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EsportsThe Empty Spreadsheet: Lessons from a Sports Analysis Report with No ContentOn a Monday morning in Boston, I opened a spreadsheet for a Southeast Asian...
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...
BadmintonAn Se-young's 21-17, 21-9 final: a widening coefficient of 2.0 and a record that needs re-checkingAichi-Nagoya, September 29, 2026. Midway through the second game, the...
BadmintonIndian Badminton at the 2026 Asian Games: Five Reasons Behind a Medal-Less Individual CampaignAt the first round of the men’s doubles at the 2026 Asian Games in...
EsportsThe Metal Desks of Shanghai: When an Operational Fault Became a Question of Competitive IntegrityThe second week of Valorant Champions Shanghai. Three in the morning in Busan...
BadmintonMahoor Shahzad and 23 Minutes at the Asian Games: Pakistan's Lonely Badminton PioneerThe clock in my small Incheon studio stopped at the twenty-third minute. I...
International FootballSwitzerland Turns on Infantino: When FIFA's Host Nation Starts Questioning ItselfThe Swiss Football Association no longer stands behind Gianni Infantino. The...
BadmintonThe Empty Data Sheet and the Rhythm of the Regular SeasonA forty-page analysis sat on my desk in Surabaya, printed from a file I had...
Formula 1How Hamilton 'shook the system' at Ferrari, but it couldn't fulfil all his wishesThe most notable moment did not come from the racetrack. It came from a singl...
Table TennisKaty, Texas: USA Take 43 of 56 Medals at the U11-U13 Americas Championships, and the Arithmetic Reaches a Different ConclusionKaty, Texas. The venue sits in a commercial strip on the edge of suburban...
Domestic FootballSix Minutes of Collapse: Vietnam U15's 3-4 Loss to Iran U15 and the In-Game Management GapIn the second minute, the first ball sent toward Vietnam's goal was nothing...
BadmintonFive Points in Shenzhen: Decoding India's First China Masters CrownFive Points in Shenzhen: Decoding India's First China Masters Crown On the...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: India, the Old Silver and a Draw That Pushes Them Into a Quarterfinal Against Host JapanI once worshipped the star, until I realized the star is only a product of th...
TennisWhen a Border Number Lands on the Wrong Season's SpreadsheetOn 13 August 2026, Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...
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...
International FootballYan Diomande Reunites With RB Leipzig: A Handshake in the Tunnel and the Gaps in the FileAbout forty minutes before kick-off, in the corridor connecting the dressing...
Martial ArtsNguyen Thi Tam and the Unanswered Question of Asian Women's Boxing SupremacyWhen the referee raised Nguyen Thi Tam's hand after the third round, 5-0 on a...
International FootballThe Data Stream Running Beneath Modern Football and the Question No One Dares to AskIn the winter of 2026, in Doha, I sat in the seventh row of a nearly empty...
International FootballPersib Bandung Beat The Cong-Viettel 1-0: The 45th-Minute Penalty and the AFC Coefficient SwapWhen Mariano Peralta placed the ball on the penalty spot in the 45th minute, ...
BasketballPanathinaikos 91-72 Paris: Obradovic's Stamp and the Limits of a Season OpenerOAKA that night: lights on, stands full. After 14 years, Zeljko Obradovic was...
