asian games
BadmintonThuy Linh and the Harsh Arena of the Asian Games: A Medal Dream Woven from Quiet ThingsHai Phong, in the final days of the year, I sit in a small room with a stack ...
BadmintonNguyen Thuy Linh and Nguyen Hai Dang in the Asian Games third round: one set won, two systemic gapsIn the nineteenth minute of the second game, the score stood at 20-20. Nguyen...
Badminton23 Minutes at the Asian Games: Pakistan's Badminton Pioneer and the Empty Room Behind HerI watched that footage three times. It was short enough to be hard to believe...
BadmintonThuy Linh and the Asian Games: A Medal Is Decided Before Stepping on CourtOn the stands of an arena in Japan, I recalled the familiar feeling of a...
BadmintonAsian Games Men's Singles Badminton Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Weight of Two Badminton NationsSome finals are decided by who can carry the weight of an entire sport on the...
Martial ArtsThe 0.05-Point Silence: When Darren Yap Wrote the First Chapter of Singapore Taekwondo HistoryIn the moments when the arena does not echo with the clash of protective gear...
Martial ArtsDinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: Reading It Through the Left KneeIn my twelfth notebook, the Asiad 20 sanda final takes up a single line: 7:40...
BadmintonAsian Games Badminton Final: When History Calls Loh Kean Yew and Kunlavut VitidsarnThe men's singles badminton final at the Asian Games — where Singapore's Loh...
BadmintonLoh Kean Yew Meets Kunlavut Vitidsarn: The Unlocked Door of the Asian Games FinalIchinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A late-autumn...
BadmintonLoh Kean Yew and Kunlavut Vitidsarn: The Asian Men's Singles Final and a Southeast Asian Cycle Being RedrawnI watched this match from my windowless newsroom in Incheon. Three screens,...
EsportsAn 11-Year-Old Wins Esports Gold at the Asian Games: The Victory Is Clear, the Rest Is NotOn the podium, the 11-year-old stands straight, hands folded in front of his...
AthleticsVietnam's Heaviest Day in Women's Athletics: Long Jump, 200m and Relay in a Single SessionThe competition schedule I printed out in Nairobi has only one column truly...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 Bronze: A 12-Year Run in a Discipline Decided by JudgesIn the second routine, when Duong Thuy Vi stepped onto the mat with the spear...
Martial ArtsSingapore's First Women's Epee Team Medal: When the Top Seed Only Reached BronzeThe score froze at 41-41. Overtime in the women's team epee quarter-final...
Martial Arts42–41 and the Historic Bronze: Lessons from Singapore's Women's Epee Team for Vietnamese Sport42–41. In overtime. A number that doesn't exist in the standard team epee...
Martial ArtsSingapore Women's Epee Team Bronze at the Asian Games: A Medal Written by the Breath of the Final BoutThe tip of Elle Koh's epee touched the lower flank of her opponent's jacket...
Martial ArtsBehind Singapore's Historic Fencing Medal: The 41–41 Moment and What the Scoreboard Left OutAt the arena, the scoreboard froze at 41–41. Elle Koh stepped onto the strip...
Domestic FootballVietnam Women Meet China in the Quarterfinal: Re-reading 14 Defeats and a Style That Has No NameLast weekend I stayed at my Tokyo office until nearly midnight, rewinding the...
EsportsYuki Kurihara and the Four-Match Group: What Really Lies Behind an 11-Year-Old's Run at the Asian GamesI found that VOD at two in the morning, when Busan was asleep and I was still...
EsportsThe 11-Year-Old, the Eels, and the Puyo Puyo Board: When the Asian Games Witnessed What Data Had Not Yet NamedOn Thursday morning in Nagoya, before the esports arena had filled with...
Domestic FootballVietnam U-23 reach Asian Games quarterfinals: Decoding the Uzbekistan defeat from minute 5 to minute 68Minute 34. Xuan Bac sat down in the middle of the pitch. There was no reckles...
Domestic FootballA ticket built on a parallel result: Vietnam's quarterfinal lesson at the Asian GamesFifth minute. Urinboev put Uzbekistan ahead. I immediately remembered a note...
International FootballU-21 Japan Rotates 7 Positions: Coach Oiwa's Gamble Before Kyrgyzstan ClashIn the 70th minute of the opening match against Hong Kong, China, U-21 Japan...
International FootballPuyol Watches Teqball, Myanmar Makes History: The First Gold and the Layers Nobody Has Dug YetIn Nagoya that night, when Wai Khin Hnin sent the ball over the curved table...
BadmintonChina Masters 2026: Satwik-Chirag and the Instinct of a Three-Time LoserAt the 65th minute of the China Masters final, the scoreboard read 16-17. He ...
International FootballFilipinas and the 89th-Minute Equalizer: Why 61% Possession Is a Warning, Not a StrengthMinute 89. Gifu Nagaragawa. Natalie Collins — nineteen years old, sent on fro...
BadmintonThuy Linh and Three Asian Games: When a Medal Is Not Just a Matter of TalentThree Asian Games. Two Olympic appearances. And one answer recorded verbatim ...
BadmintonThuy Linh Before the Asian Games: Three Editions, Two Olympics, and a Data GapThree consecutive editions of the Asian Games. Two Olympic appearances. And o...
BadmintonThuy Linh and the Asian Games: The Harshest Arena for Vietnamese Badminton Is Not on the CourtNguyen Thuy Linh said something to me that I wrote down and read over and ove...
Domestic FootballVietnam Women Lose 1-2 to Chinese Taipei in Asian Games Opener: One Through Ball Exposes a Structural CeilingIn the 16th minute, a long ball was played through the gap between the...
Table TennisIndian players struggle ahead of Asian Games 2026: Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah exit early at WTT Champions MacaoWhen the electronic scoreboard flashed 1-3 in favor of Alexis Lebrun, Manav...
BadmintonSatwik-Chirag Make History: When the Final Five Points Say It AllWhen the score was 16-17 in the deciding game, the Chinese stands began to...
BadmintonNguyen Thuy Linh and Nguyen Hai Dang in the Asian Games third round: one set won, two systemic gapsIn the nineteenth minute of the second game, the score stood at 20-20. Nguyen...
Badminton23 Minutes at the Asian Games: Pakistan's Badminton Pioneer and the Empty Room Behind HerI watched that footage three times. It was short enough to be hard to believe...
BadmintonThuy Linh and the Asian Games: A Medal Is Decided Before Stepping on CourtOn the stands of an arena in Japan, I recalled the familiar feeling of a...
BadmintonAsian Games Men's Singles Badminton Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Weight of Two Badminton NationsSome finals are decided by who can carry the weight of an entire sport on the...
Martial ArtsThe 0.05-Point Silence: When Darren Yap Wrote the First Chapter of Singapore Taekwondo HistoryIn the moments when the arena does not echo with the clash of protective gear...
Martial ArtsDinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: Reading It Through the Left KneeIn my twelfth notebook, the Asiad 20 sanda final takes up a single line: 7:40...
BadmintonAsian Games Badminton Final: When History Calls Loh Kean Yew and Kunlavut VitidsarnThe men's singles badminton final at the Asian Games — where Singapore's Loh...
BadmintonLoh Kean Yew Meets Kunlavut Vitidsarn: The Unlocked Door of the Asian Games FinalIchinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A late-autumn...
BadmintonLoh Kean Yew and Kunlavut Vitidsarn: The Asian Men's Singles Final and a Southeast Asian Cycle Being RedrawnI watched this match from my windowless newsroom in Incheon. Three screens,...
EsportsAn 11-Year-Old Wins Esports Gold at the Asian Games: The Victory Is Clear, the Rest Is NotOn the podium, the 11-year-old stands straight, hands folded in front of his...
AthleticsVietnam's Heaviest Day in Women's Athletics: Long Jump, 200m and Relay in a Single SessionThe competition schedule I printed out in Nairobi has only one column truly...
Martial ArtsDuong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 Bronze: A 12-Year Run in a Discipline Decided by JudgesIn the second routine, when Duong Thuy Vi stepped onto the mat with the spear...
Martial ArtsSingapore's First Women's Epee Team Medal: When the Top Seed Only Reached BronzeThe score froze at 41-41. Overtime in the women's team epee quarter-final...
Martial Arts42–41 and the Historic Bronze: Lessons from Singapore's Women's Epee Team for Vietnamese Sport42–41. In overtime. A number that doesn't exist in the standard team epee...
Martial ArtsSingapore Women's Epee Team Bronze at the Asian Games: A Medal Written by the Breath of the Final BoutThe tip of Elle Koh's epee touched the lower flank of her opponent's jacket...
Martial ArtsBehind Singapore's Historic Fencing Medal: The 41–41 Moment and What the Scoreboard Left OutAt the arena, the scoreboard froze at 41–41. Elle Koh stepped onto the strip...
Domestic FootballVietnam Women Meet China in the Quarterfinal: Re-reading 14 Defeats and a Style That Has No NameLast weekend I stayed at my Tokyo office until nearly midnight, rewinding the...
EsportsYuki Kurihara and the Four-Match Group: What Really Lies Behind an 11-Year-Old's Run at the Asian GamesI found that VOD at two in the morning, when Busan was asleep and I was still...
EsportsThe 11-Year-Old, the Eels, and the Puyo Puyo Board: When the Asian Games Witnessed What Data Had Not Yet NamedOn Thursday morning in Nagoya, before the esports arena had filled with...
Domestic FootballVietnam U-23 reach Asian Games quarterfinals: Decoding the Uzbekistan defeat from minute 5 to minute 68Minute 34. Xuan Bac sat down in the middle of the pitch. There was no reckles...
Domestic FootballA ticket built on a parallel result: Vietnam's quarterfinal lesson at the Asian GamesFifth minute. Urinboev put Uzbekistan ahead. I immediately remembered a note...
International FootballU-21 Japan Rotates 7 Positions: Coach Oiwa's Gamble Before Kyrgyzstan ClashIn the 70th minute of the opening match against Hong Kong, China, U-21 Japan...
International FootballPuyol Watches Teqball, Myanmar Makes History: The First Gold and the Layers Nobody Has Dug YetIn Nagoya that night, when Wai Khin Hnin sent the ball over the curved table...
BadmintonChina Masters 2026: Satwik-Chirag and the Instinct of a Three-Time LoserAt the 65th minute of the China Masters final, the scoreboard read 16-17. He ...
International FootballFilipinas and the 89th-Minute Equalizer: Why 61% Possession Is a Warning, Not a StrengthMinute 89. Gifu Nagaragawa. Natalie Collins — nineteen years old, sent on fro...
BadmintonThuy Linh and Three Asian Games: When a Medal Is Not Just a Matter of TalentThree Asian Games. Two Olympic appearances. And one answer recorded verbatim ...
BadmintonThuy Linh Before the Asian Games: Three Editions, Two Olympics, and a Data GapThree consecutive editions of the Asian Games. Two Olympic appearances. And o...
BadmintonThuy Linh and the Asian Games: The Harshest Arena for Vietnamese Badminton Is Not on the CourtNguyen Thuy Linh said something to me that I wrote down and read over and ove...
Domestic FootballVietnam Women Lose 1-2 to Chinese Taipei in Asian Games Opener: One Through Ball Exposes a Structural CeilingIn the 16th minute, a long ball was played through the gap between the...
Table TennisIndian players struggle ahead of Asian Games 2026: Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah exit early at WTT Champions MacaoWhen the electronic scoreboard flashed 1-3 in favor of Alexis Lebrun, Manav...
BadmintonSatwik-Chirag Make History: When the Final Five Points Say It AllWhen the score was 16-17 in the deciding game, the Chinese stands began to...
