the top 20 generating an estimated £3.2bn in profit during the most recent season. The figures, calculated using Forbes’ estimates of operating income with total value using the enterprise values, suggest an average £159m profit per team, up 12 [...]
Industry slams Labour government plans for ticket reform

January 11, 2025

Leading industry voices have slammed government plans to change the secondary ticketing market in sport, describing proposals as “draconian”. The government on Friday announced plans to tackle touts and potentially further regulate the secondary market following instances of extreme dynamic pricing relating to the sale of Oasis tickets. Measures could include a cap and a [...]
NFL 2025 London Games: Jets, Browns and Jaguars heading to capital

January 10, 2025

The New York Jets, Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars will play in London on this year’s NFL International series. The New York Jets return to the capital a year on from their 23-17 defeat to the Minnesota Vikings at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Browns return to London for the first time since 2017, when they [...]
Over 1m tune in for Tiger Woods hybrid golf show TGL

January 9, 2025

Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s debut TGL broadcast peaked at 1.1m viewers in the USA this week. The digital brainchild – in which top golfers team up and compete across both a simulator and a recreated green – kicked off this week and had an average audience of 910,000 across the two-hour show. Reports suggest [...]

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