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International FootballFourteen Teams, More Matches, Less Pressing: The Tactical Current of This Frauen-Bundesliga SeasonMinute 79 and a data row nobody records Minute 79, in a mid-table women's...
Table TennisSheffield and the Base of the Pyramid: When ITTF World Hopes Week 2026 Returns to EnglandIn the bulletin published by Table Tennis England, one detail caught my eye...
TennisWhen a Border Number Lands on the Wrong Season's SpreadsheetOn 13 August 2026, Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...
BadmintonIndia 3-0 Japan at the 2026 Asian Games: The Win Did Not Come From a Star, It Came From Squad StructureWhen Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty walked off the court at the...
Table TennisTT Kidz Returns: Table Tennis England Bets on the Base of the Table Tennis PyramidThere is a detail in Table Tennis England's announcement that most readers sk...
Table TennisThe Butterfly table and the membership money: How Table Tennis England funds the grassroots from the ground upIn the photo folder on my computer in Seoul there is an image I saved months...
Table TennisWhen Vietnam's Table Tennis Data Sheet Comes Back Blank: The Discipline of the AnalystFifth set, score 9-9. A sidespin serve to the left side of the table. The...
International FootballRobbie Ure: Seven Sevilla Appearances and an Open Door in Scotland's Attack for the Nations LeagueIn Sevilla's match against Barcelona, Robbie Ure played the full 90 minutes....
EsportsT1's London Title and the Data Gap in Esports AnalysisOn the night of November 2, 2026, at the O2 Arena in London, T1 defeated...
BasketballThe First Eight Seconds: How Jasikevicius Teaches Fenerbahçe to Strangle BolognaTHE FIRST EIGHT SECONDS: HOW JASIKEVICIUS TEACHES FENERBAHÇE TO STRANGLE...
EsportsA Blank Page in Esports: When the Analysis Engine Admits It Knows NothingI stared at the screen for twenty minutes. Not because of some brilliant play...
International FootballNine Empty Cells at the Hamburg Training Ground: The Line Between Analysis and InventionMonday morning, the car park behind the training ground in Hamburg held nothi...
BadmintonWorld Badminton After Paris 2026: The Old Generation Exits and the Money Finds New GroundOn August 5, 2026, at La Chapelle Arena in Paris, Viktor Axelsen defeated...
Martial ArtsChimaev Pushes for Strickland Rematch: 48-47 and the Weight-Cut ProblemAn arena can go so quiet that I hear the fight itself breathing. On the UFC 3...
BadmintonAn Se-young Breaks the Title Record: Seven Points in Odense, One Ankle, and Data Nobody Has VerifiedOdense, the evening of 18 October. Third game, An Se-young trailing 9-12. The...
International FootballWhen the data repository is empty: Lessons from sports analysis without foundationIn over five decades of following football, I have witnessed countless analys...
Domestic FootballHome Advantage in the V.League Is a Myth: Five Seasons of Data Say the OppositeOn the night of April 11, 2026, I sat in a small cafe in Barcelona with three...
VolleyballBrazil Return to the Top in South America and Claim LA 2028 Olympic BerthBrazil's men's volleyball team restored order in South America with a...
SwimmingJayla Kuzak Commits to Pittsburgh: A Scholarship Priced on Trajectory, Not a ScoreboardIn an indoor pool in Michigan, the high-school short-course season runs from...
AthleticsAmy Hunt and the fragile boundary between athletics reputation and marketplace: Analysing the data chain behind the Sydney Sweeney advert controversyAt 23, Amy Hunt finished fourth in a race where the winner ran 21.47 — the...