Tom SoaresTom Soares
Domestic FootballVietnam's Data Gap: The Things the V.League Never MeasuresIn Incheon I watch the V.League at two in the morning, when the city has gone...
International FootballJoel Huiqui, a Tray of Tacos de Canasta and Cruz Azul's Media-Relations ProblemAt La Noria that morning, the first thing people saw was a tray of tacos de...
EsportsFIFAe Finals 2026 Postponed on the Eve of Kickoff: How Regional Security Is Repricing the Gulf's Esports AmbitionOn Thursday evening, while I was trimming my script for the golden-hour radio...
EsportsMeta Shift, Landscape Shift: Tactical Signals in Esports' Final SprintA number I noted during the past two days of competition may not be loud, but...
International FootballArsenal close to extending Arteta: what the £5m Champions League clause says about the club's real ambitionI read the story at six in the morning Manchester time, before the coffee had...
Table TennisThe N/A Cell in Vietnamese Table Tennis Data: A Blank Is More Dangerous Than a Bad NumberAt nine in the morning, a nine-part analysis file landed in my working group....
EsportsNine Dimensions, Zero Facts: Esports Analysis Needs to Relearn the Word "Unknown"At three in the morning I opened a 4,180-word file. The header read: "Stage-2...
Domestic FootballVietnam U15 at the 2026 U15 World Cup: four Laws of the Game that rewrite the entire tactical equationOn 21 October, a flight left Noi Bai bound for Baku. In the cabin were roughl...
EsportsMinecraft's Fourth Dimension: An Industry Signal Mislabeled as EsportsLast Saturday evening, I was scrolling through the pile of esports briefs...
Table TennisEurotalents Camp II in Luxembourg: China Exports Methodology, Europe Plants Seeds for the 2032 CycleOn a wall in a training hall in Luxembourg hangs a roster. Two Chinese Olympi...
VolleyballVolleyball and the Nine-Dimension Framework: When a Perfect Report Is Hollow InsideA nine-dimension analytical framework is placed on the table. It has a...
TennisBadosa Survives Marathon to Defeat Kasatkina at 2026 US OpenIn the opening day of the 2026 US Open at Billie Jean King National Tennis...
VolleyballLong An 0-3 Binh Chung Thong Tin: A Scoreline That Hides a Two-Point Match and a Thin Opposite SlotThe scoreboard at Vinh Long provincial gymnasium read 3-0 on the night of 24...
International FootballLee Kang-in: The Journey from Valencia to Paris and the Transfer Arithmetic of Asian FootballIn August 2026, Valencia let Lee Kang-in leave on a free transfer. There was ...
VolleyballDecoding the 2026 AVP League Championship: When Block Suppression Decides FateOn Oak Street Beach, Chicago, amid the roar of a packed grandstand, I witness...
EsportsWolves Esports' 2-0 at VCT Threshold China 2026: a guest slot, not a route backAt minute 47 of the second map, the broadcast clock kept running while the...
EsportsEmpty Cells in the Spreadsheet: Reading the LCK Transfer Window Through What Is Not WrittenEvery morning during the transfer window, I open a spreadsheet. Twelve column...
EsportsMetal Desks, Wired Mice, and the Round That Was Never Rolled Back in ShanghaiThe finger pressed down. Nothing happened. Yusuf "xeus" Doğan Gözgen of FUT...
International FootballThe Goal of a Loser: When Thong Nhat Stadium Learned to Weep in SilenceVietnamese football, at its core, is a sport built on silence. This analysis...
BadmintonImportant Warning: Badminton injury analysis in Vietnam requires complete data to avoid tactical errorsImportant warning: Badminton injury analysis in Vietnam requires complete dat...
International FootballJoel Huiqui, a Tray of Tacos de Canasta and Cruz Azul's Media-Relations ProblemAt La Noria that morning, the first thing people saw was a tray of tacos de...
EsportsFIFAe Finals 2026 Postponed on the Eve of Kickoff: How Regional Security Is Repricing the Gulf's Esports AmbitionOn Thursday evening, while I was trimming my script for the golden-hour radio...
EsportsMeta Shift, Landscape Shift: Tactical Signals in Esports' Final SprintA number I noted during the past two days of competition may not be loud, but...
International FootballArsenal close to extending Arteta: what the £5m Champions League clause says about the club's real ambitionI read the story at six in the morning Manchester time, before the coffee had...
Table TennisThe N/A Cell in Vietnamese Table Tennis Data: A Blank Is More Dangerous Than a Bad NumberAt nine in the morning, a nine-part analysis file landed in my working group....
EsportsNine Dimensions, Zero Facts: Esports Analysis Needs to Relearn the Word "Unknown"At three in the morning I opened a 4,180-word file. The header read: "Stage-2...
Domestic FootballVietnam U15 at the 2026 U15 World Cup: four Laws of the Game that rewrite the entire tactical equationOn 21 October, a flight left Noi Bai bound for Baku. In the cabin were roughl...
EsportsMinecraft's Fourth Dimension: An Industry Signal Mislabeled as EsportsLast Saturday evening, I was scrolling through the pile of esports briefs...
Table TennisEurotalents Camp II in Luxembourg: China Exports Methodology, Europe Plants Seeds for the 2032 CycleOn a wall in a training hall in Luxembourg hangs a roster. Two Chinese Olympi...
VolleyballVolleyball and the Nine-Dimension Framework: When a Perfect Report Is Hollow InsideA nine-dimension analytical framework is placed on the table. It has a...
TennisBadosa Survives Marathon to Defeat Kasatkina at 2026 US OpenIn the opening day of the 2026 US Open at Billie Jean King National Tennis...
VolleyballLong An 0-3 Binh Chung Thong Tin: A Scoreline That Hides a Two-Point Match and a Thin Opposite SlotThe scoreboard at Vinh Long provincial gymnasium read 3-0 on the night of 24...
International FootballLee Kang-in: The Journey from Valencia to Paris and the Transfer Arithmetic of Asian FootballIn August 2026, Valencia let Lee Kang-in leave on a free transfer. There was ...
VolleyballDecoding the 2026 AVP League Championship: When Block Suppression Decides FateOn Oak Street Beach, Chicago, amid the roar of a packed grandstand, I witness...
EsportsWolves Esports' 2-0 at VCT Threshold China 2026: a guest slot, not a route backAt minute 47 of the second map, the broadcast clock kept running while the...
EsportsEmpty Cells in the Spreadsheet: Reading the LCK Transfer Window Through What Is Not WrittenEvery morning during the transfer window, I open a spreadsheet. Twelve column...
EsportsMetal Desks, Wired Mice, and the Round That Was Never Rolled Back in ShanghaiThe finger pressed down. Nothing happened. Yusuf "xeus" Doğan Gözgen of FUT...
International FootballThe Goal of a Loser: When Thong Nhat Stadium Learned to Weep in SilenceVietnamese football, at its core, is a sport built on silence. This analysis...
BadmintonImportant Warning: Badminton injury analysis in Vietnam requires complete data to avoid tactical errorsImportant warning: Badminton injury analysis in Vietnam requires complete dat...
