‘Mourinho created a family’ Mourinho’s man-management style hasn’t always worked of course – his spells at Manchester United and Tottenham featured high-profile spats with high-profile players, such as Paul Pogba and Dele Alli. But, as former Inter Milan skipper Zanetti attests, during the 2010 Champions League campaign, Mourinho was the master man-manager and creator of … Read more
The zenith of Mourinho’s pragmatism, and arguably his entire managerial career, came at the Nou Camp on the way to the second of his Champions League wins, in 2010. Mourinho’s Inter arrived at the home of Guardiola’s reigning European champions with a 3-1 lead from the semi-final first leg. The Barca faithful believed. “The atmosphere … Read more
To find beauty in ugliness is the province of the poet. The most beautiful defeat of my career.” Acclaimed English novelist Thomas Hardy and former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. At first glance, not obvious kindred spirits. But Hardy’s thoughts – and Mourinho’s hard-line pragmatism – actually make the origin of the above lines ambiguous: a … Read more
French photographer Alexis Berg was at UTMB photographing the 2018 race, as he is at many ultra events. And it was at one of the refuelling stations that he saw something he had never previously seen at one of these events. “I knew it was unusual. At that moment it was impossible to realise the … Read more
New Delhi: When the term “osteoporosis” is mentioned, it’s often associated with women, especially those post-menopausal. However, this association overlooks the significant fact that men are also at risk. Many men over 50 suffer from the silent effects of this bone-thinning disease without knowing it. Compounding this issue is low testosterone, an underreported cause of … Read more