Andre BERTELSMEIERAndre BERTELSMEIER
Table TennisEmpty Dossiers in Chengdu: Seven Silent Months and the Young Players Erased from the ArchiveIn December 2026, in Chengdu, I sat in row eleven on an afternoon the...
International FootballThe Empty Analysis: How an Evidence Gap Is Eroding Football's Data IndustryIn the summer of 2026, when the Bundesliga returned behind closed doors, I sa...
EsportsThe Blazing Night at My Dinh: Vietnam Wins AFF Cup 2026 – The Epic of the Golden Star WarriorsThe final night of the AFF Cup 2026, My Dinh Stadium blazed with the roar of...
EsportsNaiLiu Suspended Indefinitely: The Fall of a Caesar Lane Star After APL 2026 GloryThere are nights when I call out a match's name, and the stadium only echoes...
BadmintonVietnam's Sepak Takraw and the ASIAD Gold: Anatomy of a Two-Tier Reward ArchitectureOn September 29 in Nagoya, as the three players of Vietnam's women's sepak...
Domestic FootballFrom Incheon, Looking at V.League: Vietnamese Football Is Analysing Itself on FaithThree in the morning in Incheon. I sit in front of the screen preparing for a...
International FootballTransfer Window and the Empty Report: Why a Blank Data Field Is Worth More Than a RumorTransfer Window and the Empty Report: Why a Blank Data Field Is Worth More Th...
BadmintonAn Se-young's second Asian Games gold: reading the knee behind the 21-17, 21-9 finalThe second game ended 21-9. Inside the Aichi-Nagoya arena, the roar for Akane...
BasketballKawhi Leonard and the Clippers: When the Salary Investigation Escapes the NBA's HandsThree weeks. I lost three weeks re-reading every report about a story I...
Table TennisChina Smash 2026: Sally Moyland Topples Ni Xialian and the Generational Question Facing American Table TennisSally Moyland stood behind the table, her body slightly lowered, her eyes fix...
Table TennisHochart unbeaten in Antibes: the U19 title and what the scoresheet does not tellOn the final day of competition in Antibes, Leana Hochart walked to the table...
TennisDjokovic Returns to Beijing After 10 Years: The 29-0 Streak and a Body That Needs Re-MeasuringOn September 22, 2026, Novak Djokovic sat down in front of the microphone at...
VolleyballWomen's Volleyball Asiad 20 Final: China, Japan, and a Narrowing GapJapan's semifinal against South Korea lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes for a 3-0...
EsportsROLR CEO: US Esports Betting Market Not Mature Yet, We Are Playing the Long GameSeth Young, CEO of ROLR – an esports prediction platform, recently gave a...
VolleyballTied at 108-108, USA beat Canada by two final points as Cuba claim the last berthThe night in Moncton ended with the number 15-13 on the scoreboard of the fif...
Table TennisUSA Exits China Smash in the Round of 16: The Seeding Wall and the Class Gap in International DoublesThe fifth game stretched past ten minutes, and as Sally Moyland stood at the...
Table TennisVietnamese Table Tennis: The Gap with Asia Begins in One Afternoon of Serve PracticeFor forty minutes at a small training centre, I sat watching a group of...
EsportsVietnamese Esports in the Big-Tournament Whirlpool: Read by the Finger, Not by the MapWithin the wave of esports analysis there is a paradox few are willing to...
BasketballWhen Data Goes Silent: Lessons on Integrity in Modern Sports AnalysisOn nights without basketball, I turn to reading numbers. But tonight, I face ...
VolleyballThanh Thuy, Bich Tuyen and the Night in Udon Thani: Vietnamese Women's Volleyball Relearns Its RhythmOn the night of May 30, 2026, the Udon Thani arena in Thailand had no empty...
International FootballThe Empty Analysis: How an Evidence Gap Is Eroding Football's Data IndustryIn the summer of 2026, when the Bundesliga returned behind closed doors, I sa...
EsportsThe Blazing Night at My Dinh: Vietnam Wins AFF Cup 2026 – The Epic of the Golden Star WarriorsThe final night of the AFF Cup 2026, My Dinh Stadium blazed with the roar of...
EsportsNaiLiu Suspended Indefinitely: The Fall of a Caesar Lane Star After APL 2026 GloryThere are nights when I call out a match's name, and the stadium only echoes...
BadmintonVietnam's Sepak Takraw and the ASIAD Gold: Anatomy of a Two-Tier Reward ArchitectureOn September 29 in Nagoya, as the three players of Vietnam's women's sepak...
Domestic FootballFrom Incheon, Looking at V.League: Vietnamese Football Is Analysing Itself on FaithThree in the morning in Incheon. I sit in front of the screen preparing for a...
International FootballTransfer Window and the Empty Report: Why a Blank Data Field Is Worth More Than a RumorTransfer Window and the Empty Report: Why a Blank Data Field Is Worth More Th...
BadmintonAn Se-young's second Asian Games gold: reading the knee behind the 21-17, 21-9 finalThe second game ended 21-9. Inside the Aichi-Nagoya arena, the roar for Akane...
BasketballKawhi Leonard and the Clippers: When the Salary Investigation Escapes the NBA's HandsThree weeks. I lost three weeks re-reading every report about a story I...
Table TennisChina Smash 2026: Sally Moyland Topples Ni Xialian and the Generational Question Facing American Table TennisSally Moyland stood behind the table, her body slightly lowered, her eyes fix...
Table TennisHochart unbeaten in Antibes: the U19 title and what the scoresheet does not tellOn the final day of competition in Antibes, Leana Hochart walked to the table...
TennisDjokovic Returns to Beijing After 10 Years: The 29-0 Streak and a Body That Needs Re-MeasuringOn September 22, 2026, Novak Djokovic sat down in front of the microphone at...
VolleyballWomen's Volleyball Asiad 20 Final: China, Japan, and a Narrowing GapJapan's semifinal against South Korea lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes for a 3-0...
EsportsROLR CEO: US Esports Betting Market Not Mature Yet, We Are Playing the Long GameSeth Young, CEO of ROLR – an esports prediction platform, recently gave a...
VolleyballTied at 108-108, USA beat Canada by two final points as Cuba claim the last berthThe night in Moncton ended with the number 15-13 on the scoreboard of the fif...
Table TennisUSA Exits China Smash in the Round of 16: The Seeding Wall and the Class Gap in International DoublesThe fifth game stretched past ten minutes, and as Sally Moyland stood at the...
Table TennisVietnamese Table Tennis: The Gap with Asia Begins in One Afternoon of Serve PracticeFor forty minutes at a small training centre, I sat watching a group of...
EsportsVietnamese Esports in the Big-Tournament Whirlpool: Read by the Finger, Not by the MapWithin the wave of esports analysis there is a paradox few are willing to...
BasketballWhen Data Goes Silent: Lessons on Integrity in Modern Sports AnalysisOn nights without basketball, I turn to reading numbers. But tonight, I face ...
VolleyballThanh Thuy, Bich Tuyen and the Night in Udon Thani: Vietnamese Women's Volleyball Relearns Its RhythmOn the night of May 30, 2026, the Udon Thani arena in Thailand had no empty...
