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BasketballJordan Sears and His 38-Point VEF Riga Debut: Perimeter Efficiency Is Masking the Sample-Size QuestionIn the 34th minute in Riga, Jordan Sears stepped to the free-throw line with ...
TennisGauff, the Roar at Practice Court No. 1, and the US Open's Data VoidLate August in Flushing Meadows. I stand at the edge of Practice Court No. 1 ...
BasketballJune Mar Fajardo Joins PBA's 10,000-Point Club: The Milestone of an Anachronistic Yet Unstoppable Big ManIn the first period, at a moment that seemed to pass unnoticed, the score...
VolleyballFukuoka 2026: The Power Map of Asian Men's Volleyball and the Blind Spots of DataOn September 13, 2026, at the Fukuoka Arena, the match between Japan and...
Domestic FootballMarukawa, Indonesia's Naturalization Card and the Data Gap Before VietnamOn October 20, Noor Korompot, an official at Indonesia's Ministry of Law, tol...
TennisBirrell Wins Korea Open: A Final Decided by 41 Unforced ErrorsOn my desk in Paris, I keep a spreadsheet open year after year. More than a...
Domestic FootballViet Anh Reports Good News, Hoang Hen Out: Vietnam's Aerial Equation Against MalaysiaLate afternoon at the training centre, the ball cracked against the crossbar...
BasketballCheryl Reeve and the Coach of the Year Award: A Fragile One-Game Margin and a Giant That Never SleptSummer 2026, at Target Center in Minneapolis, I sat in the twelfth row, close...
VolleyballThailand makes history: Asian champions, clinch Olympic 2028 berthI still feel the exact sensation of jumping to my feet in the stands of the...
Domestic FootballOlaha Manh Duc: A Three Kingdoms Nickname Hiding a Naturalization Pipeline in MotionOn September 18, at the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Justice, a 29-year-old...
Domestic FootballSix Years Old with Magic Moves, Twelve with No Pitch: The Gap Beneath Vietnamese Women's FootballThere is a question no one asked at the launch of the "Magic Moves" handbook...
International FootballThe Empty Data Cell and the Biggest Trap of the Transfer WindowIn January 2026, in a meeting room in Shenzhen, a sporting director flipped t...
TennisFrom the China Open to Centre Court: Rewriting the Power Structure After Two SemifinalsThis is not Novak Djokovic reincarnated — it is Carlos Alcaraz exposing an...
EsportsWhen Data Falls Silent: Lessons from a Broken Esports Analysis PipelineIn the esports industry, where every number is considered the ultimate eviden...
VolleyballSoutheast Asian Volleyball Transfer Window: A Data Filter for a Market Full of NoiseThere was a night in Cebu when I sat alone in front of two screens. On the le...
EsportsOverwatch 2 Perks: How Two In-Match Level Thresholds Are Reshaping the Competitive LandscapeEvery Overwatch 2 match now runs on two parallel layers of accumulation. The...
International FootballWhy an Empty Report Can Still Teach Us How to Read Football's RulebookThere is a kind of document I cannot analyse: one with no title, no source, n...
International FootballBlank Cells in Vietnamese Club Financial Reports: Traces of an Unverified SystemOn March 12, 2026, I opened a spreadsheet file sent from the administrative...
BadmintonVietnam Open 2026: Aidil Sholeh Ends Malaysia's Title Drought, and the Real Price of a Super 100 CrownOn the last Sunday of September 2026, inside a hall in Ho Chi Minh City, the...
ChessThe Scotch Opening: From 'Harmless' to Kasparov's Weapon, and Why Mikhalchishin Needed 60 Minutes to ReassureI still remember a winter evening in Saigon in 2026, when a beginner student ...
