The Colombian national team is the revelation of the 2014 World Cup. And, in its free-spirited abandon, their footballing mirrors their literature, argues Teddy Cutler… Continue Reading This ...
As England prepare to face Italy, Teddy Cutler brings the final edition of his World Cup group analyses. Continue Reading Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. iv
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France’s manager Didier Deschamps is more Ruth Rendell than John Banville, while Lionel Messi’s runs with the football resemble the western coastline of Norway. Teddy Cutler brings the penultimate instalment ...
Teddy Cutler casts his eye over Groups C and D of the 2014 World Cup. Continue Reading Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. ii
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As the World Cup approaches, our sportswriter Teddy Cutler profiles the groups, with his characteristic caustic flair. First up: Groups A and B. Continue Reading Group Dynamics: World ...
Tough-talking rabble rousers; family men; incorrigible moralisers. Why can’t Hollywood get the sports coach right, asks Teddy Cutler… Continue Reading This Sporting Life: The Problem of the Coach ...
Tennis is conversation. Tennis is love. Tennis is chance. Is there any sport with more metaphorical heft? Teddy Cutler casts his net over an emblematic sport, with help from David ...
A hit in sport should be metaphorical: scoring a run; hitting an ace. That’s why Teddy Cutler doesn’t watch boxing – because the blows are all too real. ...
The reappearance of cricket and baseball after a winter’s hibernation heralds the first distant, yet unmistakeable cry of summer. Teddy Cutler argues that, as seasonal games, they are cast in ...
The UN is warning of inexorable climate change; a plane is missing without a trace; Russia has annexed Crimea. What role does sport play in a world like this? ...
The Six Nations rugby tournament ended this Saturday. It’s perfectly valid to judge it by the facts – but, for Teddy Cutler, the real way to judge it is through ...
Forget the tragic heroes and scheming villains of world literature. When it comes to humanity’s sheer capacity for suffering, argues Teddy Cutler, no one can beat the cyclist… ...
In the new column This Sporting Life, Teddy Cutler looks at the world of sport and picks apart its greater meaning. In Frontier Games, he watches the Super Bowl and ...