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TennisFernandez Wins the Final Eight Games to Take Her Sixth Career Title in Singapore: What the Data Says and What It HidesLate evening in Melbourne, I stopped the tape of the Singapore Tennis Open...
TennisGuadalajara: No.1 Seed Exits With Zero Points Played, and Samsonova Ends a 15-Month DroughtWhen Marta Kostyuk walked onto centre court at the Panamerican Tennis Center...
International FootballKanjuruhan and Four Misread Goals: Arema FC 4-0 Dewa UnitedIn the 95th minute, Kanjuruhan roared. Half a world away, I sat through the...
AthleticsLessons from a 'blank' analysis: When input data determines the quality of professional sports reportsLessons from a 'blank' analysis: When input data determines the quality of...
GolfDecoding Vietnamese Golf: When Data Rewrites the Myths on the GreenI've followed Vietnamese golf since the early days when practice ranges had...
International FootballLiverpool Excavating Van de Ven: Van Dijk's Succession Starts With a Five-Year ContractIn the second half of a Tottenham match last season, I rewound one passage of...
Martial ArtsThe 2026 World Taekwondo Gold and the Void Called KoreaChuncheon, South Korea, May 2026. On the main mat of the World Taekwondo...
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...
Martial ArtsLò Thị Phung and the 2-1 Extra-Round Loss at Asian Games MMA: Conditioning, Tactics and a Story Bigger Than a MedalOn September 20, 2026, at the 20th Asian Games, Lò Thị Phung stepped onto the...
Domestic FootballIndonesia and the All-Naturalized XI: Southeast Asian Football's Historic GambleThe referee blew the kick-off whistle, and I fixed my eyes on the sheet of...
Table TennisFour Days in Skopje: China's Table Tennis System Takes Root in the BalkansSeptember, a small training hall in Skopje. No stands, no electronic...
Badminton43-year-old Tien Minh still wins at Vietnam Open 2026: The resilient triumph of a careerOn the morning of September 9, 2026, at Nguyen Du Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, ...
EsportsPerks in Overwatch 2: When Power Is Rewritten Mid-Match and the Data Gap Esports Has Not FilledAt second 34 of the second team fight on King's Row, the player camera caught...
BilliardsNo Audience on the Third Cushion: Vietnamese Billiards and the Silences Nobody CountsThe cue ball comes to rest on the third cushion, slightly toward the right...
International FootballPrince William and Kate launch sports drive to prevent suicideOn World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), Prince William and Kate...
International FootballNahuel Guzmán, Tigres and a Transition Without an End DateIf someone rewinds any Tigres match from the past few seasons, they will find...
EsportsComplexity Shuts Down After 23 Years: When Capital Retreats Before the Meta Ever MovesOn September 23, 2026, I sat in front of a screen in Seoul at two in the...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: Mapping Indian Badminton's Injury Chart and the Crack in the DeciderOn August 21, 2026, at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Satwiksairaj...
Martial ArtsV-League 2026 Transfer Window: When Data Rebels, Contracts Begin to SpeakI have spent 40 years observing the transfer market, from my early days sitti...
BadmintonThuy Linh's 24-22 Set Against the World No.4: Re-reading Vietnam's Third-Round Badminton Matches at the Asian Games1:12 a.m. in Guangzhou, and one 24-22 set I entered four lines of scores into...
TennisGuadalajara: No.1 Seed Exits With Zero Points Played, and Samsonova Ends a 15-Month DroughtWhen Marta Kostyuk walked onto centre court at the Panamerican Tennis Center...
International FootballKanjuruhan and Four Misread Goals: Arema FC 4-0 Dewa UnitedIn the 95th minute, Kanjuruhan roared. Half a world away, I sat through the...
AthleticsLessons from a 'blank' analysis: When input data determines the quality of professional sports reportsLessons from a 'blank' analysis: When input data determines the quality of...
GolfDecoding Vietnamese Golf: When Data Rewrites the Myths on the GreenI've followed Vietnamese golf since the early days when practice ranges had...
International FootballLiverpool Excavating Van de Ven: Van Dijk's Succession Starts With a Five-Year ContractIn the second half of a Tottenham match last season, I rewound one passage of...
Martial ArtsThe 2026 World Taekwondo Gold and the Void Called KoreaChuncheon, South Korea, May 2026. On the main mat of the World Taekwondo...
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...
Martial ArtsLò Thị Phung and the 2-1 Extra-Round Loss at Asian Games MMA: Conditioning, Tactics and a Story Bigger Than a MedalOn September 20, 2026, at the 20th Asian Games, Lò Thị Phung stepped onto the...
Domestic FootballIndonesia and the All-Naturalized XI: Southeast Asian Football's Historic GambleThe referee blew the kick-off whistle, and I fixed my eyes on the sheet of...
Table TennisFour Days in Skopje: China's Table Tennis System Takes Root in the BalkansSeptember, a small training hall in Skopje. No stands, no electronic...
Badminton43-year-old Tien Minh still wins at Vietnam Open 2026: The resilient triumph of a careerOn the morning of September 9, 2026, at Nguyen Du Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, ...
EsportsPerks in Overwatch 2: When Power Is Rewritten Mid-Match and the Data Gap Esports Has Not FilledAt second 34 of the second team fight on King's Row, the player camera caught...
BilliardsNo Audience on the Third Cushion: Vietnamese Billiards and the Silences Nobody CountsThe cue ball comes to rest on the third cushion, slightly toward the right...
International FootballPrince William and Kate launch sports drive to prevent suicideOn World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10), Prince William and Kate...
International FootballNahuel Guzmán, Tigres and a Transition Without an End DateIf someone rewinds any Tigres match from the past few seasons, they will find...
EsportsComplexity Shuts Down After 23 Years: When Capital Retreats Before the Meta Ever MovesOn September 23, 2026, I sat in front of a screen in Seoul at two in the...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: Mapping Indian Badminton's Injury Chart and the Crack in the DeciderOn August 21, 2026, at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Satwiksairaj...
Martial ArtsV-League 2026 Transfer Window: When Data Rebels, Contracts Begin to SpeakI have spent 40 years observing the transfer market, from my early days sitti...
BadmintonThuy Linh's 24-22 Set Against the World No.4: Re-reading Vietnam's Third-Round Badminton Matches at the Asian Games1:12 a.m. in Guangzhou, and one 24-22 set I entered four lines of scores into...
