“The Intensity is Unenjoyable…”
Bowling spin in Australia in an Ashes series – how hard can it be? It’s all about mindset, that’s if you’re talking to former England great and serial urn-lifter Graeme Swann. And all about starting well if you’re national treasure, Ashley Giles, one of the heroes of 2005. Pitch caught up with two of England’s star turns, as it were.
PELE: Why we should value him more highly
Dry stats and lack of footage mean we underrate the best of all time, by Paul Simpson.
DER ENGLÄNDER
Paul Simpson strikes up what makes the England captain so unassumingly brilliant.
Simon Hainsworth considers the emergence of new sports like pickleball and padel.
Football. Golf. Tennis. Cricket. Rugby. All sports most people in the world know about; a huge majority will have played and even more will have watched either live or on television. They are staples of the sports world, concepts we grow up knowing about – often playing at school or at grassroots level as children.
Showreels
Join us on our quest to find the world’s leading sports creatives as we talk about their work, how they got the shot, and what it says about their famous subjects.
Awards
Our Young Sports Journalist Competition is back again and with good reason. Meet the authors of this year’s very-best think pieces

