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Inside every issue of Pitch magazine you will find stories, long and short, covering at least 30 different sports. There’s football, cricket, rugby – both types – golf, MMA, boxing, athletics and F1. And loads of others. Because ultimately we are sports fanatics.

WHEN EVERY PICTURE DOESN'T QUITE TELL THE STORY…

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I WANNA BE ELECTED • Britons may now be only four months away from their day in the polling booth. Policy wonks will be doing their wonking, party manifestos in early draft form, PR grids being re-written daily. Sport will barely feature beyond a sweaty MP or two getting down with the kids for a fleeting photo op at a carefully chosen school or club (or even the back garden at No. 10, which is where I remember cringing as a dripping Ed Balls, tie intact, once busted karate moves).

In 60 Seconds… With Justin Young • PITCH TOOK ONE MINUTE OF THE MUSICIAN'S TIME TO ASK A LIFETIME OF SPORTING QUESTIONS.

Now Playing. • The top tracks that got us through winter's longer nights.

A QUESTION OF SPORT • “Well done mate, you can come back again.” That was what Emlyn Hughes said to Princess Anne, a star performer in his team in the 200th edition of A Question of Sport, broadcast in February 1987.

SCHE-MATICA • New York City FC: Queens.

Rated. • New Year, new… trainers. Pitch's famed trailblazer picks out the top treads for spring 2024.

…Run a Marathon. • Putting one foot in front of the other. For 26.2 miles.

Ma Long. • ATHLETES THAT OUT-PERFORM THEIR SPORT

Basic, Better, Best… • THROUGH HISTORY

Curling, • PUB GOER'S GUIDE TO…

Whatever Happened to… the Anglo-Italian Cup? • Definitely an oddity - and on occasion downright dangerous - it would take a 'third reason' to see off one of football's least-likely cross-continental collabs.

Dublin • The Fair City's sporting persuasions.

Backyards–No.4 Ayrton Senna @ Monaco • 422 laps led. Six wins. And the most illustrious event in world motorsport.

Club Call: Mumbai Indians • A sporting conglomerate. In numbers.

Burning Books. • Jade Craddock serves up all that's hot in the world of paper and ink.

SPORTING BREAD Alt. Icons. • Besides your Ty Cobbs, Fatima Whitbreads and Kylian Mbappes, what have our starchy staples got to do with your otherwise favourite pursuits and pastimes? Andy Afford sticks his head in sport's metaphorical oven.

GOLF In 10 Characters, or less… • A bucketload of entertainers from the 'Gentleman's' Game.

The Pitch Bluffer's Guide to the Grand National • Holly Phillips grabs the reins and jumps headfirst into horse-racing's biggest day out.

DER ENGLÄNDER • WHEN HARRY KANE ARRIVED AT BAYERN MUNICH, BECOMING THE MOST EXPENSIVE SIGNING IN BUNDESLIGA HISTORY, FEW COULD HAVE QUESTIONED HIS LIKELY IMPACT. PAUL SIMPSON LINES UP WHAT MAKES THE ENGLAND CAPTAIN SO UNASSUMINGLY BRILLIANT.

Brits Abroad • Former British strikers that have flown the nest.

SUGAR DADDY RU€BY • What's Breaking the maul 'n' brawl sport's metaphorical bank? Kieran Longworth scrums down in search of an answer.

The Need For Speed • Super shoes: the next step in human evolution or the end of the road for competition? Paul Simpson unties the technological arms race behind the world's fastest treads.

Running The Game • Pitch unties this century's most influential kicks.

Lotte Wubben-Moy Thoughful. Passionate. Creative. • Born in Bow, the Lioness's journey from East London to the Emirates may not be far in terms of mileage, but her story is not measured in distance alone. The Gunner tells Kieran Longworth what lights her fuse.

VALENTINO ROSSI • What Greatness Looks Like…

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