dave punt
Table TennisBraintree's New Season: The Faith of a Relegated Team and the First Steps of ChildrenIn Braintree, a small town in Essex in eastern England, table tennis does not...
SwimmingWhen Data Falls Silent: Lessons from an Empty AnalysisI have spent three decades reading numbers in sports. I have seen them lie, I...
VolleyballBrazil Leads FIVB Rankings, Ready for 2027 World CupBrazil Leads FIVB Rankings, Ready for 2027 World Cup. The latest FIVB Women's...
International FootballWhen the Data Goes Silent: Football Analysis and the Temptation of Invented NumbersOne afternoon in Madrid, I opened a data file and found it empty. No metrics,...
International FootballThe Young-Player Price Bubble and the True Breathing Rhythm of Vietnamese FootballThe Young-Player Price Bubble and the True Breathing Rhythm of Vietnamese...
EsportsT1 Before Worlds 2026: Faker and Oner Sliding Together in the Final StretchOpening point In the 2026 season playoff run, Oner's fight participation,...
TennisDjokovic Drops Out of Top 10: The First Crack After 23 Years of the Big 31/12 — The silence after the whistle I stood behind the No. 4 goalpost of...
AthleticsHDBank Green Marathon 2026: Green Marathon Event Combining Digital Technology in Can Gio Mangrove ForestThe HDBank Green Marathon 2026 will officially be the largest community sport...
International FootballMan Utd's January Window: Separating Transfer Signal from NoiseManchester United enters the January transfer window with a line carried acro...
SwimmingKate Douglass and the Historic August: When Swimming Data Had to Rewrite Its Language51.93 seconds. That number appeared on the scoreboard at the U.S. National...
BilliardsChung Su-bin Wins Her First LPBA Title: Read the Scoreboard Before Naming the ChampionSet 3, the score was 10-7 in favour of Chung Su-bin. On the pocketless...
International FootballThe Empty Report and the Discipline of a Tactical AnalystIn the dressing room, I do not listen to voices; I read the position of the...
BadmintonAidil Sholeh wins Vietnam Open 2026: A real title, but the level remains openOn a Sunday afternoon in late September 2026, in Ho Chi Minh City, the last...
Table TennisIn 2036, Vietnamese Table Tennis and the Empty Scout Report: Rough Gems Lie Under the Data DustIn November 2036, at an old table tennis training hall in Hai Duong, I sat at...
International FootballBruno Fernandes and the Warning to 'Suffer': When Portugal's Captain Reads the Clock of a Big Match CorrectlyI still keep in a drawer a faded piece of paper, scribbled on a September nig...
Swimming19.43-Second 50 Butterfly at ASU: A Real Signal and the Limits of Hand-TimingLate afternoon in Tempe, ASU head coach Herbie Behm raised his phone. He...
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...
International FootballPosition Is Only the Starting Point: Positionless Basketball and the Price of Being EarlyOn May 9, 2026, in the fourth quarter of the Eastern Conference semifinals,...
VolleyballVietnam Volleyball Market: The Transfer Shockwave and the Talent Retention ParadoxThe Hanoi stadium was silent on a Saturday night, leaving only the clank of t...
EsportsEsports Transfer Window: An Empty Chair Tells a Longer Story Than the ContractLast November, the practice room of a team in Busan turned off its lights...
SwimmingWhen Data Falls Silent: Lessons from an Empty AnalysisI have spent three decades reading numbers in sports. I have seen them lie, I...
VolleyballBrazil Leads FIVB Rankings, Ready for 2027 World CupBrazil Leads FIVB Rankings, Ready for 2027 World Cup. The latest FIVB Women's...
International FootballWhen the Data Goes Silent: Football Analysis and the Temptation of Invented NumbersOne afternoon in Madrid, I opened a data file and found it empty. No metrics,...
International FootballThe Young-Player Price Bubble and the True Breathing Rhythm of Vietnamese FootballThe Young-Player Price Bubble and the True Breathing Rhythm of Vietnamese...
EsportsT1 Before Worlds 2026: Faker and Oner Sliding Together in the Final StretchOpening point In the 2026 season playoff run, Oner's fight participation,...
TennisDjokovic Drops Out of Top 10: The First Crack After 23 Years of the Big 31/12 — The silence after the whistle I stood behind the No. 4 goalpost of...
AthleticsHDBank Green Marathon 2026: Green Marathon Event Combining Digital Technology in Can Gio Mangrove ForestThe HDBank Green Marathon 2026 will officially be the largest community sport...
International FootballMan Utd's January Window: Separating Transfer Signal from NoiseManchester United enters the January transfer window with a line carried acro...
SwimmingKate Douglass and the Historic August: When Swimming Data Had to Rewrite Its Language51.93 seconds. That number appeared on the scoreboard at the U.S. National...
BilliardsChung Su-bin Wins Her First LPBA Title: Read the Scoreboard Before Naming the ChampionSet 3, the score was 10-7 in favour of Chung Su-bin. On the pocketless...
International FootballThe Empty Report and the Discipline of a Tactical AnalystIn the dressing room, I do not listen to voices; I read the position of the...
BadmintonAidil Sholeh wins Vietnam Open 2026: A real title, but the level remains openOn a Sunday afternoon in late September 2026, in Ho Chi Minh City, the last...
Table TennisIn 2036, Vietnamese Table Tennis and the Empty Scout Report: Rough Gems Lie Under the Data DustIn November 2036, at an old table tennis training hall in Hai Duong, I sat at...
International FootballBruno Fernandes and the Warning to 'Suffer': When Portugal's Captain Reads the Clock of a Big Match CorrectlyI still keep in a drawer a faded piece of paper, scribbled on a September nig...
Swimming19.43-Second 50 Butterfly at ASU: A Real Signal and the Limits of Hand-TimingLate afternoon in Tempe, ASU head coach Herbie Behm raised his phone. He...
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...
International FootballPosition Is Only the Starting Point: Positionless Basketball and the Price of Being EarlyOn May 9, 2026, in the fourth quarter of the Eastern Conference semifinals,...
VolleyballVietnam Volleyball Market: The Transfer Shockwave and the Talent Retention ParadoxThe Hanoi stadium was silent on a Saturday night, leaving only the clank of t...
EsportsEsports Transfer Window: An Empty Chair Tells a Longer Story Than the ContractLast November, the practice room of a team in Busan turned off its lights...
