Markus ThorandtMarkus Thorandt
International FootballUEFA's Circular to 55 Associations: The Rhythm of the Calendar and an Unsolved EquationLate winter 2026, in a small coffee shop on Wuhouci Road in Chengdu, I sat...
International FootballThe Mislabelled Record: What a Wrong Tag Teaches About Transfer Rumour VerificationIn August 2026, during a routine sweep of my personal database, I opened a...
TennisZverev, the US Open Crown, and Four Empty Data CellsThere is a moment from this season that I cannot verify with a single number....
EsportsThe Empty Esports Data Sheet and the 'No-Risk' Reading Trap in Transfer SeasonOn Thursday night I opened a nine-section esports analysis. The scaffolding w...
VolleyballBrazil Win South American Title and 2028 Olympic Berth: Three Attackers, One Empty Slot and One Unverified ClaimOn the electronic scoreboard at Maracanãzinho, Rosamaria Montibeller's name...
VolleyballModena Futures: Elite16 Champions Crush the Final, Italian Beach Volleyball Shows Impressive DepthModena, Italy – The women's final at the Modena Futures on the Beach Pro Tour...
International FootballRonaldo's Disciplinary Verdict: The Sentence Is In, but Portuguese Football May Not Be SettledNo whistle sounded when Cristiano Ronaldo left Portugal's national team camp...
Domestic FootballVietnam U20 Misses Asian U20 2029 Qualification After 3 Losses in QualifiersIn a deeply regretful atmosphere after the end of the 2027 Asian U20...
International FootballBayern Munich and Three Quiet Decisions: The CEO Seat, a 15-Year-Old, and an Extension to 2029On a day in mid-2026, three lines of news out of Munich ran side by side acro...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: India Defends the Throne in the Heart of Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Set a Historic PreludeThe official schedule for the 46th Chess Olympiad has just been released by...
International FootballWhen Advertising Wears the Clothes of News: The Quiet Crack in Sports CoverageOne morning in October, I sat in a café about two kilometres from a club's...
SwimmingTransfer Window 2026: Pressing Data Is Quietly Rewriting Vietnam's Football Scouting MapOn an early July afternoon in 2026, at a second-division stadium with only a...
BadmintonVietnamese Badminton After Tien Minh and Thuy Linh: A Missing System, Not Missing TalentIt is 6:15 in the morning at a sports hall east of Da Nang. Only the lights...
BasketballTeam Spirit in Nepal Hydropower Rescue: Lessons for Vietnamese BasketballThat night, as I sat before the screen, following every move of a game withou...
ChessSindarov's World Cup Scoresheet – A Diplomatic Gift That Opens the Youngest Era in Chess HistoryWhen Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed Uzbek President Shavkat...
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...
BasketballSpanoulis returns to his old home: Aris kicks off the new season amid injury concernsVassilis Spanoulis's gaze did not belong to the head coach's chair he had jus...
GolfScottie Scheffler overtakes Tiger Woods on career earnings list that Woods had topped for 26 yearsScottie Scheffler has ended the 2026 season in the most impressive way...
BadmintonAidil Sholeh, Vietnam Open 2026 and the Lowest Tier of the World Tour: Reading a Record CorrectlySunday afternoon at Phu Tho Stadium, the scoreboard stops at 21-16, 21-14. No...
International FootballMahamadou Sangaré leaves Manchester City for Al-Qadsiah: The 19-year-old rough diamond and a Saudi Pro League gambleEvery transfer is a silent farewell wrapped inside a sheet of contract paper....
International FootballThe Mislabelled Record: What a Wrong Tag Teaches About Transfer Rumour VerificationIn August 2026, during a routine sweep of my personal database, I opened a...
TennisZverev, the US Open Crown, and Four Empty Data CellsThere is a moment from this season that I cannot verify with a single number....
EsportsThe Empty Esports Data Sheet and the 'No-Risk' Reading Trap in Transfer SeasonOn Thursday night I opened a nine-section esports analysis. The scaffolding w...
VolleyballBrazil Win South American Title and 2028 Olympic Berth: Three Attackers, One Empty Slot and One Unverified ClaimOn the electronic scoreboard at Maracanãzinho, Rosamaria Montibeller's name...
VolleyballModena Futures: Elite16 Champions Crush the Final, Italian Beach Volleyball Shows Impressive DepthModena, Italy – The women's final at the Modena Futures on the Beach Pro Tour...
International FootballRonaldo's Disciplinary Verdict: The Sentence Is In, but Portuguese Football May Not Be SettledNo whistle sounded when Cristiano Ronaldo left Portugal's national team camp...
Domestic FootballVietnam U20 Misses Asian U20 2029 Qualification After 3 Losses in QualifiersIn a deeply regretful atmosphere after the end of the 2027 Asian U20...
International FootballBayern Munich and Three Quiet Decisions: The CEO Seat, a 15-Year-Old, and an Extension to 2029On a day in mid-2026, three lines of news out of Munich ran side by side acro...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: India Defends the Throne in the Heart of Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Set a Historic PreludeThe official schedule for the 46th Chess Olympiad has just been released by...
International FootballWhen Advertising Wears the Clothes of News: The Quiet Crack in Sports CoverageOne morning in October, I sat in a café about two kilometres from a club's...
SwimmingTransfer Window 2026: Pressing Data Is Quietly Rewriting Vietnam's Football Scouting MapOn an early July afternoon in 2026, at a second-division stadium with only a...
BadmintonVietnamese Badminton After Tien Minh and Thuy Linh: A Missing System, Not Missing TalentIt is 6:15 in the morning at a sports hall east of Da Nang. Only the lights...
BasketballTeam Spirit in Nepal Hydropower Rescue: Lessons for Vietnamese BasketballThat night, as I sat before the screen, following every move of a game withou...
ChessSindarov's World Cup Scoresheet – A Diplomatic Gift That Opens the Youngest Era in Chess HistoryWhen Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed Uzbek President Shavkat...
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...
BasketballSpanoulis returns to his old home: Aris kicks off the new season amid injury concernsVassilis Spanoulis's gaze did not belong to the head coach's chair he had jus...
GolfScottie Scheffler overtakes Tiger Woods on career earnings list that Woods had topped for 26 yearsScottie Scheffler has ended the 2026 season in the most impressive way...
BadmintonAidil Sholeh, Vietnam Open 2026 and the Lowest Tier of the World Tour: Reading a Record CorrectlySunday afternoon at Phu Tho Stadium, the scoreboard stops at 21-16, 21-14. No...
International FootballMahamadou Sangaré leaves Manchester City for Al-Qadsiah: The 19-year-old rough diamond and a Saudi Pro League gambleEvery transfer is a silent farewell wrapped inside a sheet of contract paper....
