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AthleticsThe Empty-Data Paradox: When Sports Analysis Generates Conclusions from NothingA fourteen-page sports analysis report sits on my desk. It is laid out exactl...
International FootballRakitic Still Turns Away From Luzhniki: The 90 Extra Minutes Nobody Counted"I would turn away." Ivan Rakitic said that when asked whether he still watch...
International FootballThe Mislabeling Foul: When Football Data Gets Contaminated by Celebrity NewsI look at the Stage-2 analysis table and see an alarming number: 0%. That's t...
EsportsWhen Defensive Data Speaks First: Lessons from an Imperfect SpreadsheetIn the summer of 2026, I sat in front of my computer screen in a small room i...
Martial ArtsJung Su-jin and the 50.4 kg Scale: The Error Was in the Meeting Room, Not on the MatFifteen minutes. That was the entire window Jung Su-jin had left before the...
Table TennisEuropean U15 Opener in Antibes: GOMEZ Unbeaten as a Vietnamese Name Raises QuestionsThe electronic scoreboard in Antibes closed the opening day with a single spa...
Table TennisClacton & Dist Table Tennis: Salter on the Ball for BrotherhoodThe Clacton & District Table Tennis League (Essex, England) has published...
Domestic FootballVietnamese Football and the Data-Provenance Problem: Trust Must Begin Where the Data Is BornThat night, when the final whistle blew, I did not leave the stand right away...
BadmintonThe truth behind 'nearly 4 billion VND' for three sepak takraw women: Vietnam's sports reward system through a data lensOn the evening of September 29 in Nagoya, Japan, three Vietnamese women's sep...
EsportsThe Last of Us Tops 100 Greatest Games List: When the Rubric Stays Hidden, Controversy Becomes the ProductWhen Kinda Funny Games published its list of the 100 greatest games of all...
International FootballTrabzonspor and the Void Left by Fatih Tekke: Is Thomas Reis the Answer?Trabzonspor and the Void Left by Fatih Tekke: Is Thomas Reis the Answer? At...
EsportsNodusfall and the 'Elden Ring Rip-off' Storm: A Data Problem on the Boundaries of InspirationWhen the first trailer for Nodusfall, HoYoverse's new action RPG, hit the...
Domestic FootballNguyen Xuan Son's Hamstring Tear: 4 to 6 Weeks Out and the Treatment Decision Handed Back to Nam DinhIn the 60th minute of Vietnam's opening Group B match, Nguyen Xuan Son sat do...
International FootballMexico 1-1 Peru: The Data-Less Friendly and How We Misread a FaceIn the 68th minute at Sports Illustrated Stadium, ESPN's camera left the...
BadmintonSepak Takraw Gold at ASIAD 20: Two Hanoi Names, a Two-Tier Bonus Architecture, and the Part Nobody Has PricedIn the rewards list published by the Hanoi People's Council after the Asian...
EsportsData Integrity in Esports Analysis: When a Deep-Dive Report Is Nothing but 'N/A'In esports, a Stage-2 deep-dive analysis is the final product of a full data...
TennisWhen the Data Pipeline Breaks Mid-Grand Slam: What Remains After an Empty Spreadsheet2:47 in the morning, Brisbane. The left monitor holds a tracking sheet for 12...
ChessChessBase Magazine #225: 27 Miniatures, Four Annotators and a Headline Pointing ElsewhereEleven at night in Shanghai, I reopened ChessBase's news page with a blank...
International FootballRui Pinto Stripped of Protected Witness Status: When the Whistleblower Pays With His Own SafetyI still remember a summer evening in 2026, sitting in front of a screen...
VolleyballVietnamese Volleyball Needs a Real Data-Analysis LayerTwenty years ago, I learned to read a running track through the ankles. Today...
