Matias PavoniMatias Pavoni
Agents Are the Transfer Market's Largest Hidden CostOn August 3, 2026, my old phone in Rio de Janeiro buzzed and a number refused...
Why did U20 Vietnam play poorly? The full picture from the 0-3 defeat to North KoreaOn the night of August 31, 2026, at Viet Tri Stadium, U20 Vietnam entered the...
The Blank Fields in Youth Table Tennis Scouting FilesOn a screen at a training centre in southwestern China, the file of a...
India beat Bangladesh 3-0 at Asian Games 2026: three generations of men's singles and a result line that does not hold upOn 21 September 2026, at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Aichi-Nagoya,...
The Broken Racket in Paris and the Blind Spot of Every Table Tennis Data ModelOn July 31, 2026, at South Paris Arena, Wang Chuqin walked to the table as th...
KRAFTON, Himass and the Trust Equation: Who Truly Benefits from the Vietnam–Korea PUBG Drama?KRAFTON apologized. But not a single member of the Vietnamese PUBG community...
India vs Kazakhstan in Asian Games 2026 women's team badminton: a tie that occupies 1 of 31 news linesAt midnight in Penang I counted the live blog of Day 1 at the Asian Games 202...
A Short Game and a Long Memory: Jacobson, Vakhidov and the Quiet Controversy of a GenerationThere is a moment in the chess game between Brandon Jacobson and Jakhongir...
Pool A of Women's Volleyball at the 2026 Asian Games: Japan, Indonesia and the Data Gap That Still Needs FillingThe women's volleyball match between Indonesia and host nation Japan in Pool ...
Esports and the Lesson of Data Silence: When Analysis Lacks an AnchorI have written about esports for over two decades, from the days sitting in...
Mat Ishbia, Kevin Durant and the Audit of a System That Calls Itself DNAIn a CNBC interview, Mat Ishbia talked about mistakes, about the Phoenix Suns...
Vietnam Before the Third-Place Match Against Malaysia: 48 Hours, Four Absences, and the Squad-Depth EquationTwo days. That is the entire recovery window Vietnam's national team has befo...
Loan with Obligation to Buy: The Most Beautiful Accounting Trick of the Transfer WindowI still keep a photograph of a contract addendum, sent to me on a July night ...
Van Hau, the Red Card in V-League Round 2, and the VFF Disciplinary Process Under TestOn September 10, 2026, in round 2 of the 2026-2027 V-League season, Cong an H...
Vietnam Back to FIFA Rank 98: The 0.19-Point Sliver and the September 29 AppointmentLate September, I sat in front of a screen in Marseille, next to the notebook...
Asian Games 20 - September 21: Waiting for a Mark from Vietnamese AthletesAsian Games 20 - September 21: Waiting for a Mark from Vietnamese Athletes On...
VR Taekwondo and the Vietnamese Female Athlete's Mixed-Gender Asiad Medal RunAt the 47th second of the third round, the Vietnamese athlete's right-leg...
Pakistan Olympic Wrestling: Four Roads to the Olympics and the Paradox of the Mud PitsI once sat beside a mud pit on the outskirts of Lahore, watching young men in...
Xuan Son and the captain's armband: a personnel decision read as a tactical gambleI was sitting in row eleven, close enough to see someone bend down and retie ...
Table Tennis After Paris 2026: China Holds the Summit, Europe Returns, and the Data Gap RemainsOn 31 July 2026, at South Paris Arena 4, in the round of 32 of the men's...
