A long essay in the new The Cricket Monthly on Chennai’s club cricket leagues: http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/784747/chennai-rules
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The History of Dutch Soccer and Playing Not to Win
A piece for Pacific Standard on Dutch football and why the country values style so much: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/history-dutch-soccer-argentina-germany-world-cup-85539/
Can Philosophy Make a Difference to England’s Football Game?
For Yahoo! a piece on the English national football team, and why it would do well to fashion a specific footballing ideology: https://in.news.yahoo.com/can-philosophy-make-a-difference-to-england-s-football-game-054509398.html
Six on Six: The best playmakers of the World Cup
For scroll.in, a piece on the best playmakers at the World Cup in Brazil: http://scroll.in/article/667244/Six-on-Six:-The-best-playmakers-of-the-World-Cup
A Brief History of Modern Iran, Told Through Soccer
A piece for The Pacific Standard Magazine on the Iranian football team and its link to politics in the country: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/brief-history-modern-iran-told-soccer-82908/
Brazil’s ignominious football World Cup
My comment in The Hindu on the Football World Cup, which begins next week in Brazil. I argue here that for most Brazilians view their government’s decision to spend 15 billion dollars on hosting the event as a Most Brazilians view this as a depraved act of profligacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/brazils-ignominious-football-world-cup/article6090095.ece
The Celebrity-Coach Conundrum
A piece for The New Yorker on tennis’ new celebrity coaches: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/sportingscene/2014/01/can-great-tennis-players-be-great-coaches.html
The reign of Sir Alex
A piece for the Sunday Guardian reviewing Alex Ferguson’s autobiography: http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/alex-ferguson-my-autobiography
Criminalizing match fixing
A joint op-ed in The Mint on why match-fixing and related activities ought not to be criminalized: http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/dbd5GvPhdmOEUaWw755bYP/Indian-cricket-needs-to-look-within.html
Waiting for Federer
A tale from the U.S. Open for The Classical: http://theclassical.org/articles/waiting-for-federer
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