Manuel LocatelliManuel Locatelli
ChessMøller Attack in Taimanov Clothing: Title Mismatch in a 60-Minute Opening CourseFor more than thirty years of watching chess — as a player, a tournament...
International FootballUmtiti Speaks Plainly About Real Madrid: Three Stars, One Left Flank and an Unfilled GapIn my statistics notebook, the entry dated 5 November 2026 sits on page seven...
Formula 1McLaren's H-Wing: The 180-Degree Gamble at Monza – Museum or Laboratory?I stood at the Parabolica corner as Lando Norris's MCL40 flew past with an...
Table TennisEmpty Data: When Sports Analysis Faces a Deadly SilenceOne weekday evening in Ho Chi Minh City, I opened a professional analytics...
VolleyballFukuoka 2026: Japan and the Burden of Expectation at the Asian ChampionshipFukuoka, early September, the air in the arena still carries a faint scent of...
International FootballFive Changes in a Winning Line-up: Donis and the Structural Gamble Against OmanSaudi Arabia's dressing room before the Gulf 27 match against Oman carried on...
Domestic FootballVietnam's 200 km Road to Bandung and the Squad Equation Before the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026The 200-kilometre coach ride from Jakarta to Bandung will shape Vietnam's gro...
Domestic FootballVietnam U23 vs Philippines U23: 27 Shots, One Point and the Missing PieceAt two in the morning in Paris, I rewind the tape of Vietnam U23 against Kuwa...
Martial ArtsVietnam's World Poomsae Gold: The Right Medal, But How We Read It Matters MoreIn the moment the applause in Chuncheon fell quiet, what I remember is not th...
EsportsBlizzCon 2026: Six Game Titles, Zero Formats, and the Most Expensive Data Gap in Fall EsportsBlizzCon 2026: Six Game Titles, Zero Formats, and the Most Expensive Data Gap...
Table TennisBernadette Szocs and the Unfinished European Dream: The Hunt for the Women's Singles Crown in LjubljanaQuick summary Bernadette Szocs, 31, the leading player of Romania's women's...
EsportsVietnamese Esports and the Data Problem Behind Its VictoriesThere is a message I still keep on my phone, one that arrived on an October...
GolfVietnamese Golf: From Humble Practice Grounds to Asian Summit - Lessons in Patience and StrategyI believed in the textbook for 5 years – the 2026 World Cup shattered it all....
Table Tennis43 of 56 Medals in Katy: US Youth Table Tennis Sweeps Gold, and the Limits of a Perfect ResultIn Katy, Texas, organizers laid out 56 medal slots for the ITTF Americas U11...
GolfProfessional Golf: When Billion-Dollar Capital and Strokes Gained Data Pull in Opposite DirectionsOne round in Hai Phong, I sat in front of the screen at two in the morning...
GolfPresidents Cup 2026: Adam Scott and the International Team's Power Equation at MedinahI stood at the fence behind the 18th green, a spot I've occupied hundreds of...
VolleyballGabi left Brazil to captain VakifBank: a poolside conversation and what it teaches Vietnamese women's volleyballBeside a still swimming pool, two Brazilian volleyball players sat together a...
International FootballThe 89th Minute in Bandung: Did Persib Dominate, or Was It Merely Narrated That Way?I rewound the footage of the 89th minute four times. Each time it stopped on...
SwimmingSouth American Records and a 10-Second Leap: What's Happening at the 2026 José Finkel Trophy?56.06 seconds. This number just erased a South American record that had stood...
BadmintonNguyễn Tiến Minh and the Echoes of Super 100: A Reflection on Time and VocationPeople call him a 'veteran.' The Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking lis...
International FootballUmtiti Speaks Plainly About Real Madrid: Three Stars, One Left Flank and an Unfilled GapIn my statistics notebook, the entry dated 5 November 2026 sits on page seven...
Formula 1McLaren's H-Wing: The 180-Degree Gamble at Monza – Museum or Laboratory?I stood at the Parabolica corner as Lando Norris's MCL40 flew past with an...
Table TennisEmpty Data: When Sports Analysis Faces a Deadly SilenceOne weekday evening in Ho Chi Minh City, I opened a professional analytics...
VolleyballFukuoka 2026: Japan and the Burden of Expectation at the Asian ChampionshipFukuoka, early September, the air in the arena still carries a faint scent of...
International FootballFive Changes in a Winning Line-up: Donis and the Structural Gamble Against OmanSaudi Arabia's dressing room before the Gulf 27 match against Oman carried on...
Domestic FootballVietnam's 200 km Road to Bandung and the Squad Equation Before the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026The 200-kilometre coach ride from Jakarta to Bandung will shape Vietnam's gro...
Domestic FootballVietnam U23 vs Philippines U23: 27 Shots, One Point and the Missing PieceAt two in the morning in Paris, I rewind the tape of Vietnam U23 against Kuwa...
Martial ArtsVietnam's World Poomsae Gold: The Right Medal, But How We Read It Matters MoreIn the moment the applause in Chuncheon fell quiet, what I remember is not th...
EsportsBlizzCon 2026: Six Game Titles, Zero Formats, and the Most Expensive Data Gap in Fall EsportsBlizzCon 2026: Six Game Titles, Zero Formats, and the Most Expensive Data Gap...
Table TennisBernadette Szocs and the Unfinished European Dream: The Hunt for the Women's Singles Crown in LjubljanaQuick summary Bernadette Szocs, 31, the leading player of Romania's women's...
EsportsVietnamese Esports and the Data Problem Behind Its VictoriesThere is a message I still keep on my phone, one that arrived on an October...
GolfVietnamese Golf: From Humble Practice Grounds to Asian Summit - Lessons in Patience and StrategyI believed in the textbook for 5 years – the 2026 World Cup shattered it all....
Table Tennis43 of 56 Medals in Katy: US Youth Table Tennis Sweeps Gold, and the Limits of a Perfect ResultIn Katy, Texas, organizers laid out 56 medal slots for the ITTF Americas U11...
GolfProfessional Golf: When Billion-Dollar Capital and Strokes Gained Data Pull in Opposite DirectionsOne round in Hai Phong, I sat in front of the screen at two in the morning...
GolfPresidents Cup 2026: Adam Scott and the International Team's Power Equation at MedinahI stood at the fence behind the 18th green, a spot I've occupied hundreds of...
VolleyballGabi left Brazil to captain VakifBank: a poolside conversation and what it teaches Vietnamese women's volleyballBeside a still swimming pool, two Brazilian volleyball players sat together a...
International FootballThe 89th Minute in Bandung: Did Persib Dominate, or Was It Merely Narrated That Way?I rewound the footage of the 89th minute four times. Each time it stopped on...
SwimmingSouth American Records and a 10-Second Leap: What's Happening at the 2026 José Finkel Trophy?56.06 seconds. This number just erased a South American record that had stood...
BadmintonNguyễn Tiến Minh and the Echoes of Super 100: A Reflection on Time and VocationPeople call him a 'veteran.' The Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking lis...
