Sport magazine scooped the inaugural front cover of the year award at last night’s Professional Publishers Association awards.

The award was voted for through an online poll and attracted tens of thousands of public votes, according to the PPA.

The closely-fought vote was eventually won by UTV Media’s Sport magazine for their cover featuring ex-England football icon Paul Gascoigne, followed by Shortlist Media’s Stylist magazine in second and IPC Media’s Wallpaper.