Martial Arts
Vietnamese Wushu at Asiad 20: Four Bronzes, One Final Berth and the Chinese Wall
VR Taekwondo at the Asiad: How a Vietnamese Female Athlete's Mixed-Gender Medal Forced the Rules to Re-examine Themselves
Jung Su-jin, 100 Grams and the 60-Minute Blind Spot in Korean Judo
The Owl and the Fatal Takedown: The Legal Void After a Death in a Mexican Ring
Allen submits Duncan in the fifth: a high ranking does not buy a draw
Muay Thai Opens the 2026 National Sports Festival: The 63.5 kg Ceiling and the Gaps Nobody Has FilledThe brass bell rang at 6 a.m. on October 22, 2026, inside a public-service...
Vietnamese Wushu at Asiad 20: Four Bronzes, One Final Berth and the Chinese WallOn the electronic board, the word bronze appeared before the referee could...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the Karate Silver: The 0-6 Is Not a Punch, It Is a MapWithin three minutes of the women's 59kg final, the scoreboard jumped from 0-...
Tran Thi Cam Tu's silver: five wins, one 0-6 loss, and a weight-class decision due before she turns 20The scoreboard in Bielsko-Biała stopped at 0-6. Three minutes. Nobody dropped...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the world kumite silver: reading the 0-6 by the rules, not by emotionThe scoreboard in the Bielsko-Biała hall read 0 on the left and 6 on the righ...
VR Taekwondo at the Asiad: How a Vietnamese Female Athlete's Mixed-Gender Medal Forced the Rules to Re-examine ThemselvesI stood at the edge of the mat, where sensor cables formed a blue ring beneat...
PFL CEO Resigns Two Months After Merger: When the Acquired Party Takes the Executive ChairOn the night of July 30, when PFL and Most Valuable Promotions sent out the...
Vietnam's First ASIAD Karate Gold: Three People, One Breath, and a 5-0 Score That Needs Re-readingEvery season begins on a morning when no one is yet awake. At the athletes'...
Undefeated at 16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When a Winning Streak Stops Being CurrencyFarid Basharat stepped into the Octagon for the seventh time in his UFC caree...
100 Grams and Two Wrong Notifications: The Random Weigh-In Protocol Flaw Exposed by the Jung Su-jin CaseSome defeats are decided in fifteen minutes, and not on the tatami. When Jung...
Farid Basharat Is 16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When a Perfect Record Stops Being CurrencyThe Notification at 2:47 AM The clock in Seoul read 2:47 AM. Three screens we...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: Decoding the Space on the Mat Before Calling It a MiracleRound three, 38 seconds left. The Vietnamese fighter retreats deep into the...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Sleeping Giant in the Regional ArenaAt ONE Championship, every time a Vietnamese fighter steps into the octagon,...
Jung Su-jin, 100 Grams and the 60-Minute Blind Spot in Korean JudoAbout 15 minutes. That was the entire window Jung Su-jin had to process a fac...
Fatal Fall in Hidalgo: 75-Year-Old Referee Dies, Wrestler Arrested Then Released After 585,525 Peso SettlementThe "11 de Julio" Sports and Culture Center in Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo...
Death of 75-year-old referee in Mexican wrestling: From an in-ring fall to a 585,525 peso settlementOn October 7, 2026, at the "11 de Julio" Sports and Culture Center in Mineral...
Vietnamese Wushu at Asiad 20: Four Bronzes, One Final Berth and the Chinese WallOn the electronic board, the word bronze appeared before the referee could...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the Karate Silver: The 0-6 Is Not a Punch, It Is a MapWithin three minutes of the women's 59kg final, the scoreboard jumped from 0-...
Tran Thi Cam Tu's silver: five wins, one 0-6 loss, and a weight-class decision due before she turns 20The scoreboard in Bielsko-Biała stopped at 0-6. Three minutes. Nobody dropped...
Tran Thi Cam Tu and the world kumite silver: reading the 0-6 by the rules, not by emotionThe scoreboard in the Bielsko-Biała hall read 0 on the left and 6 on the righ...
VR Taekwondo at the Asiad: How a Vietnamese Female Athlete's Mixed-Gender Medal Forced the Rules to Re-examine ThemselvesI stood at the edge of the mat, where sensor cables formed a blue ring beneat...
PFL CEO Resigns Two Months After Merger: When the Acquired Party Takes the Executive ChairOn the night of July 30, when PFL and Most Valuable Promotions sent out the...
Vietnam's First ASIAD Karate Gold: Three People, One Breath, and a 5-0 Score That Needs Re-readingEvery season begins on a morning when no one is yet awake. At the athletes'...
Undefeated at 16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When a Winning Streak Stops Being CurrencyFarid Basharat stepped into the Octagon for the seventh time in his UFC caree...
100 Grams and Two Wrong Notifications: The Random Weigh-In Protocol Flaw Exposed by the Jung Su-jin CaseSome defeats are decided in fifteen minutes, and not on the tatami. When Jung...
Farid Basharat Is 16-0 and Still Cut by the UFC: When a Perfect Record Stops Being CurrencyThe Notification at 2:47 AM The clock in Seoul read 2:47 AM. Three screens we...
Vietnamese Martial Arts: Decoding the Space on the Mat Before Calling It a MiracleRound three, 38 seconds left. The Vietnamese fighter retreats deep into the...
Vietnamese Martial Arts and the Sleeping Giant in the Regional ArenaAt ONE Championship, every time a Vietnamese fighter steps into the octagon,...
Jung Su-jin, 100 Grams and the 60-Minute Blind Spot in Korean JudoAbout 15 minutes. That was the entire window Jung Su-jin had to process a fac...
Fatal Fall in Hidalgo: 75-Year-Old Referee Dies, Wrestler Arrested Then Released After 585,525 Peso SettlementThe "11 de Julio" Sports and Culture Center in Mineral de la Reforma, Hidalgo...
Death of 75-year-old referee in Mexican wrestling: From an in-ring fall to a 585,525 peso settlementOn October 7, 2026, at the "11 de Julio" Sports and Culture Center in Mineral...