Matt Hughes

@MattHughesMedia

Journalist

London

Joined December 2009

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 24

Lancashire complete sale of Manchester Originals to Lucknow Super Giants, with exchange of contracts timed to coincide with a Hindu festival. | The Observer observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Sales of London Spirit, Northern Superchargers and Welsh Fire are also expected to be completed later this week

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 23

England’s Euro 2025 semi-final win draws ITV’s highest viewing figures of the year | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. England’s European Championship semi-final win over Italy on Tuesday night delivered ITV’s highest viewing figures of the year

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 23

England’s dramatic extra-time victory over Italy gave ITV their biggest peak audience of the year so far - over 10.2m watching as Chloe Kelly scored the winner. Full story on theguardian.com/football

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 23

England fans snap up 2026 World Cup packages; FIFA’s sponsorship bonanza; Liverpool’s kit conundrum; Everton’s stadium escape; Sky seeking boxing deals; Scheffler’s £1m Open tax bill. ⁦@CityAM⁩ cityam.com/three-lions-fa…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Hospitality tickets to watch England at the 2026 World Cup sold out within three days of being put on sale last week.

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 23

FootBiz newsletter #93: What are the 'Big Six' doing in the transfer market? Apollo Madrid, Barcelona face battle with La Liga over Rashford, and more. ⁦@JoinFootBiz⁩ footbiz.beehiiv.com/p/footbiz-news…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. PLUS: a burbling of mid-summer news and being completely wrong on Marcus Rashford

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 22

Premier League to consult club captains over whether to carry on taking the knee next season. | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Premier League clubs could follow the Lionesses in stopping taking the knee next season amid growing division amongst anti-racism campaigners over the merits of the symbolic gesture

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 22

Manchester City’s record £1bn deal with Puma and the value beyond bottom line | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 21

ITV gamble pays off with over eight million expected to watch England’s Euro 2025 semi-final | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. ITV is poised to surge ahead of the BBC in the European Championship ratings battle, with an audience of more than 8 million expected to watch England’s semi-final against Italy on Tuesday night

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 20

Two-division Test cricket on agenda with ICC exploring WTC expansion | The Guardian theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. The International Cricket Council has set up a working group to explore moving to a system of two-division Test cricket

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 18

ICC ready to take over running of proposed new World Club Championship for T20 and Hundred franchises. | The Observer observer.co.uk/news/sport/art…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Talks are understood to be underway for holding the inaugural competition as soon as September 2027

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 17

Grand slam organisers ready to make concessions to players in dispute over pay. Talks over a new Players’ Council and pension contributions on the agenda following meetings at Wimbledon. | The Guardian theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. The All England Club has offered to hold talks over creating a player council, while also indicating willingness to contribute to players’ pensions and healthcare for the first time

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 17

FootBiz newsletter #92: The biggest kit deal in history; the FA support protesting Crystal Palace; Barcelona and Tottenham line up commercial deals; Man Utd facing legal action, and more. ⁦@JoinFootBiz⁩ footbiz.beehiiv.com/p/footbiz-news…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. PLUS: which club's value has risen 50x since 2022?

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 16

Chelsea land £10m-plus Club World Cup US tax bill; DAZN to hold talks with FIFA over new TV rights deal; Gianni Infantino snubbed key meeting with FIFPRO in New York; Sky Sports to have drone and plane camera for Open coverage. ⁦@CityAM⁩ cityam.com/chelseas-club-…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Chelsea will be hit with a US tax bill of more than £10m as a result of winning the Club World Cup on Sunday.

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 16

BBC to sign three-year deal for Open Championship highlights, including women’s Open cityam.com/exclusive-bbc-…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. The BBC has secured a last-minute deal to show evening highlights of the Open Championship at Royal Portrush this week.

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 15

Bigger, better, more often? Gianni Infantino won’t let up on his ambition for Club World Cup | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. With claims of 2bn TV views, $2.1bn revenues and a push to stage it every two years, Infantino’s pet project is here to stay

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 13

Fifa dispute with global players’ union escalates over rest period announcement. | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. No one from Fifpro, the global players’ union, was present at Fifa’s meeting in New York when it said players should have 72 hours ‘at least’ between games

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 11

Premier League holds talks with IFAB over introducing Ref Cams following Club World Cup trial | The Guardian theguardian.com/football/2025/…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Footage has been used at the Club World Cup for instant replays and could be trialled during pre-season pending approval

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 11

R&A install Spidercam above the 18th green at Portrush for next week’s Open in a first for golf | The Guardian theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Next week’s Open at Portrush will be the first tournament in golf to use Spidercam

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 9

Rolex sponsored Wimbledon stars paying for watches; India’s cricket establishment batting for Olympic bid; first Hundred deals imminent; Channel 5’s Wimbledon problem; ructions at US Tennis Association. ⁦@CityAM⁩ cityam.com/rolex-sponsore…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Some Wimbledon stars have to pay for their own Rolex watches, with only the A-listers receiving free timepieces.

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Matt Hughes@MattHughesMedia · Jul 9

FootBiz newsletter #91: D-Day for Lyon, Barca's latest issues and will the Premier League close swap deal loophole? footbiz.beehiiv.com/p/footbiz-news…

MattHughesMedia's tweet card. Plus: UK's football regulator to become law and Chelsea's CWC windfall

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