By: Matt Hardy

Deputy Sports Editor - CityAM Matt Hardy is the CityAM 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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Premiership key stories: Irish surge, tight margins and a Diamond touch

February 21, 2022

It may have been a fallow week in the Six Nations but the Premiership offered up a tasty buffet of rugby in a week where the race for the top four dragged in even more teams. London Irish Granted, many called London Irish dark horses for the top six at the beginning of the season, [...]
Records could tumble as indoor athletics returns to Birmingham

February 18, 2022

British athletics will aim to kick their summer Olympic hangover when the UK’s showpiece indoor event takes place on Saturday in Birmingham. The Indoor Grand Prix will see stars of Britain’s track and field team take on the world in the curtain-raiser for what is a huge year for the sport. This outdoor season will [...]
The Arnold Clark Cup could prove ideal England’s women ahead of Euros

February 16, 2022

England’s women footballers have traditionally spent the first international break of the calendar year in the United States competing in the invitational SheBelieves Cup. This year, however, England are hosting their own tournament involving three other top-10 ranked sides who they will play across three match days, starting tomorrow. The Arnold Clark Cup, sponsored by [...]
Iberian rugby: The duo of nations mounting a Rugby World Cup challenge

February 16, 2022

In 2015 it was Japan beating South Africa in Brighton. In 2019 it was Uruguay beating Fiji in Kamaishi. So in 2023 why can’t it be Spain or Portugal beating Scotland in Lille? Iberian rugby is on the rise – again. But this time the duo of Portugal and Spain are launching their frontier for [...]
Hard not to love France as they keep Grand Slam hopes alive

February 14, 2022

As the Six Nations rolled on into round two on Valentine’s weekend, of course it was an evening in French capital Paris that stole the show. France and Ireland served up an absolute peach of a Test match which provided the 80,000 onlookers at the Stade de France a showcase of skill, power, perseverance and, [...]
Smith proved himself as England get Six Nations campaign back on track

February 14, 2022

It wasn’t brilliant and it wasn’t woeful, but the result stuck to type: another England win against Italy in the Six Nations and a yet another loss – their 99th in the competition – for the Azzurri. While England’s 33-0 victory was expected, however, there were moments of magic in Rome that signalled a brighter [...]
Super Bowl LVI: Mike Carlson gives us his predictions

February 12, 2022

By tomorrow night, when most people in the UK will be turning in for the night, one of sport’s global events will just be beginning: the NFL’s Super Bowl. This year, surprise package the Cincinnati Bengals will take on the Los Angeles Rams at the latter’s £4bn new home, the SoFi stadium, for the Lombardi [...]
Red Bull Racing announce Oracle as title sponsor ahead of F1 season

February 9, 2022

Red Bull Racing have announced a sponsorship deal with software firm Oracle believed to be worth more than £100m per year. The partnership will see the Formula 1 outfit become ‘Oracle Red Bull Racing’ ahead of the 2022 season, which starts next month. The World Championship winning team, again made up of Max Verstappen and [...]
Could British Skeleton be on the slide at Beijing 2022?

February 9, 2022

Hurtling head-first down a hollow hemisphere of ice on what resembles a school dinner tray at 90mph, unable to repeat the process more than a few times a day and with a genuine risk of life-changing injuries. No, this isn’t the latest example of Quentin Tarantino’s stylised violence on the big screen; it’s the skeleton. [...]
Jamie Peacock: ‘Catalans and Leeds ones to watch in Super League’

February 9, 2022

In a repeat of last year’s Grand Final, St Helens play Catalan Dragons tomorrow in the opening match of the 27th Super League season. Change is the buzz word for rugby league. Coaches have moved, players of the highest quality have arrived in the division, there’s a second French side in Toulouse, and a terrestrial [...]

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