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BadmintonAshmita Chaliha and the Asymmetry Question: Why Is an Indonesian Court Hazy While India Gets Scrutinized?A 26-year-old women's singles player, at the peak of her career, stands in an...
Martial ArtsThe Craft of Combat Sports Analysis: When the Data Falls Silent, the Writer Must Know When to StopThirty-seven years in sports taught me something no journalism school ever...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: Indian Badminton and the Fracture Between Two GenerationsOn the third day of badminton at the 2026 Asian Games in Ichinomiya, I sat...
International FootballLamine Yamal Lights Up Mestalla: Warning to Ballon d'Or RivalsLamine Yamal has exploded at Mestalla when he scored two goals against...
EsportsFour Brands Withdraw, Two Accounts Permanently Banned: The Governance Strata After PUBG Asia Stars 2026On September 29, Seoul FC — a K-League football club — cancelled its booth at...
International FootballRafael Márquez's Debut: Gilberto Mora's Equaliser and a Blind Spot at the Six-Yard BoxThe widest empty space on the pitch that night was the six-yard box of Mexico...
EsportsT1 and the Quiet Renegotiation After Two Worlds TitlesDuring the GTC conference in San Jose last March, a photograph of Lee...
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...
EsportsEmpty Esports Data: The Trap of Reading Silence as SafetyA Tuesday morning in a data office in Surabaya, and I reopen the pre-match...
Table TennisBraintree League: The Smallest Data Unit of a Match Week Is One SetThis week's round-up from the Braintree League — a local table tennis...
EsportsDplus KIA beat KT Rolster 3-1 to claim a Worlds 2026 spot: the bot lane carried the whole mapThe bell for Game 4 cut out, the scoreboard flipped to 3-1, and the LCK arena...
SwimmingMaria Fernanda Costa Breaks South American SCM 200 Freestyle Record AgainTwice in the same year, a Brazilian swimmer has rewritten her own history....
GolfAerated Greens and the Quiet Contract Golf Courses Break Every AutumnAt 7:40 on a Saturday morning in late October, I stood on the first green of ...
International FootballSheinbaum Names Mikel Arriola: Political Pressure on Mexican Football's Leadership ChairAt the National Palace, in the room Mexican reporters simply call the mañaner...
EsportsVietnam finishes fourth in PUBG Mobile at ASIAD 20 with 95 points, five short of bronzeOn the night of September 29, 2026, the PUBG Mobile standings at ASIAD 20...
VolleyballShangluo and the Los Angeles 2028 Ticket: When Asian Beach Volleyball Audits ItselfLast Tuesday, in Shangluo, I opened my notebook before the organisers announc...
EsportsCS2 Falls for a Seventh Straight Month: September Average Drops to 805,637 PlayersOn September 23, 2026, Steam Charts recorded Counter-Strike 2 hitting a peak ...
Domestic FootballU23 Vietnam vs U23 South Korea at Asiad 20: The Gap Is Inside the Box, Not on the ScoreboardIn the first fifteen minutes of the Asiad 20 quarterfinal between U23 Vietnam...
Martial ArtsRaoni Barcelos Hospitalized at Level 1 Trauma Center after R5 TKO: The Sports-Medicine File of a 39-Year-Old MMA FighterOn a small screen in my Bangkok apartment, Raoni Barcelos lay motionless. Fif...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends a Historic Double Gold at the Largest Edition EverSamarkand, 9:00 AM, September 16. FIDE technicians lay out 832 boards for the...
Martial ArtsThe Craft of Combat Sports Analysis: When the Data Falls Silent, the Writer Must Know When to StopThirty-seven years in sports taught me something no journalism school ever...
BadmintonAsian Games 2026: Indian Badminton and the Fracture Between Two GenerationsOn the third day of badminton at the 2026 Asian Games in Ichinomiya, I sat...
International FootballLamine Yamal Lights Up Mestalla: Warning to Ballon d'Or RivalsLamine Yamal has exploded at Mestalla when he scored two goals against...
EsportsFour Brands Withdraw, Two Accounts Permanently Banned: The Governance Strata After PUBG Asia Stars 2026On September 29, Seoul FC — a K-League football club — cancelled its booth at...
International FootballRafael Márquez's Debut: Gilberto Mora's Equaliser and a Blind Spot at the Six-Yard BoxThe widest empty space on the pitch that night was the six-yard box of Mexico...
EsportsT1 and the Quiet Renegotiation After Two Worlds TitlesDuring the GTC conference in San Jose last March, a photograph of Lee...
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...
EsportsEmpty Esports Data: The Trap of Reading Silence as SafetyA Tuesday morning in a data office in Surabaya, and I reopen the pre-match...
Table TennisBraintree League: The Smallest Data Unit of a Match Week Is One SetThis week's round-up from the Braintree League — a local table tennis...
EsportsDplus KIA beat KT Rolster 3-1 to claim a Worlds 2026 spot: the bot lane carried the whole mapThe bell for Game 4 cut out, the scoreboard flipped to 3-1, and the LCK arena...
SwimmingMaria Fernanda Costa Breaks South American SCM 200 Freestyle Record AgainTwice in the same year, a Brazilian swimmer has rewritten her own history....
GolfAerated Greens and the Quiet Contract Golf Courses Break Every AutumnAt 7:40 on a Saturday morning in late October, I stood on the first green of ...
International FootballSheinbaum Names Mikel Arriola: Political Pressure on Mexican Football's Leadership ChairAt the National Palace, in the room Mexican reporters simply call the mañaner...
EsportsVietnam finishes fourth in PUBG Mobile at ASIAD 20 with 95 points, five short of bronzeOn the night of September 29, 2026, the PUBG Mobile standings at ASIAD 20...
VolleyballShangluo and the Los Angeles 2028 Ticket: When Asian Beach Volleyball Audits ItselfLast Tuesday, in Shangluo, I opened my notebook before the organisers announc...
EsportsCS2 Falls for a Seventh Straight Month: September Average Drops to 805,637 PlayersOn September 23, 2026, Steam Charts recorded Counter-Strike 2 hitting a peak ...
Domestic FootballU23 Vietnam vs U23 South Korea at Asiad 20: The Gap Is Inside the Box, Not on the ScoreboardIn the first fifteen minutes of the Asiad 20 quarterfinal between U23 Vietnam...
Martial ArtsRaoni Barcelos Hospitalized at Level 1 Trauma Center after R5 TKO: The Sports-Medicine File of a 39-Year-Old MMA FighterOn a small screen in my Bangkok apartment, Raoni Barcelos lay motionless. Fif...
Chess46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand: India Defends a Historic Double Gold at the Largest Edition EverSamarkand, 9:00 AM, September 16. FIDE technicians lay out 832 boards for the...
