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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London Irish target millennial rugby fans with Netflix-style monthly ticket subscription for home games

September 14, 2021

Premiership Rugby club London Irish have launched a monthly ticket subscription service in an attempt to woo millennials ahead of the new season. Prices start from £30 per month for adults and £9 for children and include entry to all league and cup games at the Exiles’ new stadium, as well as all perks afforded [...]
Opinion: England cricket chiefs should fight to reschedule fifth Test with India and reject alternative offer of two Twenty20 internationals

September 13, 2021

England and India should today have been concluding the fourth day of the fifth Test in a series which reminded everybody that there is space for five-day cricket among the razzle-dazzle of The Hundred. Instead, the Test was called off. Covid concerns from India, similar to those expressed by England in South Africa last year, [...]
English rugby incentivises clubs to achieve 85 per cent Covid vaccination

September 13, 2021

English rugby chiefs have revealed an incentive scheme aimed at achieving an 85 per cent Covid-19 vaccination rate among players and staff. Once a club has reached an that threshold, social distancing can be removed for training and match day operations and masks will no longer be compulsory outdoors, among other measures. The Professional Game [...]
Emma Raducanu Instagram and Twitter following rockets by more than 1m during run to US Open title

September 13, 2021

Emma Raducanu is reaping the rewards of her US Open success with more than 1m new social media followers. The teenage British tennis player, who won her first Grand Slam in New York on Saturday, began the tournament with around 400,000 Instagram followers. By Monday, that number had soared to more than 1.6m. Raducanu has [...]

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