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SwimmingIOC Scraps 12 Committees, Keeps 19: The Governance Table Swimming Has Yet to ReadTwelve committees closed. Nineteen retained. Out of 31 standing structures...
VolleyballDakar 2026 and the Beach Volleyball Schedule: When Africa Holds the Olympic Rhythm for the First TimeOn the sand of Saly Beach West, about 80 km south of central Dakar, there is ...
Table TennisTwo Scorelines at Asian Para Games 2026: India and the In-Match Adjustment Variable in Para Table TennisThe third game ended 2-11. The two games before it, Dattaprasad Chougule and...
Domestic FootballTwenty Metres and Three Minutes of Stoppage Time: When Thailand Taught Vietnam How to Be SilentThe tenth minute. The ball broke out of the penalty area, bounced once on the...
International FootballÁlex Padilla's Mexico Call-Up: Lezama's Power Move and the Minutes EquationAt the press conference following training at Lezama, Edin Terzić said...
International FootballThe Blank Cell in Football Files: Whoever Profits Fills the GapOn 14 June 2026, an accountant who had just left Derby County sent me 41...
BasketballJersey No. 9 and a Premise That Never Existed: How a Basketball Report Gets BuiltOn my desk in Melbourne sits a screenshot. It shows a Turkish headline: LeBro...
BadmintonVietnam Open 2026: Aidil Sholeh, the 27-Month Drought and the Lowest Tier of the World TourScoring line: 21-16, 21-14. No third game. That is the entire body of raw...
BasketballBen Simmons Joins Sacramento Kings: The $3.5 Million Gamble and the Spacing ProblemWhen the Sacramento Kings confirmed signing Ben Simmons to a one-year, $3.5...
BadmintonAsian Games men's singles final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the puzzle of two badminton nations without a titleOn the BWF world rankings, the gap between Loh Kean Yew and Kunlavut Vitidsar...
BadmintonThe Hand Behind the Right Thigh at 17-16: Nguyen Thuy Linh and the Tear That Never Reached the Medical ReportIn the 40th minute of the deciding game, at 17-16, Nguyen Thuy Linh took one...
BilliardsEPBF European Seniors 2026: Straight Pool 14.1 and Two Titles Decided by the Final BreakAt the 46+ final, Jim Telfer led 74-29 and needed just one more ball to touch...
International FootballKeito Nakamura's Lyon debut: 20 minutes of 'a little madness' and Fonseca's ticking clockKeito Nakamura and the 20 minutes that appear in no stat sheet I rewound the...
VolleyballLA 2028: Six Men's Volleyball Berths Locked, and the Void That Matters More Than the Names PresentIn a small Nagoya apartment, every Monday morning I open the FIVB world ranki...
International FootballEmpty Report: When Data Has Nothing to Say – Lessons on Information Integrity in Modern FootballThroughout my 17 years working with football data, I have never seen an 'empt...
International FootballWhen the Data Sheet Is Blank: The Analyst's Discipline of SilenceIn June 2026, at the age of 53, I sat in a small commentary booth in Nha Tran...
International FootballRe-reading Italy 3-1 Turkey: When the Match Data Contradicts ItselfIn the 55th minute, Gianluca Scamacca left the pitch. Two minutes later, Aral...
Table TennisZhang Yining and Yan Sen Lead in Luxembourg: The Quiet Export of Chinese Training Methods into European Youth Table TennisTHE MOVING WALL IN LUXEMBOURG There is one image I want to keep longer than a...
TennisWhen a Tennis Analysis Comes Back Empty: Lessons From a Night Without DataThe clock on the screen ticked over to 2:14 in the morning. I reopened the...
BasketballTyler Dorsey and the Olympiacos Contract Puzzle: When Money Is Not in the Player's HandsTyler Dorsey stands at the biggest crossroads of his career. His contract wit...
VolleyballDakar 2026 and the Beach Volleyball Schedule: When Africa Holds the Olympic Rhythm for the First TimeOn the sand of Saly Beach West, about 80 km south of central Dakar, there is ...
Table TennisTwo Scorelines at Asian Para Games 2026: India and the In-Match Adjustment Variable in Para Table TennisThe third game ended 2-11. The two games before it, Dattaprasad Chougule and...
Domestic FootballTwenty Metres and Three Minutes of Stoppage Time: When Thailand Taught Vietnam How to Be SilentThe tenth minute. The ball broke out of the penalty area, bounced once on the...
International FootballÁlex Padilla's Mexico Call-Up: Lezama's Power Move and the Minutes EquationAt the press conference following training at Lezama, Edin Terzić said...
International FootballThe Blank Cell in Football Files: Whoever Profits Fills the GapOn 14 June 2026, an accountant who had just left Derby County sent me 41...
BasketballJersey No. 9 and a Premise That Never Existed: How a Basketball Report Gets BuiltOn my desk in Melbourne sits a screenshot. It shows a Turkish headline: LeBro...
BadmintonVietnam Open 2026: Aidil Sholeh, the 27-Month Drought and the Lowest Tier of the World TourScoring line: 21-16, 21-14. No third game. That is the entire body of raw...
BasketballBen Simmons Joins Sacramento Kings: The $3.5 Million Gamble and the Spacing ProblemWhen the Sacramento Kings confirmed signing Ben Simmons to a one-year, $3.5...
BadmintonAsian Games men's singles final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the puzzle of two badminton nations without a titleOn the BWF world rankings, the gap between Loh Kean Yew and Kunlavut Vitidsar...
BadmintonThe Hand Behind the Right Thigh at 17-16: Nguyen Thuy Linh and the Tear That Never Reached the Medical ReportIn the 40th minute of the deciding game, at 17-16, Nguyen Thuy Linh took one...
BilliardsEPBF European Seniors 2026: Straight Pool 14.1 and Two Titles Decided by the Final BreakAt the 46+ final, Jim Telfer led 74-29 and needed just one more ball to touch...
International FootballKeito Nakamura's Lyon debut: 20 minutes of 'a little madness' and Fonseca's ticking clockKeito Nakamura and the 20 minutes that appear in no stat sheet I rewound the...
VolleyballLA 2028: Six Men's Volleyball Berths Locked, and the Void That Matters More Than the Names PresentIn a small Nagoya apartment, every Monday morning I open the FIVB world ranki...
International FootballEmpty Report: When Data Has Nothing to Say – Lessons on Information Integrity in Modern FootballThroughout my 17 years working with football data, I have never seen an 'empt...
International FootballWhen the Data Sheet Is Blank: The Analyst's Discipline of SilenceIn June 2026, at the age of 53, I sat in a small commentary booth in Nha Tran...
International FootballRe-reading Italy 3-1 Turkey: When the Match Data Contradicts ItselfIn the 55th minute, Gianluca Scamacca left the pitch. Two minutes later, Aral...
Table TennisZhang Yining and Yan Sen Lead in Luxembourg: The Quiet Export of Chinese Training Methods into European Youth Table TennisTHE MOVING WALL IN LUXEMBOURG There is one image I want to keep longer than a...
TennisWhen a Tennis Analysis Comes Back Empty: Lessons From a Night Without DataThe clock on the screen ticked over to 2:14 in the morning. I reopened the...
BasketballTyler Dorsey and the Olympiacos Contract Puzzle: When Money Is Not in the Player's HandsTyler Dorsey stands at the biggest crossroads of his career. His contract wit...
