Simon RodgerSimon Rodger
International FootballChelsea lose Emi Martínez for weeks: when a fractured jaw forces the whole build-up to change rhythmAt Goodison Park, with the score already 2-0 to the visitors, a scrappy phase...
EsportsWhen the Report Comes Back Blank: Data Discipline and the Whistle That Is Hard to Blow3:17 a.m. in Marseille. Two data tabs sit open side by side on my desk, a hab...
Domestic FootballVietnam U17 Women and the Golden Ticket: Reading a Qualifying Campaign Through Raw DataIn the 25th minute, the ball came down the left. Hà Vi collected it at the ed...
BadmintonNguyen Thuy Linh and Two Slipped Sets at Vietnam Open: The Story Beneath the ScorelineNguyen Du Stadium, late afternoon in Ho Chi Minh City. I sat in the seventh...
Domestic FootballThe 90+5' at Ninh Bình: Công An TP.HCM Win on a Finish That Will Not RepeatThe clock read 90+5 and the score was still 0-0. Olaha Mạnh Đức collected the...
Table TennisWhen Table Tennis Data Comes Back Empty: Lessons From a Failed AnalysisIn sports, there is a moment every data analyst must face: when the spreadshe...
EsportsThe Empty File and the Line Every Esports Analyst Must Not Cross2:47 a.m., Seoul. On the second monitor, the extraction file sits untouched...
VolleyballEstonia Stuns Host Finland 3-2 in Tampere: Nokia Arena Falls Silent in the Decisive SetIn the fifth set, the score 15-11 flashed on the Nokia Arena scoreboard. The...
VolleyballBrazil Return to the South American Summit in Rio: Darlan Carries 31% of the Firepower and an Unverified Olympic BerthSunday night in Rio de Janeiro, the final line appeared on the scoreboard:...
Volleyball116 Teams, One Captain: What the Spreadsheet Could Not Measure in Vietnam's 2026 University Volleyball TitleThe night before the final round opened in Hai Phong, Ho Thi Kim Dung lay in ...
Table TennisTable Tennis England publishes the 2026/26 Annual Report: 76 pages, one promise, and a bet called London 2026Twenty years sitting in the stands taught me a rule: the biggest decisions in...
BadmintonAn Se-young's 21-17, 21-9 final: a widening coefficient of 2.0 and a record that needs re-checkingAichi-Nagoya, September 29, 2026. Midway through the second game, the...
BadmintonAidil Sholeh wins Vietnam Open 2026: a Super 100 title and 27 months of waitingAidil Sholeh wins Vietnam Open 2026: a Super 100 title and 27 months of waiti...
International FootballLoans with Obligation to Buy: How V.League Turned the Table Into a Repayment ScheduleAt two in the morning on 9 June 2026, an unknown number sent three hurried...
BasketballPAOK loses Breein Tyree for about a month: Meniscus tear and the roster management puzzle in the transfer windowSix minutes. Just six minutes of play in a preseason friendly against Vikos...
Table TennisVietnamese Youth Table Tennis: When Progress Goes Unrecorded6 a.m. at a community sports hall in Hai Phong. Across four green tables, the...
ChessChess Olympiad 2026: Samarkand Schedule, India's Double Challenge and the Sindarov QuestionSamarkand lies quietly along the old Silk Road, where turquoise domes have se...
Table TennisMixed Team Debuts at the 2027 European Games: The 2028 Olympic Berth and the Gaps Nobody WatchesTwo days. That is all that separates the close of Stage 1 of the 2027 Europea...
International FootballKashima Antlers, Two Wiped-Out Leads and Two Rounds of Booing: Is Oniki Standing in the Right Place?Second-half stoppage time, the score 3-3. Kashima Antlers had led twice at...
Martial ArtsVovinam and the Sleeping Giant of Vietnamese Martial ArtsRoughly 70. 205. Those three numbers sat side by side in the notebook I carri...
