Mikael LustigMikael Lustig
Martial ArtsVirtual Taekwondo at the 2026 Asian Games: Vietnam's bet on a discipline with no historyOn the morning of October 2, in an arena in Japan, a Vietnamese athlete will...
International FootballErnest Muçi After the Derby: One Interview, Three Blind Spots, and a Verification LessonA player walks into a post-derby press room and says a few sentences about...
TennisA 'Tennis' Label Stuck on a Ship Carrying 179 Electric Buses: The Classification Failure Inside the Sports News PipelineIn 2026, on my first day at the fact-checking desk of Sports Illustrated, I w...
Martial ArtsWhen the data is void: The truth behind sports analyses with no contentThere are mornings in Guangzhou when the first light passes through the windo...
Domestic FootballVietnam U17 Lose to FC Seoul U18: The Heat Map of a Pre-Programmed DefeatVietnam U17's 1-3 defeat to FC Seoul U18 at a training ground in South Korea ...
TennisWhen Sports Data Comes Back Empty: The Line Between Analysis and FabricationIn 2026, I sat in front of a spreadsheet sixty-four rows long, each row a Wor...
EsportsThe Blank Report: The Line Between Sports Analysis and Unsourced SpeculationAt 7:12 on a Monday morning, on the eleventh floor of an office building in...
EsportsT1 Governance Crisis: 102 Commercial Days, CEO Battle, and the Profitability Puzzle of LCK's Most Storied Organization102 days. That is the number of days T1 players spent on commercial activitie...
EsportsNine Empty Boxes and One Transfer Window: How Vietnamese Esports Fills Silence With SpeculationI have watched this script repeat itself at least ten times in five years. An...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: India Brings 20 Shuttlers to Aichi-Nagoya, and the Gold Burden Rests on One Men's Doubles PairAsian Games 2026: India Brings 20 Shuttlers to Aichi-Nagoya, and the Gold...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the First Belt: When One Judge Decided the History of a DivisionIn the first round, Jena Bishop was knocked down twice. Not by a prime power...
Domestic FootballVietnam Lose Xuan Son and Gia Hung Before the Third-Place Playoff: The Attacking Gap Exposed from the Money LayerSeptember 30. A training session in Bandung. On the coaching staff's tactical...
VolleyballVolleyball is not a game of beautiful rallies: The truth behind 24-24 and the emotional trapVolleyball is not a game of beautiful rallies: The truth behind 24-24 and the...
BasketballOlympiacos Opens Its EuroLeague Title Defense: A Rebuilt Backcourt, with Milutinov as the Swing FactorIn Vitoria, on a floor that Buesa Arena turns into one of the most hostile...
TennisBeijing Withdrawals: Anisimova's Unprotected 1,000 Points and the WTA Late-Season Overload SignalAmanda Anisimova's withdrawal notice appeared on the WTA website on September...
Formula 1The 2026 Engine Cycle and F1's Gamble to Redraw PowerOn the final night of the 2026 season in Abu Dhabi, I stood outside the barri...
Domestic FootballIndonesia vs Thailand Final: Youth Against the Wall of ExperienceOn the stands of Gelora Bung Karno, I still remember an afternoon years ago,...
VolleyballKentucky Beats Louisville 3-1 in the Battle of the Bluegrass: What the Box Score Says About DeLeye's WorkloadThe first set closed with Kentucky hitting.079. By the second set that figure...
VolleyballDa Nang University of Physical Education and Sports' Title and the Unhealed Back of Ho Thi Kim DungHai Phong, a late-afternoon final day. The final ended 2-0 in favor of Da Nan...
International FootballFour-match ban for the headbutt on Yamal: a sentence at the statutory floor and Betis's narrow legal corridorMinute 50 at La Cartuja, and the ball had already left both players. Lamine...
International FootballErnest Muçi After the Derby: One Interview, Three Blind Spots, and a Verification LessonA player walks into a post-derby press room and says a few sentences about...
TennisA 'Tennis' Label Stuck on a Ship Carrying 179 Electric Buses: The Classification Failure Inside the Sports News PipelineIn 2026, on my first day at the fact-checking desk of Sports Illustrated, I w...
Martial ArtsWhen the data is void: The truth behind sports analyses with no contentThere are mornings in Guangzhou when the first light passes through the windo...
Domestic FootballVietnam U17 Lose to FC Seoul U18: The Heat Map of a Pre-Programmed DefeatVietnam U17's 1-3 defeat to FC Seoul U18 at a training ground in South Korea ...
TennisWhen Sports Data Comes Back Empty: The Line Between Analysis and FabricationIn 2026, I sat in front of a spreadsheet sixty-four rows long, each row a Wor...
EsportsThe Blank Report: The Line Between Sports Analysis and Unsourced SpeculationAt 7:12 on a Monday morning, on the eleventh floor of an office building in...
EsportsT1 Governance Crisis: 102 Commercial Days, CEO Battle, and the Profitability Puzzle of LCK's Most Storied Organization102 days. That is the number of days T1 players spent on commercial activitie...
EsportsNine Empty Boxes and One Transfer Window: How Vietnamese Esports Fills Silence With SpeculationI have watched this script repeat itself at least ten times in five years. An...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: India Brings 20 Shuttlers to Aichi-Nagoya, and the Gold Burden Rests on One Men's Doubles PairAsian Games 2026: India Brings 20 Shuttlers to Aichi-Nagoya, and the Gold...
Martial ArtsJena Bishop and the First Belt: When One Judge Decided the History of a DivisionIn the first round, Jena Bishop was knocked down twice. Not by a prime power...
Domestic FootballVietnam Lose Xuan Son and Gia Hung Before the Third-Place Playoff: The Attacking Gap Exposed from the Money LayerSeptember 30. A training session in Bandung. On the coaching staff's tactical...
VolleyballVolleyball is not a game of beautiful rallies: The truth behind 24-24 and the emotional trapVolleyball is not a game of beautiful rallies: The truth behind 24-24 and the...
BasketballOlympiacos Opens Its EuroLeague Title Defense: A Rebuilt Backcourt, with Milutinov as the Swing FactorIn Vitoria, on a floor that Buesa Arena turns into one of the most hostile...
TennisBeijing Withdrawals: Anisimova's Unprotected 1,000 Points and the WTA Late-Season Overload SignalAmanda Anisimova's withdrawal notice appeared on the WTA website on September...
Formula 1The 2026 Engine Cycle and F1's Gamble to Redraw PowerOn the final night of the 2026 season in Abu Dhabi, I stood outside the barri...
Domestic FootballIndonesia vs Thailand Final: Youth Against the Wall of ExperienceOn the stands of Gelora Bung Karno, I still remember an afternoon years ago,...
VolleyballKentucky Beats Louisville 3-1 in the Battle of the Bluegrass: What the Box Score Says About DeLeye's WorkloadThe first set closed with Kentucky hitting.079. By the second set that figure...
VolleyballDa Nang University of Physical Education and Sports' Title and the Unhealed Back of Ho Thi Kim DungHai Phong, a late-afternoon final day. The final ended 2-0 in favor of Da Nan...
International FootballFour-match ban for the headbutt on Yamal: a sentence at the statutory floor and Betis's narrow legal corridorMinute 50 at La Cartuja, and the ball had already left both players. Lamine...
