Steven BergwijnSteven Bergwijn
The Blank Dossier of the Transfer Window: When a Dataset Has Not a Single LineTwo in the morning in Lyon, and I open the file that has just landed in my...
Kokcu, Konate and the Missing Lineup: Turkey Meet France in Their First League A CampaignKocaeli, an October afternoon. The stadium is packed, the stands washed in re...
The N/A Dispatch and the Craft of Verification: What Happens When a Transfer-News System Receives Emptiness?2:14 a.m., in the middle of a winter transfer window. The server of a sports...
The Empty Data Layer of the Transfer Window: A Filter for Reading Football RumoursAt 6:40 in the morning my phone buzzed on the kitchen table. A reader in Hano...
Branthwaite and Man Utd: the centre-back profile, Everton's leverage and the trap of regretThe call lasted less than four minutes, but it was enough to remind me that a...
ChessBase Magazine #225: 10 Opening Articles, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap Between Headline and DataChessBase Magazine #225: 10 Opening Articles, 27 Miniatures, and the Gap...
Insufficient Information: The Transfer Trade and the Temptation to Fill the Void with GuessworkIn August 2026, in a small newsroom in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, I he...
Shenzhen Open: Trump Reaches the Quarter-Finals as Two World Champions Exit the Round of 16 at 2-5The round-of-16 sheet from the Shenzhen Open carries two identical lines, and...
Vovinam is Dying Because… It's Too Successful? The Truth Behind the Cold NumbersI just watched a 3-minute video of a 17-year-old Vovinam fighter throwing a...
Vietnam's Esports and the Trap of Analysis Without DataPeople say I write to shock, but I only describe what they turn a blind eye t...
The International's Collapsing Prize Pool and Falcons' Dota 2 Exit: Reading Esports as a Capital ReallocationNovember, a team room somewhere in the Middle East. The fluorescent lights ar...
V.League and the Quiet Revolution: When Vietnamese Football Learns to Count Every StepAt the 78th minute at Thien Truong Stadium, Nam Dinh were trailing 0-1. The...
V.League 1: The Buried Pulse Beneath the Table and the AFC Licensing WarIn a round where the table barely moved, most conclude the league has gone...
Jens Wissing at Al-Ittihad: Excavating the Layers Beneath a Seven-Match Unbeaten RunJens Wissing at Al-Ittihad: Excavating the Layers Beneath a Seven-Match...
V.League 2026-26: The Title Race Is Decided by the Spreadsheets Nobody ReadsIn the 71st minute of the capital derby, a central midfielder received the ba...
Denver Nuggets, Jokic and the 'Emotionless' Question: When Data Overturns the Verdict on the 2026 NBA ChampionsOn June 12, 2026, at Ball Arena, Nikola Jokic received the NBA Finals MVP...
Amy Hunt and 22.16 seconds: The perfect bend cannot save the final 20 metresBrussels, Diamond League final night – where races are decided not only by le...
Zidane's First France Squad: Jacquet, Restes and the Excavation of a New Sediment LayerWhen I stand in an empty stadium, I hear the echo of matches that never took...
Vietnam vs Chinese Taipei at 14:00 on September 14: 90 Minutes of Boundaries and an Asian Games Quarterfinal TicketIn August 2026, at the Asian Games in Jakarta, I sat in the technical room of...
The Heartbeat Inside the Ball: A Poet's Account of the 2026 AFF Championship NightOn the night of December 15, 2026, at My Dinh Stadium, when the final whistle...
