Daniele CroceDaniele Croce
Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the 2026 Asian Games title: how control beats speedA 21-12, 21-16 scoreline in a men's singles final is the kind of result that...
Lakshya Sen's Road to Asian Games 2026 Gold: When Head-to-Head Data Betrays the NarrativeIn his last three recorded matches, Lakshya Sen lost two. Not to unknown name...
Lakshya Sen and the Asian Games 2026 'Path to Gold': When Head-to-Head Data Contradicts the Media NarrativeLakshya Sen enters Asian Games 2026 as a seeded player with a first-round bye...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Loh Kean Yew and the Final That Never Needed a Third Game21-12. 21-16. No third game. In a final that brought together two of the...
Badminton: The 493 km/h Record and the Value of an Empty Data SheetIn 2026, Malaysian player Tan Boon Heong was credited with a 493 km/h smash....
When Shi Yuqi Withdrew, Li Shifeng Took the Standard for China at Kumamoto Masters 2026There is a moment in an athlete's life nobody prepares them for. Not the walk...
Indonesia Reaches the 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Badminton Final: A 3-1 Win Over Thailand and an Unresolved Singles ProblemVery few people inside the Aichi-Nagoya arena noticed a small detail in the...
Vietnamese Badminton at the Asiad Third Round: The Gap Sits in the Deciding GameOn 26 September, after the last match in court three had finished, I stayed i...
Lakshya Sen and the 2026 Asian Games: When the Road-to-Gold Map Does Not Match the Head-to-Head DataOn the projected bracket for men's singles at the 2026 Asian Games, Lakshya...
Nguyen Thuy Linh Ahead of Her Fourth Asiad: A Medal Is Not Decided Only on CourtInside the Vietnam national badminton training hall, there is a moment I once...
Lakshya Sen and the Path to Asian Games 2026 Gold: The Head-to-Head Record Tells the Opposite StoryI sat down after the team event at the 2026 Asian Games, reopened Lakshya Sen...
A Tear on the Scoreboard, a Crack in the Team's Heart: Decoding Vietnamese Badminton's Defeat at the AsiadOn September 26, at the badminton arena of the Asian Games, Nguyen Thuy Linh...
Nguyen Thuy Linh and the 24-22 Set Against Chen Yu Fei: What Scoring Data Says and Hides at the Asian GamesI wrote the score into my notebook close to midnight: 10-21, 24-22, 12-21....
The Weightless Shuttlecock: The Endurance War Rewriting the World Badminton MapThe shuttlecock left the racket face at nearly two meters of height — the ape...
The Asian Games Men's Singles Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut and the Weight of a First Gold MedalIn the small room in Shenzhen, I still keep the habit of replaying footage of...
Kumamoto Masters 2026: As Shi Yuqi Withdraws, Li Shifeng Leads China's Men's SinglesI was sitting in the press room in Kumamoto when the men's singles draw sheet...
Shi Yuqi Withdraws, Li Shifeng Leads China's Men's Singles at Kumamoto Masters 2026On the odds board of a small betting shop on Lebuh Chulia in George Town,...
Shi Yuqi Withdraws from a BWF World Event, Li Shifeng Leads China's Men's Singles at the 2026 Kumamoto MastersSome news lines are only as long as a breath, and they leave behind only a...
Indonesia Reaches 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Badminton Final: Doubles Set the Rhythm, First Singles Leaves QuestionsAt the Aichi-Nagoya arena, the 3-1 scoreline between Indonesia and Thailand i...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Endurance Question of a Control GameThe men's singles badminton final at the 2026 Asian Games ended in two games,...
Kunlavut and the Final Without a Third Game: Asia's Men's Singles Badminton Map Just Changed HandsThat night I sat alone with a slip of paper holding the score. 21-12, 21-16. ...
Asian Games 2026: Kunlavut Vitidsarn Completes a Rare Treble and Thailand's 64-Year WaitSix points in the first game, five in the second. The men's singles badminton...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Historic Double: When Data Doesn't Lie About an AnomalyA 25-year-old Thai player walked into the men's singles badminton final at th...
Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Men's Singles Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Empty ColumnsAichi-Nagoya 2026 Men's Singles Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and t...
Nguyen Thuy Linh, Nguyen Hai Dang and the Decider: Vietnam's Real Badminton Boundary at the Asian GamesThe scoreboard read 24-22. Nguyen Thuy Linh had just taken a game off Chen Yu...
Lakshya Sen at Asian Games 2026: A Gold-Medal Path the Head-to-Head Data Does Not SupportI read Khel Now's preview of Lakshya Sen's path at the 2026 Asian Games and...
Asian Games 2026: Re-reading Lakshya Sen's Path Through Five Head-to-Head Data PointsIn February 2026, at the Asia Team Championships, Lakshya Sen lost to Loh Kea...
Lakshya Sen and Asian Games 2026: The Head-to-Head Table Says Otherwise About the 'Path to Gold' LabelIn February 2026, at the Asia Team Championships, I watched Loh Kean Yew beat...
Lakshya Sen at the 2026 Asian Games: A Golden Path Drawn by Belief, Answered by Head-to-Head NumbersOpening I reopened the head-to-head chart between Lakshya Sen and the five...
Indonesia Reaches 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Badminton Final: Two Doubles Points Carry the Gold Dream, One Singles Question HangsAt the Aichi-Nagoya arena, the scoreboard of the 2026 Asian Games men's team...
Indonesia Reaches 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Final: A Doubles-Depth Victory, With the First-Singles Card Still Face-DownJonatan Christie walked off the court after a 14-21 second game. There was no...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast AsiaWhen I typed “Thailand women's volleyball Asian champions” into Google, the...
Thailand Deserves to Be Number One in Southeast Asia? Look at the Data, Not the EmotionsBangkok, August 2026. When the final ball hit the floor, the entire stadium...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast Asia: From the Bangkok Night to the 2028 Olympic DreamThe smile of the Thai girls faded before the match ended, and I will never...
