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BasketballCibona Beat Galatasaray 96-76, Cholet Down Hapoel Holon 99-79: A Full Read of the Basketball Champions League RoundThe latest round of the Basketball Champions League (BCL) closed with two...
BasketballAlen Omic Joins Spartak at 2.16m, Cholet Locks Coach Until 2030, and Legia's Three-Month GambleI wrote this after sitting down with a notebook and three names. One name was...
Table TennisAntibes U15 European opener: Marcos Gomez unbeaten, and the gap behind the scoreboardIn Antibes, at the moment Nazar BAKIROV led Tien Nghia PHONG by two games to...
ChessIndia to Defend Crown at 2026 Chess Olympiad: Official Schedule ReleasedSamarkand, Uzbekistan - When FIDE announced the official schedule for the 46t...
Volleyball17,000 Claps in Istanbul: A Data-Driven Analysis of the EuroVolley 2026 FinalIn the fifth set of the EuroVolley 2026 final in Istanbul, the score was tied...
Domestic FootballFour forwards on target: Kim Sang Sik gains depth, but Vietnam still lack a reference number nineIn Incheon it was two in the morning when I rewound that passage of play for...
BasketballVietnamese Basketball: When VBA's 'Explosion' Isn't Enough to Close the Gap with the WorldI have followed Vietnamese basketball since the days when the VBA was still a...
BasketballJames Harden, Spain and the Timeline Nobody CheckedIn Fuengirola, a coastal town in the province of Andalusia, Spain, James Hard...
BadmintonNguyen Thi Lan makes her mark at international badminton tournament, opening a new era for Vietnamese women's sportsLate afternoon at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, when the final whistle echoed,...
SwimmingAngelina Lista Decommits from LSU, Chooses Missouri: When Short-Course vs Long-Course Data Tells the Story the Record Sheet HidesThere is a moment in American college swimming that always feels to me like...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: India Defends Crown in Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Set for ShowdownSamarkand, the ancient city on the legendary Silk Road, is preparing to host...
Domestic FootballVietnam loses three key players before third-place match against MalaysiaThe recovery session lasted less than 90 minutes in the gym. No ball, no...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Divisions, 11 Days and the Gaps Nobody RecordedOn 22 October 2026, at 6:00 a.m., the opening ceremony for Muay Thai at...
Martial ArtsVietnam's First Bronze at Asiad 20: Teqball Opens the Door, Karate Follows the RhythmVietnam's First Bronze at Asiad 20: Teqball Opens the Door, Karate Follows th...
International FootballThe 'FIFA Golden Child' Label and Indonesia's Road to the ASEAN Cup 2026 Final: Re-reading the Allegation With Contextualised DataTwo goals at 90+6 and 90+7, and a 9-2 scoreline Across the last three matches...
Domestic FootballWhen Offside Law Ceases to Belong to Feeling: Lessons from World Cup 2026 and the Newcastle 2026 PrecedentIt took me three months to understand that the arm does not belong to the...
TennisWhen Birds Sat on the Net: Medvedev, the Umpire, and the Fragile Line of FairnessThe moment came in the fifth game of the second set. The score was 4-1 in fav...
ChessGlobal Chess League 2026: Carlsen's Return and the Grueling Schedule PuzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen appeared on the Alpine APL Pipers' roster for the fourth...
International FootballMohammed Noor Rejects the Al-Juwayr–Al-Dawsari Comparison: The Real Story Lies ElsewhereThere is a moment I always record when following Saudi Arabian football: when...
International FootballCourtois Removed from Belgium's WhatsApp Group: A Signal of Return or the End?Thibaut Courtois has confirmed he was removed from Belgium's WhatsApp group....
BasketballAlen Omic Joins Spartak at 2.16m, Cholet Locks Coach Until 2030, and Legia's Three-Month GambleI wrote this after sitting down with a notebook and three names. One name was...
Table TennisAntibes U15 European opener: Marcos Gomez unbeaten, and the gap behind the scoreboardIn Antibes, at the moment Nazar BAKIROV led Tien Nghia PHONG by two games to...
ChessIndia to Defend Crown at 2026 Chess Olympiad: Official Schedule ReleasedSamarkand, Uzbekistan - When FIDE announced the official schedule for the 46t...
Volleyball17,000 Claps in Istanbul: A Data-Driven Analysis of the EuroVolley 2026 FinalIn the fifth set of the EuroVolley 2026 final in Istanbul, the score was tied...
Domestic FootballFour forwards on target: Kim Sang Sik gains depth, but Vietnam still lack a reference number nineIn Incheon it was two in the morning when I rewound that passage of play for...
BasketballVietnamese Basketball: When VBA's 'Explosion' Isn't Enough to Close the Gap with the WorldI have followed Vietnamese basketball since the days when the VBA was still a...
BasketballJames Harden, Spain and the Timeline Nobody CheckedIn Fuengirola, a coastal town in the province of Andalusia, Spain, James Hard...
BadmintonNguyen Thi Lan makes her mark at international badminton tournament, opening a new era for Vietnamese women's sportsLate afternoon at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, when the final whistle echoed,...
SwimmingAngelina Lista Decommits from LSU, Chooses Missouri: When Short-Course vs Long-Course Data Tells the Story the Record Sheet HidesThere is a moment in American college swimming that always feels to me like...
Chess2026 Chess Olympiad: India Defends Crown in Samarkand, Gukesh and Sindarov Set for ShowdownSamarkand, the ancient city on the legendary Silk Road, is preparing to host...
Domestic FootballVietnam loses three key players before third-place match against MalaysiaThe recovery session lasted less than 90 minutes in the gym. No ball, no...
Martial ArtsMuay Opens Vietnam's 2026 National Sports Festival: 13 Divisions, 11 Days and the Gaps Nobody RecordedOn 22 October 2026, at 6:00 a.m., the opening ceremony for Muay Thai at...
Martial ArtsVietnam's First Bronze at Asiad 20: Teqball Opens the Door, Karate Follows the RhythmVietnam's First Bronze at Asiad 20: Teqball Opens the Door, Karate Follows th...
International FootballThe 'FIFA Golden Child' Label and Indonesia's Road to the ASEAN Cup 2026 Final: Re-reading the Allegation With Contextualised DataTwo goals at 90+6 and 90+7, and a 9-2 scoreline Across the last three matches...
Domestic FootballWhen Offside Law Ceases to Belong to Feeling: Lessons from World Cup 2026 and the Newcastle 2026 PrecedentIt took me three months to understand that the arm does not belong to the...
TennisWhen Birds Sat on the Net: Medvedev, the Umpire, and the Fragile Line of FairnessThe moment came in the fifth game of the second set. The score was 4-1 in fav...
ChessGlobal Chess League 2026: Carlsen's Return and the Grueling Schedule PuzzleWhen Magnus Carlsen appeared on the Alpine APL Pipers' roster for the fourth...
International FootballMohammed Noor Rejects the Al-Juwayr–Al-Dawsari Comparison: The Real Story Lies ElsewhereThere is a moment I always record when following Saudi Arabian football: when...
International FootballCourtois Removed from Belgium's WhatsApp Group: A Signal of Return or the End?Thibaut Courtois has confirmed he was removed from Belgium's WhatsApp group....
