The December/January edition is packed with features, interviews and articles across a range of topics.

He has only been in England since 2012 but Fulham’s American international defender Tim Ream believes the explosion in women’s football in just six years means the sport is now unrecognisable.

Packed with the latest news, entertainment, food and drink and sport, we’ve got the whole of Greater Manchester covered.

The World Cup means football’s traditional summer recess seems barely to have happened, and it is just a matter of days before the new Premier League season gets underway.

After progressing to the semi-finals of the World Cup, Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions have a golden opportunity to make the final in Moscow on Sunday.

MM looks back over the list of our city’s bad boys – players with local links who found themselves in handcuffs at one stage or another during their career.

England take on Sweden tomorrow with spirits high both in Russia… and at home.

Southgate rung the changes in the Three Lions’ loss against Belgium– replacing eight of the 11 who played against Panama in preparation for their last-16 knockout clash.

Penalty shoot-outs were first used at the World Cup in 1982 and have decided knockout ties at every edition of the tournament ever since.

England probed after going 1-0 behind shortly after the break, but couldn’t prevent defeat in their third and final group game before the round of 16 – where both Belgium and England will be present.

Yesterday saw England’s biggest win ever in a major tournament as they smashed Panama 6-1 to qualify for the knockout stages.