silly season
Why F1's 2027 'silly season' has been so staticAt the end of 2026, I sat in my office at Melbourne City, opening a spreadshe...
Faker, ASIAD 2026 and Worlds 2026: Two Weeks the Medical Data Has Not Yet Been LabelledOn the day Ralph Lauren announced that Faker would miss an event for health...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn completes historic treble: Asian Games 2026 gold and the journey that ended Thailand's 64-year waitKunlavut Vitidsarn completes historic treble: Asian Games 2026 gold and the...
Seven Decisive Seconds: What Actually Happens Inside a Video Challenge at Vietnam's National Volleyball ChampionshipSeven Decisive Seconds: What Actually Happens Inside a Video Challenge at...
Six Kings Slam Moved to 27–30 December 2026: Three Stories, One Week, and the Gaps Nobody FilledOn the afternoon of 15 October, my inbox received a short notice from the Six...
Singapore's Historic Women's Epee Bronze and the Data Gap in the Quarter-FinalIn the quarter-final against Uzbekistan, Singapore's women's epee team entere...
Vietnam National Team and the xG Equation: Reading the Journey Through Numbers That Wake UpThere are numbers that only speak the truth at midnight. I am sitting in...
Türkiye Defeats Serbia 3-0 in EuroVolley 2026 Semifinal, Secures 2028 Olympic BerthAt Sinan Erdem Arena, Türkiye secured a 3-0 victory over Serbia in the...
Honda Center Before the 2028 Olympics: The Arena Gets a Rehearsal, the Athlete's Body Does NotHonda Center in Anaheim, California, has been chosen to host indoor volleybal...
Mexico's 2030 Gamble: The Ochoa Void Cannot Be Painted Over with U20 NamesMexico has entered the post-Ochoa era with a gamble named the 2030 generation...
An Se-young and the 21-9 Final in Nagoya: A Second Asian Games Badminton Gold and the Data That Has Not Been VerifiedThe moment the final shuttlecock dropped to the floor in Aichi-Nagoya, the...
The Data Void and the Hunger for Truth in Women's SportsTen o'clock at night in Nairobi, I sat in front of a screen with an analytics...
Thailand Exit the 2026 Asian Championship: Three Sets, One Ranking Threshold, and the Signals Everyone SkippedOn September 10, 2026, inside a gymnasium in Japan, the third set of the...
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...
Ho Thi Kim Dung, the Ca Dong girl and the university volleyball double: one anchor among 116 teamsThe 2-0 scoreline in the final sounds neat. But when I read that result again...
Wuhan Open: Sonay Kartal, world No. 170, reaches a WTA 1000 final and takes over as British No. 1On the centre-court scoreboard in Wuhan the string came through malformed: 6,...
After World Cup 2026: The Spreadsheet Re-Prices Injuries, VAR and Transfer ValueOn August 14, 2026, one week after the summer transfer window officially open...
Asian Games 2026: India's Men's Badminton Draw and the Japan Hurdle in the QuarterfinalsThe first day of competition at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya closed...
Vietnam U23 3-4-3: I Was Wrong About Youth Football Data, and That's the Most Accurate Finding EverI once wrote a 3,000-word analysis arguing that Vietnam's U23 team should...
21.28 in Tashkent: Egor Kornev and a 50m Butterfly World Record Built on the Front HalfPeople look at the board flashing 21.28. I look at the 9.60 that came ten...
