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This Sporting Life: Colombians First, Footballers Second

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: Colombians First, Footballers Second

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…

by TeddyCutler • 4th July 20144th July 2014
Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. iv

Arts & Culture

Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. iv

As England prepare to face Italy, Teddy Cutler brings the final edition of his World Cup group analyses.

by TeddyCutler • 14th June 201414th June 2014
Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. iii

Arts & Culture

Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. iii

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 ...
by TeddyCutler • 13th June 201413th June 2014
Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. ii

Arts & Culture

Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. ii

Teddy Cutler casts his eye over Groups C and D of the 2014 World Cup.

by TeddyCutler • 11th June 201411th June 2014
Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. i

Arts & Culture

Group Dynamics: World Cup Profiles, vol. i

As the World Cup approaches, our sportswriter Teddy Cutler profiles the groups, with his characteristic caustic flair. First up: Groups A and B.

by TeddyCutler • 11th June 201411th June 2014
This Sporting Life: The Problem of the Coach on Screen

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: The Problem of the Coach on Screen

Tough-talking rabble rousers; family men; incorrigible moralisers. Why can’t Hollywood get the sports coach right, asks Teddy Cutler…

by TeddyCutler • 6th June 20146th June 2014
This Sporting Life: Tennis as Metaphorical Experience

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: Tennis as Metaphorical Experience

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 ...
by TeddyCutler • 22nd May 201423rd May 2014
This Sporting Life: Ring of Fire

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: Ring of Fire

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.

by TeddyCutler • 10th May 201410th May 2014
This Sporting Life: The Games of Summer

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: The Games of Summer

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 ...
by TeddyCutler • 17th April 201417th April 2014
This Sporting Life: The Ultimate Short-Term Activity

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: The Ultimate Short-Term Activity

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?

by TeddyCutler • 3rd April 20143rd April 2014
This Sporting Life: Lines of Beauty

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: Lines of Beauty

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 ...
by TeddyCutler • 20th March 201420th March 2014
This Sporting Life: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cyclist

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cyclist

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…

by TeddyCutler • 6th March 20147th March 2014
This Sporting Life: Frontier Games

Arts & Culture

This Sporting Life: Frontier Games

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 ...
by TeddyCutler • 20th February 201421st February 2014
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