Niko KovacNiko Kovac
Vietnamese Football and the Gaps That Don't Show Up in the ScorelineHanoi, a late-May night. The floodlights above the stand dimmed row by row, a...
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Kyren Wilson wins 2026 Northern Ireland Open: 9-2 and the limits of single-match dataKyren Wilson won the 2026 Northern Ireland Open after beating Jak Jones 9-2 i...
Archie Brown scored, the team did not win: re-reading a post-match interview with the eyes of a rhythm-keeperFrom the balcony of the old press box, I hear the derby echoing through layer...
Tadic's Brain Runs Faster Than NEC: When a Former Ajax Captain Faces a Season of IntegrationDusan Tadic said something the whole of the Netherlands is repeating: "I make...
Jokic Reveals His Ultimate All-Time List and Four Toughest OpponentsIn the world of NBA basketball, few stars generate as much discussion wheneve...
USA name squad for September-October window: Pulisic left out, Pochettino calls up 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan22:40 Da Nang time. I am sitting at the last table of a cafe on Nguyen Chi...
VAR in V-League: When Technology's Light Exposes the Dark CornersVAR in V-League: When Technology's Light Exposes the Dark Corners In the matc...
Asian Games 2026: The Badminton Draw, Two Pairs Off the Record and a Five-Day Compressed ScheduleOn the badminton bracket published on Thursday for the 2026 Asian Games, one...
The Empty Analysis Board on Transfer Deadline Night: When an Analyst Must Learn to Say 'I Don't Know Yet'The screen displayed an empty board. I sat in front of it for four hours on t...
Real Madrid 98-95 Dubai: When Structure Saved an OvertimeThe box score lit up on my screen at 11:47 p.m. local time in Da Nang: Real...
A Report With 47 Blank Fields: What Sports Writers Learn From a Failure4:12 in the morning, a small flat in east London. I open a nine-part report,...
Vietnam futsal team: 20 names, four goalkeepers and the test against RussiaIn the 20-player squad gathered in Ho Chi Minh City, the detail that makes me...
VCT 2027 Deep Dive: Tournament Structure, Institutional Risks and Unanswered QuestionsVCT 2027 Deep Dive: Tournament Structure, Institutional Risks and Unanswered...
Asian Games 2026: India's 12-Year Individual Medal Streak Ends, But the Youth Pipeline Is KnockingIn the men's singles quarterfinals, Ayush Shetty stood across from Chou Tien...
Young Vietnamese Golf and the Lesson of the Missed Putt on the 18th HoleThis feature story uses the dramatic image of a young Vietnamese golfer missi...
Chess Olympiad 2026: India Defends Throne in the Heart of Uzbekistan, Gukesh and Sindarov Create the SpotlightSamarkand, September 2026 – I have lived through five decades of observing...
The Hand That Cannot Rest: Faker, ASIAD 2026 and the Two Weeks With No Room for ErrorThe Hand That Cannot Rest: Faker, ASIAD 2026 and the Two Weeks With No Room f...
What Football Can Never MeasureThere is a sound I have heard for thirty-two years as a writer, and to this d...
Empty Data, Powerless Martial-Arts Analysis: A Wake-Up Call for Vietnamese Sports JournalismI have just read a martial-arts analysis report. The evaluation framework is...
