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European Games 2027: 192 table tennis places, 16 mixed teams and 64 athletes with no singles drawOn the evening of 23 September 2026, I reopened my European Games tracking...
Jay Idzes Absent Before ASEAN Cup 2026: Indonesia and the Centre-Back Problem Without Their CaptainThe information from VIVA, arriving as Indonesia enters preparation for the...
Bangkok Night and Those Who Stayed: Notes from Inside Vietnamese Football's Dressing RoomBangkok Night and Those Who Stayed: Notes from Inside Vietnamese Football's...
French Open 2026 Final: Sindhu and the 0-10 Problem Against An Se YoungIn the deciding game of the semi-final the scoreboard read 15-16. P.V. Sindhu...
The Vanishing Passport: Li Yueru's World Cup Absence and How Administrative Failure Derailed China's Medal AmbitionsA passport vanished. Not an injury, not a loss of form, not a superior...
ATP targets deregulating IFEM mechanism by June next year, transitioning to market-based prize moneyThe ATP Prize Committee targets deregulating prize money by June 2027. This...
15-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus Shatters Age Records with 2716 Elo, Mamedyarov's 2900 AmbitionIn the world of chess, a phenomenon is shaking the sports media. Yagiz Kaan...
Barcelona, Raphinha and the No.9 problem: When the books write the tacticsOn September 24, at a football summit in Lisbon, Deco sat in front of a...
Four Ounces and Three Rounds: Notes from Lumpinee on How Modern Muay Thai Is Shortening Thai Fighters' CareersPeople remember the name of the winner. I remember the way he knelt. That nig...
Jemma Reekie sets European road mile record and targets Beijing World Championships as answer to a tricky summerAt a time when Jemma Reekie's 800m season risked fading into obscurity, the...
Nguyen Tien Minh wins Vietnam Open 2026 qualifier at 43: a victory that cannot yet be measuredOn September 8, 2026, the stands at the Ho Chi Minh City badminton hall were...
Watzke, Tuchel and the Germany head coach job: When an idea was never pushed throughOn the set of Sky's programme "Meine Geschichte", Hans-Joachim Watzke answere...
Speed Dance from Jose Finkel: When Leonardo Alcântara Rewrites South American Swimming History and Gui Caribe Touches National Record ThresholdIn the moment Leonardo Alcântara touched the wall at the 25m pool during the...
The Goa Scoresheet: A Diplomatic Gift That Opens a New Chess EraThe pitch never lies, only we deceive ourselves with applause. But in chess,...
Kevin De Bruyne, Mark van Bommel and the Offside Trap of a Football Nation Dying SlowlyIn my studio in Guangzhou, I sat alone that night with the microphone glowing...
Speed Rankings Don't Decide the Table: The First Five Gameweeks of the 2026-27 Premier League Seen from the StandsIn the list of the fifteen fastest players in the 2026-27 Premier League...
Vietnam Women's Volleyball Decline: A Story of Systemic CracksThe scoreboard at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi – Nagoya had just gone dark,...
Puripol Boonson's 9.91 Seconds at ASIAD 2026: A Record Waiting on the Wind ReadingPuripol Boonson's 9.91 Seconds at ASIAD 2026: A Record Waiting on the Wind...
Manchester United Wait to Inflict Sorrow on the King of Manchester, Barcelona's Perfect Machine Makes Real Madrid EnviousI am betting on Manchester United to win the derby. Not because I love the Re...
Dinh Van Tam and Ou Jiaming: The Asiad 20 Sanda 56kg Final and What the Data Actually SaysIn 2026, at an arena in Macau, I sat in the seventh row, notebook open, penci...
