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International FootballFour Names, One Process Flaw: When Indonesia Recruits Players Before Verifying PaperworkCoach John Herdman once said he learned about Dean Zandbergen's ancestral...
Domestic FootballSeven Minutes of Added Time and a Thirty-Five-Year Wait: The Unanswered Question at ASEAN Cup 2026The fourth official's board changed from two to seven minutes. In the stands,...
Domestic FootballTwo Minutes, Then Seven: The Dossier of a Match That Testified Against Itself at the 2026 ASEAN CupThe electronic board went up in the fourth official's hand at the 90th minute...
International FootballIndonesia Tests a West Asian Away Fixture Before the 2027 Asian Cup: Herdman and a Preparation Plan Without DataOn the FIFA Matchday calendar for November 2026, one date is circled: the...
International FootballMarukawa, the Sound of the Ball on the Ground, and a Garuda Dream That Lives Outside the Tactical BoardThe sound of the ball striking the wet grass in Surabaya is different from th...
International FootballOld Drums at Gelora Bung Karno: Indonesia, Thailand and the Challenge of Breaking a Curse in the FinalJakarta, a late-afternoon weekend. I sit in row twelve of Gelora Bung Karno,...
International FootballThe Fine Print of Failure: When Coach Justin Read Herdman from Old Tapes and Thom Haye's ContractThe 0-0 draw against Malaysia at Gelora Bung Karno was not a tactical disaste...
International FootballFIFA's Gift and the Weight of Reality for Indonesia's National TeamThe night in Jakarta was not as quiet as one might think. After the 0-0 draw...
International FootballThe Shin Tae-yong Chant at GBK: A 0-0 Draw and the Quiet Anger of a CaptainMinute 94, Gelora Bung Karno. The referee blew the final whistle. The...
International FootballJohn Herdman's Warning Before Singapore: Why Market Value Does Not Guarantee Victory for IndonesiaJohn Herdman's Warning Before Singapore: Why Market Value Does Not Guarantee...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: The Badminton Draw and a Five-Day Problem With No Room to BreatheOn September 26, 2026, at a venue in Aichi-Nagoya, a player may have to step...
VolleyballVolleyball: The First Pass and the Numbers That Never Reach the ScoreboardIn a match I tracked earlier this season, the losing side finished with a spi...
Martial ArtsTwo Months Suspended, One Silver Medal Gone: Inam Butt and the Cost of a Late TUEEleven at night in Saigon. I reopened the footage from the Asian beach...
BasketballSergio de Larrea teaches Spanish to his Dallas teammates: the locker-room story and the data gap behind itOpening night at Toyota Center, and Dallas walks into Houston with nearly hal...
VolleyballBahrain beat Oman 3-0 but exit AVC Fukuoka: a point-ratio tiebreaker decides the last quarterfinal berthThe third set ended 25-23. On the scoreboard in Fukuoka, Bahrain had just...
Domestic FootballDinh Bac Falls in the 89th Minute Without a Single Collision: The Alarm Bell of an Overloaded Football NationI will begin this piece with a moment, not a scoreline. Because across thirte...
ChessFrom the Second Move: The Hidden Truth Behind a Seemingly Forgotten GambitThe match took place at a club tournament on the outskirts of the city. My...
International FootballA Rifle Made of a Corner Flag: Abu Farchi's Red Card and the Thirty-Five Minutes Israel Were Erased From MemoryMinute 55. A twenty-year-old player bends down, pulls the corner flag out of...
International FootballPSG vs Barcelona Will Be Played: The French State Takes the Referee's ChairMonday, an emergency meeting of the most senior officials in the French...
Domestic FootballThe V.League Data Gap: Vietnamese Football Measures Performance by EyeOn Vietnamese television, the post-match statistics bar for a V.League game...
