piala presiden 2026
Marselino Ferdinan returns to Persija: a two-year deal, one knee and a ticking clockWhen Persija announced a two-year contract for Marselino Ferdinan, I read coa...
Carlsen returns, India showcases strength at Global Chess League 2026On September 5, the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League will kick off its fourt...
Gukesh on Board 4: The Reigning World Champion's Step BackSamarkand, the opening days of the Chess Olympiad. India's board order appear...
The first three shots of a table tennis rally, and the blind spot the WTT rankings never light upThe sidespin serve leaves the hand at about two hand-spans of height, lands i...
NBA Penalizes Clippers: Five First-Round Picks, $30M Fine, and an Arbitration BattleThe transfer window this year was already noisy with blockbuster deals, but n...
SMU Ends Pitt's 58-Match Home Streak: A Breakdown from Net Control to Load After the 38-36 SetOn the night of October 8, in Pittsburgh, the third set between SMU and Pitt...
The Empty Data Sheet: When the Basketball Transfer Market Sells a Deal Without NumbersOn the night of July 12, my inbox held seventeen messages. All of them were...
Empty-Data Esports Analysis: A Warning Bell for Vietnamese Sports MediaAt 11 p.m. in a virtual meeting room, I opened an esports analysis file sent...
Farid Basharat Leaves UFC: A 16-0 Record Could Not Buy a Roster SpotPage 400 of the notebook I started keeping in 2026 holds a cold line: "UFC...
Real Madrid edge past Villarreal: Vinícius' red card and the VAR war that outlasted the final whistleIn the 86th minute, out on the pitch, a player in white was being held back b...
Malaysia and Three New Passports: When One Club Rewrites a National TeamIn Johor, a late-afternoon training session in mid-September carried a rhythm...
Finland Stun Reigning World Champions Italy 3-2 in EuroVolley 2026 Quarter-Final: An Upset With a Four-Point MarginIn Turin, the deciding set closed at 15-13. The second set before it ended...
Kate Douglass: The Perfect Storm of American Women's Swimming at Pan Pacific 2026When Kate Douglass touched the wall in the prelims of the women's 50m freesty...
The Empty Report: The Discipline of a Japanese Youth Table Tennis ScoutOn the morning of 12 November, the printer in the corner of my Osaka office...
Shin Ohashi and the 2:04.83 Line: Japanese 17-Year-Old Breaststroker Touches Swimming HistoryI went to Russia to find answers, and only found more questions. I wrote that...
Himass and Tan Vuu Permanently Banned: When PUBG Rules by Belief, Not by the SpreadsheetOn September 17, 2026, at PUBG Asia Stars 2026, a competitive account was...
Busan IPark and the Loan-with-Obligation Trap: How Small Clubs Keep Raising Semi-Finished Products for the GiantsOn 12 January 2026, at 9:47 in the morning, the auxiliary pitch at the Busan...
Shorter Rallies: The Fitness and Tactical Signals Hidden Beneath the BWF World Tour RankingsIn the last three matches of the main draw at a Super 750 BWF World Tour even...
In 2034, Vietnamese Football Learns to Grow From Spaces Nobody MeasuresIn the 88th minute, Vu Hoang Long stepped up to the penalty spot. The My Dinh...
Bodhana in the Headline, Elephant Gambit in the Body: How the Chess World Learned to Sell a TrapOne October evening, at a small chess club on Nguyen Van Linh Street in Da...
