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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.

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SHOT THROUGH THE HEART • World Athletics has fired an arrow into the soul of the Olympic movement, leaving IOC president Thomas Bach with a $100 million headache. Cash for medals isn’t a novel Games initiative but, in putting a $50,000 price tag on golds at Paris this summer, track & field is the first sport to formally counter Olympic founder Pierre de Coubertin’s diktat that taking part rather than winning is what his sporting jamboree is all about.

In 60 Seconds… With UB40's Jimmy Brown • WE TOOK A MINUTE OF THE DRUMMER’S TIME TO CHAT ALL THINGS FOSBURY, FIGURE SKATING, AND FOOTBALL.

Now Playing. • Issue No. 8 Playlist – Songs that kept our big wheels turnin’. Search ‘Pitch Magazine Issue 8 Playlist’ on Spotify

LOST GENIUS • Is there a greater legend in football history than Duncan Edwards? Of a generation when video recording of matches was just becoming mainstream, the footage that exists only serves to whet the appetite as it confirms the hype.

SCHE-MATICA Archery-Olympic Recurve Bow • First featuring at the Paris Olympic Games in 1900, archery is one of the oldest sports on the calendar. Returning some 100 years later at the Esplanade des Invalides, here’s the skinny on one of sport’s most-evolved ‘basics’.

Rated. • Pitch unpacks this summer’s best duffles for trips to the gym, weekend breaks – and everything else in between.

…Shoot A Three. • Gettin’ balls in hoops from outside the D.

Kane Williamson. • ATHLETES THAT OUT-PERFORM THEIR SPORT

Basic, Better, Best… • THROUGH HISTORY

Rowing. • PUB GOER'S GUIDE TO…

Whatever Happened to… Tug of War?

Vancouver • The Rainy City's sporting charm.

Backyards - No.5 England @ Old Trafford • England should play in Manchester more often. Despite the rain.

R&A: St Andrews

SPORTING Alt. Icons. • When the mullet is just run of the mill…

HAIR DON'TS

Doin' It By The Book. • Jade Craddock scours the shelves, so you don’t have to.

2024 YOUNG SPORTS JOURNALIST • It’s back. And with good reason. Enjoy this year’s very-best short-form think pieces from our younger readership.

TENNIS In 10 Characters, or Less… • Pitch serves up 10 ball-bashers that transcended the court.

The Pitch Bluffer's Guide to the Monaco Grand Prix • Holly Phillips metaphorically hits the streets of Monte Carlo for the lowdown on Formula One’s oldest race. And there’s more to it than mooring your mega yacht in the harbour

Turn 6 Fairmont Hairpin 30mph Avenue des Spélugues, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Rocking The Rings 10 INCIDENTS THAT TRANSCENDED THE GAMES. • Leaving no room for corruption, Paul Simpson offers up some unforgettable moments that overshadowed the world’s most celebrated event.

SCOTTISH POWER. • KIERAN AND HARRY LONGWORTH SIT DOWN WITH THE STOLTMAN BROTHERS – TWO (MOSTLY) GENTLE GIANTS IN THE HIGHLANDS AHEAD OF THEIR QUEST FOR A THIRD WORLD’S STRONGEST MAN TITLE.

Becoming the World's Strongest Man

STRONG 'UNS • How sports’ biggest frames stack up across the disciplines.

Going For Gold • PITCH UNCOVERS FIVE OLYMPIC ATHLETES IN RED, WHITE ‘N’ BLUE WITH A BETTER-THANEVENS CHANCE OF TOPPING THE PODIUM IN PARIS THIS SUMMER. KIERAN LONGWORTH SORTS THE TIN FROM THE PRECIOUS METAL.

LEV YASHIN • What Greatness Looks Like…

SMELLING LEATHER… • SWIFT, BRUTAL, AND UTTERLY FINAL:...