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The “pass it to him” mandate: When Trabzonspor staked an entire season on one pair of feetIn Trabzonspor's closed meeting room, ahead of an away trip in the UEFA...
Imported Stars and the Süper Lig Race: What Lies Behind Trabzonspor's Seven MatchesThree goals away from home, and a red card. On the scoreboard, Trabzonspor...
Nine Dimensions of a Transfer: Coutinho, £142 Million and the Price the Market PaysOn the night of January 6, 2026, when Barcelona announced the signing of...
When the Analysis Dashboard Is Empty: The Quiet Disease of Football DataIn the summer of 2026, while Japan's stadiums were shut down by the pandemic,...
GOAL's 'World-Class Club 2026': A Self-Awarded Badge of Honour and the Real Signals Behind ItMessi returns. Salah is crossed out. Arsenal has two faces in the elite group...
Salah, Egypt and the Psychological Debt Before the 2026 AFCON QualifiersMohamed Salah did not talk about tactics in his latest media appearance. He...
Nine Empty Cells: When a Table Tennis Analyst Has No Data to Start WithOn a Friday afternoon I sat in a corner cafe on Lach Tray Street in Hai Phong...
U23 Vietnam Tests Its Mettle Against Thailand: The $100,000 Contract and the Five-Day TrapIn the training session on the afternoon of November 8 in Pleiku, I counted...
The 122-Second Rally and the Turning Point: PV Sindhu Loses to Chen Yufei in the Asian Games 2026 Quarter-FinalThe fourth minute of the third game, a rally that lasted 122 seconds. PV Sind...
Romeny's Four Assists and the Real Test Waiting for Indonesia in the FinalOn the bench in Jakarta, above the wall of sound from the stands, a short sho...
The V.League Data Void: How Vietnamese Football Media Invents Its NumbersLast month, in my office in Lyon, I opened an analysis file on V.League 1. Th...
Without Gilberto Mora, Xolos Expose a Fatal Flaw: 0-0 Against Puebla Is Two Points Dropped, Not One GainedIn the 73rd minute, Jackson Porozo rose to meet a header that crashed off the...
Gray's Sub-Two-Month Reversal: The RRQ Jersey, the Farewell Letter, and the Data VacuumA completely unremarkable photo There was nothing remarkable in the photo: a...
Kate Douglass – The Nightmare of All Records at the 2026 Pan Pacific ChampionshipsWhen people talk about dominance in swimming, they often think of names like...
VFF Launches Football Handbook for Girls Aged 6-9, Backed by UEFA and AFC Through 2027The launch took place in a hall in Hanoi in mid-October. On the table lay a...
From a Pennsylvania Job Posting: Unpacking the US Swimming Development Ecosystem and Lessons for VietnamOne August evening, I received an email from a former colleague in Shanghai....
Vietnam vs Pakistan: Kim Sang Sik, a Torn Glove and an Unhealed WoundIn Hai Phong at night, I replayed the footage of Vietnam's loss to Thailand f...
Zheng Qinwen and Mirra Andreeva withdraw from the Wuhan Open: two reasons, two different consequencesIn Wuhan, a place in the second round was handed out without a single serve...
NaiLiu suspended indefinitely by Flash Wolves: From APL 2026 peak to personal scandalJust a few weeks after lifting the APL 2026 championship trophy and earning t...
The Grey Zone of VAR in V.League: The Seconds Nobody CodesMinute 89, a long ball down the left channel. The referee waves play on. Fort...