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Domestic FootballThe Asian Nations League and the 18-team Tier 1 borderline: Where Vietnam stands as AFC redraws the mapIn a small room in Hanoi, the television replays a Vietnam national team matc...
International FootballNicolo Tresoldi: A Champions League Hat-Trick and Germany's Unanswered Striker QuestionThe night Club Brugge hosted Inter in the Champions League, the score settled...
International FootballThe Blank Fields in Vietnamese Football's PaperworkOn March 12, 2026, I sat in front of a 42-page dossier from a club playing in...
International FootballVitinha and the Paris Wall: The Number 6 Problem Real Madrid Has Not SolvedVitinha and the Paris Wall: The Number 6 Problem Real Madrid Has Not Solved O...
BadmintonIndia and the Unopened Letter at the 2026 Asian Games: The Men's Badminton Draw Leads Straight to JapanIn my tracking sheet, the section reserved for India's men's badminton team a...
Domestic FootballDa Nang 3-0 Nam Dinh: Two Red Cards, One Overturned Penalty, and the Empty Seat in the StandsDa Nang 3-0 Nam Dinh: Two Red Cards, One Overturned Penalty, and the Empty Se...
Table TennisVietnam Youth Table Tennis: The Empty Cells That Never Get FilledOn a late March afternoon, at a national youth table tennis championship in H...
Table TennisFour Para Table Tennis Bronzes for India at Asian Para Games 2026: Game Two Tells the RestOn the fourth day of the Asian Para Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, I sat in fron...
Domestic FootballSouth Korea U23 vs Vietnam U23: Nine European Players and the Height Equation That Excel Cannot ComputeAt 17:30 on September 25, on the Paloma Mizuho pitch in Nagoya, the ball will...
BasketballArellano 82-81 Letran: One Point of Fate and Three Near Self-Destructions by the UnbeatenOn the free-throw line in the closing seconds, T-Mc Ongotan stood before a...
TennisThe Silence After the Serve: World Tennis and the War Between Signal and NoiseIt was a late September afternoon in New York. After Jannik Sinner sent the...
TennisVPF appoints new CEO: Governance lessons from banking for Vietnamese footballWhen Pakistan appointed a bank CEO, Vietnamese sports had no reason to look....
AthleticsYan Ziyi and the Single Throw That Rewrote Asian Javelin HistoryThe throw came only once. Yan Ziyi stepped onto the runway on a wet, humid...
EsportsFIFAe World Cup 2026: Six Days Before Kickoff, JFA Chooses to Stay Home — And the Data Void Behind ItOctober 10. Six days before the FIFAe World Cup 2026 kicks off in Jeddah, Sau...
BasketballOlivia Miles Breaks Caitlin Clark's WNBA Rookie Scoring Record: 769 Points in Exactly 40 GamesAt Uncasville, Connecticut, the first quarter ended and Olivia Miles had...
Domestic FootballOlaha Manh Duc and the target-man problem: Vietnam bought a player, not a systemMinute 63, the ball is whipped in from the left flank, and Olaha Manh Duc ris...
International FootballWhen the Data Sheet Is Empty: Football Analysis and the Trap of InventionWhen the Data Sheet Is Empty: Football Analysis and the Trap of Invention On...
Formula 1Ferrari Backs Vasseur: The Multi-Year Contract and the 160-Point Gap Nobody Wants to NameFerrari Backs Vasseur: The Multi-Year Contract and the 160-Point Gap Nobody...
BasketballValanciunas shines in Zalgiris' second preseason victory: Real signal or illusion?I don't watch the game. I watch the crowd betting on the game. When Jonas...
TennisWuhan and the Echo of the No. 7 Seed: When Iga Swiatek Won but Still Left a QuestionOn the electronic scoreboard at Wuhan's centre court, the score appeared with...
