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Jayaditya Gupta

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ARTICLES BY JAYADITYA GUPTA

Dipa Karmakar at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo: Andrew Winning/Reuters

Breaking records and barriers

5 min read . 15 Jun 2016

Johan Cruyff trying to score a goal against Argentina during the 1974 World Cup. Photo: AFP

Johan Cruyff’s gift to football

6 min read . 20 Apr 2016

A fan cheers for the Indian cricket team before India’s Twenty20 World Cup match against New Zealand in Nagpur. Photo: AP

Cricket fans, raise your pitch

4 min read . 17 Mar 2016

Leicester City’s Jamie Vardy (in black) in action against Arsenal during the Premier League. Photo: Tony O’Brien/Reuters

The year of the underdog

6 min read . 05 Mar 2016

Pep Guardiola. Photo: Antonio Bronic/Reuters

City beckon Guardiola

5 min read . 20 Jan 2016

(clockwise from top) Michel Platini (left); José Mourinho; and Sepp Blatter. Photographs (clockwise from top) by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP; Eddie Keogh and Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

And they all fall down: a crazy year in football

4 min read . 23 Dec 2015

The All Blacks team during a match against France in 2007 in New Zealand. Photo: Ross Land/Getty Images

Waiting for the All Blacks, the heart and soul of rugby

5 min read . 10 Dec 2015

Jamie Vardy of Leicester City; and (right) Australian batsman Adam Voges. Photographs: Tony Marshall/Getty Images; Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

Fairy-tale feats show up age as just another sports stat

4 min read . 02 Dec 2015

Liverpool’s manager Jürgen Klopp (left). Photo: Ian Kington/AFP

The personality cult of football managers

3 min read . 21 Oct 2015

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud (front) and Crystal Palace’s Joel Ward during an EPL match in London last week. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

English Premier League: Great spectacle, shame about the football

5 min read . 19 Aug 2015

The madness of the football transfer season

4 min read . 15 Jul 2015

US’ goalkeeper Hope Solo during a Group D match at the 2015 World Cup on 8 June. Photo: Kevin C Cox/Getty Images/AFP

Are you watching the women’s world cup?

4 min read . 17 Jun 2015

Known as the “white Pele”, Zico was part of the 1980s Brazil team that thrilled the world with its exciting, attacking style of play but fell short of the ultimate prize. Photo: AFP

Fifa after Blatter: Can Zico play at the top?

3 min read . 12 Jun 2015

Steven Gerrard fans during a Premier League match at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium on 16 May. Photo: Oli Scarff/AFP

Steven Gerrard trades Huyton for Hollywood

4 min read . 20 May 2015

Australia defeated South Korea 2-1 to win their first Asian Cup title in January. Photo: Julian Finney/Getty Images

A whole new ball game?

4 min read . 01 May 2015

Manchester United have switched from an attacking game to a possession-based one. Photo: Craig Brough/Reuters

Football: Panache: 1, Points: 0

4 min read . 18 Mar 2015

The Indian team represents a rich private trust, not the country. Photo: PTI

Why I don’t support the Indian cricket team

5 min read . 18 Feb 2015

Michael Holding (left) hurls a bouncer at England’s Derek Underwood in the 1976 Test. Photo: Patrick Eagar

World Cup: Don’t give up the fight

7 min read . 03 Feb 2015

Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard (in red) will move to LA Galaxy at the end of this season. Photo: Paul Ellis/AFP

Gerrard and the one that got away

3 min read . 21 Jan 2015

A file picture of Manchester City goalkeeper Bert Trautmann. Photo: Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images

Rugby’s rough lessons

4 min read . 17 Dec 2014

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