tim connelly
BadmintonV.League Transfer Window: A Defence Collapses Long Before Minute 60On Saturday night, I watched the match for the fourth time. Not to find the...
GolfProfessional golf after two decades of data: ShotLink, Strokes Gained and the blind spot behind the leaderboardOn a 100-metre track, the world is divided by thousandths of a second. A...
BadmintonThe Seventh Shot: Mapping Vietnam's Badminton Spaces Through the Regular SeasonThe shuttle left the string bed at close to two metres of height, travelled...
BadmintonRankireddy-Shetty create history for Indian badminton at China Masters 2026: A win of resilience and adaptabilityIn the deciding game, trailing 16-17, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shet...
Martial ArtsWhere Vietnamese Martial Arts Stand on the World Map: The Broken Mirror Between Vovinam and ONE ChampionshipIn November 2026, a man named Nguyen Loc founded Vovinam in Hanoi with a simp...
Table TennisAsian Youth Table Tennis: When a Gold Medal Doesn't Tell the Whole StoryOn August 4, 2026, at the South Paris Arena, Fan Zhendong closed out the men'...
EsportsThe Analysis Sheet Came Back All N/A: How the Esports World Fills Its Blank CellsOn a Tuesday night in Chengdu, the power in my apartment block cut out exactl...
Martial Arts9.0400 Points and a 0.05 Margin: Reading Singapore's First Poomsae Medal Through a Referee's EyeOn the scoreboard for the men's individual poomsae event, one number stopped ...
International FootballNecaxa, Ryan Reynolds and the Gap Between a Birthday Card and the League TableOn 23 October, the Necaxa club account published a photograph. Ryan Reynolds...
Domestic FootballVietnamese Football and the Empty Data RoomI noted one detail in my notebook at Hang Day Stadium, on a November evening,...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: The Lineup Enigma and India's Spatial Equation in Badminton Men's Team EventEvery lineup is a spatial equation, we just haven't found the unknown yet. Wh...
VolleyballThe First Touch: The Data Layer Vietnamese Volleyball Keeps ForgettingFifth set, 14-14. The away team's serve lands between zones, the home receive...
BilliardsWhen Data Falls Silent: Lessons from an Empty Analysis and the Return Path of Vietnamese BilliardsIn my files, there is a document marked with a red cross. It is not a match,...
EsportsKalshi Reaches $1.73 Billion in Esports Volume Over Twelve Months as Growth Decelerates for Three Straight QuartersIn Q3 2026, Kalshi recorded $967 million in esports trading volume. That sing...
International FootballVincent Kompany Receives the Bavarian Sports Award: When a Head Coach Becomes a Social AmbassadorVincent Kompany, head coach of Bayern Munich, received the Bavarian Sports...
EsportsCS2 Closes September With an 805,637 Player Average: Seven Straight Monthly Declines and a Test Called OctoberAt midnight on September 30, 2026, Valve pushed the crosshair overhaul to the...
AthleticsThe Final 500 Meters and the Unmeasured Gap: The Death of Yoo Ji-won in the Amateur Running BoomAt kilometer 21, less than 500 meters from the finish line, Yoo Ji-won...
International FootballA Slackening Rhythm in Midfield: How Man United Are Losing Their Own Engine RoomThere is a moment at Old Trafford I keep returning to, and it is not a goal,...
EsportsThe Nine Dimensions of a Serious Esports AnalysisOn a winter evening in Seoul, a young colleague sent me an analysis file. Nin...
TennisAlcaraz's Return: A Four-Set Win and a Warning About the Tennis CalendarThere are data that don't need to shout; they just need someone patient enoug...
