football
Ecstasy and Agony
Boria Majumdar
The author visits pubs at Oxford to catch the euphoria and the heartbreak of the English football-crazy fan.
The Management Guy in the Beautiful Game
Unlike in cricket, a football coach is very powerful. There are deserving reasons.
Europe’s Fall From Grace
Doddering about, even getting booted out of the World Cup in round one: What has gone wrong with the men from the Continent?
Sporting Art
Fifa fever takes on a new space: an art gallery houses Riyas Komu’s latest exhibition celebrating football.
Physics of Football
Understanding the effect of the small ridges on the Jabulani ball in use this World Cup.
Loneliness of a German Fan
You get glares from people around you. But it only makes you clearer about why you’re cheering for this team.
Forever No 10
There is nothing more striking about this World Cup than the sight of Maradona in the costume of ‘the establishment’.
How Not To End Up Divorced
Adultery used to be the leading threat to marital peace, but then someone complicated everything by inventing the World Cup. Here’s a survival guide for those at risk.
The Big Bucks
World Cup fever has gripped well-off, upper-end Indian audiences. Alas, Indian advertisers are looking away. They are busy chasing the TRPs of India-Sri Lanka cricket.
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