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EsportsUS High School Esports Championship: Eight Teams, Three Titles, and a Balance Sheet No One Gets to SeeIn the selection criteria for the eight teams competing in the USA TODAY Spor...
EsportsUSA TODAY Sports Launches a National High School Esports Championship: Trading Brand for InfrastructureOn December 11, eight American high schools will walk into a national esports...
VolleyballVietnamese Volleyball and the Data Void: When Analysis Is Just an Empty FrameAt an internal press briefing of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation in August...
EsportsYuki Kurihara, 11, Sweeps His Asian Games Group: Puyo Puyo, Grilled Eel and the Real Test on SaturdayThe kid never looked up. Through the whole morning session in Nagoya, the onl...
Table TennisWorld Table Tennis Rankings Measure Scheduling, Not FormLast November, in the press tribune at a WTT stop in Guangzhou, I spent the...
Martial Arts100 Grams, 15 Minutes, and the Gap in Korean Judo's Random Weigh-In ProcessInside the weigh-in room, there are no spectators. Only a digital scale, a...
VolleyballVTV Cup, Thanh Thuy, and the Gap Vietnamese Women's Volleyball Has Yet to FillIn 2026, I sat in the twelfth row of an arena in Nha Trang and counted. Not...
BadmintonAn Se-young and the Title Record: The Data Nobody AuditedOdense, the evening of October 18. Game one of the Denmark Open final. An...
TennisU.S. Banks in Canada: The Truth Behind President Trump's ClaimI have spent 27 years observing numbers that speak. Not on the pitch or the...
International FootballThe Dog of Ixtapaluca: When the "True Champion" Never Played in Any LeagueThe Dog of Ixtapaluca: When the "True Champion" Never Played in Any League Am...
EsportsASIAD, 7 AM on October 1: Vietnam faces Chinese Taipei in the LoL semifinal with bronze already securedAt exactly 7 AM on October 1, Vietnam's League of Legends (LoL) team steps in...
BadmintonElite badminton through the lens of data: speed, stamina and the variables we overlookAt the Paris 2026 Olympic men's singles final, Viktor Axelsen closed out his...
International FootballAl Nassr lose Coman and Simakan in the same match: how the star model digs its own holeWednesday's session at Al Awwal Park had two empty spaces that nobody wanted ...
TennisDjokovic vs Hurkacz at Shanghai: 88 minutes and a data gapThe match ended in 88 minutes. Hubert Hurkacz beat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3 in...
BilliardsThe Discipline Gate: When Billiards Analysis Dissects Something That Does Not ExistThe Discipline Gate: When Billiards Analysis Dissects Something That Does Not...
International FootballArteta signs improved Arsenal contract until 2030: A stability bet in the post-Guardiola eraSeven straight wins across all competitions. A first Premier League title sin...
ChessA 20-Year-Old's Scoresheet: The Diplomatic Gift and the Match of a GenerationIn Goa, India, in late November 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hel...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Martial Arts After SEA Games 32: 136 Gold Medals and an Unpriced MarketVietnamese Martial Arts After SEA Games 32: 136 Gold Medals and an Unpriced...
International FootballCourtois' Fever and the Silence Before El Clasico: Real Madrid Counting Down in BreathsTwo in the morning in Da Nang, and I open my phone for the fourth time in one...
BilliardsShenzhen Open 2026: The Silence Before the Break-Off and a Power Map Changing ColourThe cue stops. The white ball rests on the baulk line, bright as a drop of...
