An edit-page essay in The Hindu on the Football World Cup: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/how-the-world-explains-football/article24224767.ece
Tag: World Cup
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
