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International FootballFrance under Zidane: Kone 'shocked' in training, Mbappe leaves camp, and the Italy match is the real testThe fourth training session at Clairefontaine. Manu Kone stands in the centre...
International FootballThe Empty Chair at Clairefontaine: Zidane's First Shock and the Case Nobody Told in FullOn the third day of the first training camp under Zinedine Zidane, there was ...
International FootballData Gaps in the Regular Season and the Limits of the Injury DecoderIn the last three rounds of the regular season, a mid-table club lost four...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the bronze at the 20th Asian Games: Four Asiad editions, one unchanged sword rhythmAt Aichi-Nagoya, when the scoreboard showed 19.413, Duong Thuy Vi stood on th...
International FootballGaps Don't Disappear on Their Own: The Decision Map Before Goals AppearOn the night of June 27, 2026, I sat in front of a screen with a notebook and...
ChessHeadline Promises Samarkand, Body Sells a Magazine: The Mismatch in Chess MediaIn the summer of 2026, at the Paris Olympics, I sat in a makeshift press room...
Domestic FootballTwo Unknown Names in Vietnam's Squad: Adou Minh, Williams and the Gaps Being FilledThe Tokyo clock read 1:47 a.m. I sat in front of the screen with a cup of...
EsportsNK FC Online and a Final Decided by the Rulebook: Silver at FC Pro Champions Cup 2026The penalty shootout began with a breath. Game seven of the FC Pro Champions...
Table TennisFour Indians win table tennis medals as Bhavina, Sonalben, Baby Sahana and Prachi bag bronze at Asian Para Games 2026Four Indian table tennis players, Bhavina Patel, Sonalben Patel, Baby Sahana...
Martial ArtsUFC 333: When Aging Warriors Still Stand, and Lessons from Unflashy FightsIn the last three fights of UFC 333, one detail made me pause in my notes:...
BadmintonIndonesia Reaches 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Final: Two Doubles Points and One Open Question at First SinglesIn the four scoring rubbers of the men's team semifinal, Indonesia lost exact...
Formula 1Italian Grand Prix Betting: The Real Guide from a Man Who Saw Through Empty ContentOpening I am sitting in a coffee shop in Munich, staring at a screen displayi...
Martial ArtsCounting Footwork on the Mat: Vietnamese Martial Arts and an Unsolved Data ProblemAt the SEA Games 31 held in Hanoi in May 2026, I sat in the fourth row of the...
International FootballA Warning from One and a Half Metres: Erick Thohir and the Fight Against Match-Fixing in Indonesia's 2026/27 Super LeagueThat afternoon in Jakarta, I was not in the stands, nor on the touchline. I w...
EsportsThe Maximum Sanction Against Himass and TanVuu: When PUBG Esports Confronts the Question of ConsistencyIn the footage I rewatched three times that night, there was a frame I had...
Martial ArtsEight Layers of Fight Analysis: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Guesses by FeelTwo in the morning in Busan. I open a file an editor sent over, asking me for...
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...
Domestic FootballVietnam U23 enters Asian Games 2026 on a single training session: when the V.League calendar writes the playbookThe only training session took place on the afternoon of 12 September. There...
Table TennisAntibes: Leana Hochart and the Unbeaten Campaign at the Europe Youth Top 10 — What the Scoreboard Does Not Tell YouOn the final day of competition in Antibes, Leana Hochart stepped to the tabl...
International FootballThe Madrid Derby: A Voice from Catalonia Clears Lee Kang-in, While the Real Error Belongs to Another NameMundo Deportivo hit the newsstands in Barcelona with a commentary carrying th...
International FootballThe Empty Chair at Clairefontaine: Zidane's First Shock and the Case Nobody Told in FullOn the third day of the first training camp under Zinedine Zidane, there was ...
International FootballData Gaps in the Regular Season and the Limits of the Injury DecoderIn the last three rounds of the regular season, a mid-table club lost four...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the bronze at the 20th Asian Games: Four Asiad editions, one unchanged sword rhythmAt Aichi-Nagoya, when the scoreboard showed 19.413, Duong Thuy Vi stood on th...
International FootballGaps Don't Disappear on Their Own: The Decision Map Before Goals AppearOn the night of June 27, 2026, I sat in front of a screen with a notebook and...
ChessHeadline Promises Samarkand, Body Sells a Magazine: The Mismatch in Chess MediaIn the summer of 2026, at the Paris Olympics, I sat in a makeshift press room...
Domestic FootballTwo Unknown Names in Vietnam's Squad: Adou Minh, Williams and the Gaps Being FilledThe Tokyo clock read 1:47 a.m. I sat in front of the screen with a cup of...
EsportsNK FC Online and a Final Decided by the Rulebook: Silver at FC Pro Champions Cup 2026The penalty shootout began with a breath. Game seven of the FC Pro Champions...
Table TennisFour Indians win table tennis medals as Bhavina, Sonalben, Baby Sahana and Prachi bag bronze at Asian Para Games 2026Four Indian table tennis players, Bhavina Patel, Sonalben Patel, Baby Sahana...
Martial ArtsUFC 333: When Aging Warriors Still Stand, and Lessons from Unflashy FightsIn the last three fights of UFC 333, one detail made me pause in my notes:...
BadmintonIndonesia Reaches 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Final: Two Doubles Points and One Open Question at First SinglesIn the four scoring rubbers of the men's team semifinal, Indonesia lost exact...
Formula 1Italian Grand Prix Betting: The Real Guide from a Man Who Saw Through Empty ContentOpening I am sitting in a coffee shop in Munich, staring at a screen displayi...
Martial ArtsCounting Footwork on the Mat: Vietnamese Martial Arts and an Unsolved Data ProblemAt the SEA Games 31 held in Hanoi in May 2026, I sat in the fourth row of the...
International FootballA Warning from One and a Half Metres: Erick Thohir and the Fight Against Match-Fixing in Indonesia's 2026/27 Super LeagueThat afternoon in Jakarta, I was not in the stands, nor on the touchline. I w...
EsportsThe Maximum Sanction Against Himass and TanVuu: When PUBG Esports Confronts the Question of ConsistencyIn the footage I rewatched three times that night, there was a frame I had...
Martial ArtsEight Layers of Fight Analysis: When Vietnamese Martial Arts Guesses by FeelTwo in the morning in Busan. I open a file an editor sent over, asking me for...
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...
Domestic FootballVietnam U23 enters Asian Games 2026 on a single training session: when the V.League calendar writes the playbookThe only training session took place on the afternoon of 12 September. There...
Table TennisAntibes: Leana Hochart and the Unbeaten Campaign at the Europe Youth Top 10 — What the Scoreboard Does Not Tell YouOn the final day of competition in Antibes, Leana Hochart stepped to the tabl...
International FootballThe Madrid Derby: A Voice from Catalonia Clears Lee Kang-in, While the Real Error Belongs to Another NameMundo Deportivo hit the newsstands in Barcelona with a commentary carrying th...
