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ARTICLES BY Paddy Upton

Nelson Mandela may have saved a nation, but he nearly ruined my treasured photograph!

Mandela in a private moment, out of the public eye, nearly ruined a photograph of mine.

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Brad Hodge, Shane Watson epitomise Rajasthan Royals’ amazing team spirit

Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings to progress to their first-ever Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) final. But on that semi-final night, the Royals demonstrated something quite extraordinary, something that had me unexpectedly choked up with emotion when I spoke about it at the following day’s team meeting.

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Lance Armstrong, Hansie Cronje and fascinating insights into psychopaths in sports, business and politics

Paddy Upton dwells deep to present a highly-readable account of psychopaths in business, politics and sports and talks about Hansie Cronje and Lance Armstrong, two champions in sports whose career ended in shame.

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Sachin Tendulkar — awesome insights into his greatness as a cricketer & human being by an insider

It was on the Proteas team bus that I read about Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement from One-Day International (ODI) cricket. I found myself reflecting on my three years of working with him. To me, the opportunity was a privilege. So I thought I’d share some of my reflection here.

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