Steven BergwijnSteven Bergwijn
International FootballTUDN Loses Concacaf Champions Cup to Paramount+: The 137-Matches-a-Year Rights Deal and What Is Being HiddenOne April night, I sat in a small café on Rue Victor Hugo in Lyon and opened...
Domestic FootballV.League and the Data Void: When Vietnamese Football Cannot Read ItselfIn the 2026 season, I sat in my Lyon office and opened the V.League dataset....
International FootballThe Transfer Window and the Art of Saying: I Have No Data YetTuesday night in Lyon, the transfer window wide open, my phone buzzing nonsto...
EsportsAstralis, Courtois and the Rescue Structure of an Insolvent Esports OrganisationOn September 24, a single administrative line appeared in the Danish company...
International FootballASEAN Cup 2026 Final: Indonesia, Thailand and the Legitimacy Question of a Naturalized National TeamIn the 92nd minute at Stadion Utama Gelora Bung Karno, the score still read...
International FootballLisandro Martinez and the Flight from Madrid: When a Centre-Back Confronts His Own EmployerOn the night flight from Madrid back to Manchester on 13 October, no camera...
VolleyballBehind the 12-Player Roster: The Injury Storm and Reception Equation for Vietnam Women's Volleyball at Asiad 20There are mornings when I sit before my spreadsheet, entering each metric fro...
EsportsThe Empty Report: When an Esports Data Pipeline Comes Back with Nothing"Four hundred and twelve passes, and the official figure is a polite lie." In...
TennisA '$40 Billion' File Tagged 'Tennis': How One Classification Error Walks Through Every Verification LayerThat night in New York, my feed carried exactly one line worth opening. A fil...
EsportsWhen Stage-1 Returns a Blank Page: Lessons from the Esports Data Analysis PipelineIn an August 2026 morning, reviewing a Stage-2 analysis of an esports news...
Domestic FootballCAHN vs Kashima Antlers: Where Hang Day Stadium Must Learn to Breathe SlowlyOn a late weekend evening, I sat alone in the editing room with two sheets of...
TennisThe Rainy Serve – Coco Gauff's Journey to Overcome the Yips at US Open 2026Rain fell on the practice courts of StubHub Center, Los Angeles, on an August...
International FootballZeynep Sonmez loses 3-6, 1-6 to Ann Li in Osaka: the second set and the data voidOn a hard court in Japan, Zeynep Sonmez lost to Ann Li in straight sets, 3-6,...
Table TennisWorld Table Tennis Rankings Measure Scheduling, Not FormLast November, in the press tribune at a WTT stop in Guangzhou, I spent the...
BilliardsShenzhen Open: Wu Yize Wins 10-5, and the Data That Still Needs to Be QuestionedIn Shenzhen, the final ended on the fifteenth frame. Wu Yize rose from his...
International FootballAl-Ahli Recall Ivan Toney Before Al-Khaleej: One Club Post, Three Layers of RiskA single post on the club's X account, exactly 24 hours before kick-off. No...
Domestic FootballCA TPHCM 1-0 The Cong Viettel: The 67th-Minute Goal, the Red Card and Three VAR Reviews Through a Data LensIn the 67th minute the ball was pushed out to the left flank. The CA TPHCM...
GolfTony Finau's Hockey-Stick Putter Grip and the Pulse of Small Brands on the PGA TourAt the Biltmore Championship, I stood about twenty meters from the 7th green,...
BasketballNine Analytical Dimensions, Not a Single Line of Data2:17 in the morning. The drizzle in Hai Phong clung to the window as a thin...
Domestic FootballMalaysia 6-0 Singapore: From Stands to Vietnam Clash – A Beat Keeper's NotesIn the 7th minute, the referee pointed to the spot. Bergson Da Silva – I had...
