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International FootballPortland Thorns: 23 Points Dropped and a Playoff Place Hanging on a Friday NightThere is a silence at Providence Park that I only noticed when I rewound the...
Domestic FootballVietnam U16 0-1 China U16: Two Post Strikes, a Missed Penalty and a Red Card in the 80th MinuteIn the 28th minute, Chen Zhengfei drove in from the right flank and into the...
Swimming25-metre pools, 50-metre pools and the comparison trap distorting every swimming results tableIn December 2026 I was sitting in the fourth row of an indoor pool in Nagoya,...
TennisWTA Ventures and QQ Music: Turning the 2026 China Swing into a Music-Led Content Play – a Data Lesson for Vietnamese SportThe partnership between WTA Ventures and QQ Music has just been announced at ...
Chess9...a5: The Quietest Move in the Bayonet Boom — and a Mislabelled CoverOn the third board from the window, a fourteen-year-old boy put down his phon...
VolleyballNinh Binh's No. 12: 27 Points, 4 Aces, and a Contract Nobody Has Signed YetThe Ninh Binh gymnasium was so humid that night that the ball slipped out of...
International FootballErick Thohir and the ASEAN Naturalization Race: When the Strength Gap ErodesThe 2 a.m. call from Mino never talks about money; it always talks about powe...
International FootballBayern's Move for Olmo Is Insurance, Not a No.10 PurchaseThree in the morning in Barcelona, I was still awake with a spreadsheet open ...
Domestic FootballVietnam vs Malaysia: The ASEAN Cup 2026 Third-Place Playoff and Three Broadcasting DoorsOn the phone screen, three app icons sit side by side: FPT Play, TV360 and...
ChessCarlsen Returns, India Shines: Global Chess League 2026 and the Scheduling PuzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen walked into the hotel lobby in London on a September...
EsportsEmpty Cells in the V.League Transfer Window: When Silence Gets Read as SafetyOn the night of 12 August 2026, I reopened my transfer tracking sheet after...
EsportsAn Analysis Filled with Three Words: Lessons from a Data VoidThis essay begins on a rainy August evening in Hanoi when I opened a...
Domestic FootballThe Referee's Eye on V.League: VAR, Money Flows and the Governance Challenge of Vietnamese FootballThe Referee's Eye on V.League: VAR, Money Flows and the Governance Challenge ...
International FootballBarcelona take PSG to UEFA: the blood-stained saw on the advertising boards and the limits of host responsibilityAt the Parc des Princes, after PSG's match against Barcelona, what lingered i...
Table TennisBraintree 2026/26: Netts A's Dead Zone and a Bet Named After a KneeIn a hall in Essex, where the stands hold barely three rows of plastic chairs...
EsportsNK Lose to T1 in Game 7 of the FC Pro Champions Cup: Le Ha Anh Tuan and the Structural Ceiling of Vietnamese FC OnlineThe fourth penalty of Game 7 travelled toward the left corner, and Le Ha Anh...
EsportsLCK 2026: 24 Hours, Two Historic Reverse Sweeps, and the Lesson About the Fragility of a 2-0 LeadI sat in front of the screen from 2 PM, taking notes on T1's every move in ga...
BadmintonKidambi Srikanth and Satwik-Chirag Reach Quarterfinals at China Masters 2026: Comeback Hope or Injury Risk for Indian PlayersAt the China Masters 2026, a Super 750 event in the BWF World Tour, the India...
International FootballBefore the Trip to Anfield, Haaland Sends a Message of Unity Amid Man City's StormThe moment lasted less than thirty seconds. On Manchester City's official med...
Volleyball116 Teams, One Ca Dong Girl, and the Contract That Was Never WrittenThe final ended with a ball the stands never had time to scream for. Ball on...
