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Stories of Modern Sport
Pitch celebrates sport in all its many forms covering everything from football to cycling to the Olympics and to croquet.
From the publisher:
"With a Lions summer upon us, there’s a healthy amount of rugby union in this Issue. Across the oval-shaped ball sport’s 20 featured pages, we visit the ‘ups’ of the game’s biggest party in Hong Kong for the Sevens, before speaking to England rugby’s latest debutant Henry Pollock – a seven himself, the back-row version. And the ‘unders’ Championship clubs face where the sport’s cauliflower-eared approach to off- field proceedings can feel just as bruising as those on it.
I urge you to explore Flanders with Gaëtan Flamme, whose award-winning cycling photography captures a region where the two-wheeled sport is worshipped above all else. His portfolio starts on page 76.
Let me also highlight Paul Simpson’s gathering of some of the brightest minds in cricket (page 58), more specifically the Indian Premier League, to truly understand why this once-timeless tradition played in cable-knit jumpers and leather-buckle pads has evolved into the world’s fastest-growing team sport.
And golf, amongst other chapter-defining moments shoring up the back section, Rory McIlroy’s donning of the green jacket feels as significant as any. And appears on page 86. As for Justin Rose, gallant in Masters defeat, a reminder that in sport virtue is found not in winning, but in how we lose."