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Man City and the 87.4% of Sponsorship Money Coming From Its Owner: What Did the Premier League's Independent Committee Read in the Balance Sheet?The number sits there, dry as a line in a balance sheet: 830.69 million pound...
Training Coordinates: The Thousand-Kilometre Gap Between Vietnamese Badminton and the Chengdu StandardIn April 2026 I sat in row seventeen of the Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone sports hall...
Vietnamese Volleyball 2026: A Year of Turbulence and Lessons from FailureThe year 2026 marked a turbulent period for Vietnamese volleyball as both the...
Guillermo Almada at América: Winning Is the Floor, Entertainment Is the MandateIn the press room after the match, Guillermo Almada did not start with the...
A Bill in Washington, a Contract in Texas: The Gap Beneath American College SwimmingOn the pool deck of the University of Texas, Bob Bowman still stands with his...
Same Three Points, a Whole Sky Apart: Vietnam and Thailand on Two Roads to 29 SeptemberThe match had ended almost two hours earlier; the stands had emptied save for...
The Nine Dimensions of a Football Map: What an Analyst Writes When the Data Stays SilentThe Nine Dimensions of a Football Map: What an Analyst Writes When the Data...
When football analysis lacks data: A lesson in journalistic integrityIn the summer of 2026, when I was still a pitch-side commentator for European...
Singapore's Women's Epee Team and the Medal That Was Settled in the Quarter-FinalElle Koh stood on the starting line, her blade angled down toward the strip,...
2026 European Table Tennis Championships: Felix Lebrun's Composure, De Nodrest's Shock Run, and Germany's Generational BorderAcross four games against Patrick Franziska in the men's singles quarterfinal...
Before the 2026 ASEAN Cup Final: John Herdman, Ole Romeny and the Data Problem of 35 YearsThe press room in Jakarta was cramped, the lighting was yellow, and a...
Lublin sweep Zawiercie 3-0: The 34-32 opening set and the gap hidden by the scorelineThe sound of the ball hitting the floor at the start of set one did not arriv...
Vietnam's Women's Sepak Takraw and the Two-Tier Reward Architecture at the Nagoya Asian Games: How the 'Nearly 4 Billion' Figure Gets MisreadThe moment the sepak takraw ball dropped onto the Nagoya court, the roar...
Vuvuzelas Held at the Gate: The Beat of Vietnam's Stands and the FIFA Rule Test at the 2026 ASEAN CupAt 29 September 2026, I was standing about thirty metres from the ticket gate...
Aidil Sholeh Wins Vietnam Open 2026: Malaysia's 27-Month Record and the Limits of a Super 100 TitleThe final point dropped to the floor, and the electronic scoreboard in Ho Chi...
HLE at 0-2 in Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage: Gumayusi, the Jhin Pick and the Operational VoidHLE at 0-2 in Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage: Gumayusi, the Jhin Pick and the...
Jena Bishop Wins PFL Crown: 48-47 and the Grey Zone of a Belt Nobody OwnsIn the fifth round of the inaugural PFL women's flyweight title fight, Jena...
Lakshya Sen loses to Loh Kean Yew at Asian Games 2026: the 10-point run, the 13-14 moment and the lesson in error managementIn the seventieth minute of the match, on the badminton court at the 2026 Asi...
EuroLeague Week 1: Fenerbahçe Flashes a Champion's Defensive Signal, Beşiktaş Opens with AlarmOn Friday night, I didn't turn to the main broadcast. Instead, I rewound the...
A 42-Page Dossier With No Metrics: Vietnam's Youth Table Tennis Scouting ProblemOn 12 March 2026, at the provincial sports hall in Hai Duong, I opened a...
Training Coordinates: The Thousand-Kilometre Gap Between Vietnamese Badminton and the Chengdu StandardIn April 2026 I sat in row seventeen of the Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone sports hall...
Vietnamese Volleyball 2026: A Year of Turbulence and Lessons from FailureThe year 2026 marked a turbulent period for Vietnamese volleyball as both the...
Guillermo Almada at América: Winning Is the Floor, Entertainment Is the MandateIn the press room after the match, Guillermo Almada did not start with the...
A Bill in Washington, a Contract in Texas: The Gap Beneath American College SwimmingOn the pool deck of the University of Texas, Bob Bowman still stands with his...
Same Three Points, a Whole Sky Apart: Vietnam and Thailand on Two Roads to 29 SeptemberThe match had ended almost two hours earlier; the stands had emptied save for...
The Nine Dimensions of a Football Map: What an Analyst Writes When the Data Stays SilentThe Nine Dimensions of a Football Map: What an Analyst Writes When the Data...
When football analysis lacks data: A lesson in journalistic integrityIn the summer of 2026, when I was still a pitch-side commentator for European...
Singapore's Women's Epee Team and the Medal That Was Settled in the Quarter-FinalElle Koh stood on the starting line, her blade angled down toward the strip,...
2026 European Table Tennis Championships: Felix Lebrun's Composure, De Nodrest's Shock Run, and Germany's Generational BorderAcross four games against Patrick Franziska in the men's singles quarterfinal...
Before the 2026 ASEAN Cup Final: John Herdman, Ole Romeny and the Data Problem of 35 YearsThe press room in Jakarta was cramped, the lighting was yellow, and a...
Lublin sweep Zawiercie 3-0: The 34-32 opening set and the gap hidden by the scorelineThe sound of the ball hitting the floor at the start of set one did not arriv...
Vietnam's Women's Sepak Takraw and the Two-Tier Reward Architecture at the Nagoya Asian Games: How the 'Nearly 4 Billion' Figure Gets MisreadThe moment the sepak takraw ball dropped onto the Nagoya court, the roar...
Vuvuzelas Held at the Gate: The Beat of Vietnam's Stands and the FIFA Rule Test at the 2026 ASEAN CupAt 29 September 2026, I was standing about thirty metres from the ticket gate...
Aidil Sholeh Wins Vietnam Open 2026: Malaysia's 27-Month Record and the Limits of a Super 100 TitleThe final point dropped to the floor, and the electronic scoreboard in Ho Chi...
HLE at 0-2 in Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage: Gumayusi, the Jhin Pick and the Operational VoidHLE at 0-2 in Worlds 2026 Swiss Stage: Gumayusi, the Jhin Pick and the...
Jena Bishop Wins PFL Crown: 48-47 and the Grey Zone of a Belt Nobody OwnsIn the fifth round of the inaugural PFL women's flyweight title fight, Jena...
Lakshya Sen loses to Loh Kean Yew at Asian Games 2026: the 10-point run, the 13-14 moment and the lesson in error managementIn the seventieth minute of the match, on the badminton court at the 2026 Asi...
EuroLeague Week 1: Fenerbahçe Flashes a Champion's Defensive Signal, Beşiktaş Opens with AlarmOn Friday night, I didn't turn to the main broadcast. Instead, I rewound the...
A 42-Page Dossier With No Metrics: Vietnam's Youth Table Tennis Scouting ProblemOn 12 March 2026, at the provincial sports hall in Hai Duong, I opened a...
