Alijah MartinAlijah Martin
Thuy Linh Ahead of Asian Games 20: The Medal Equation and the Structural Gap in Vietnamese BadmintonAt a short press meeting before departure, Nguyen Thuy Linh said: "The Asian...
Age 43, Rank 254 and a Main Draw Ticket: Reading Nguyen Tien Minh's Win Through the Gaps of SinglesIn the opening game of the qualifying round, I sat close enough to notice a...
Rhythm Broken at Nguyen Du: Thuy Linh and the Cost of Closing PointsThuy Linh's two narrow defeats at the Vietnam Open and the closing-point gap...
17-21, 20-22: The Four Decisive Points That Exposed What the Rankings Hide About Thuy LinhThe match ended at Nguyen Du Stadium that evening with the score 17-21, 20-22...
The Mid-Court Gap: Vietnam's Badminton Tempo Problem Through Tracking DataSet three, point seventeen. The score was 17-18 in a men's singles...
U23 Vietnam and the 22/9 Decider: A Gifted Chance, or the Trap Named 'A Draw Is Enough'In the 36th minute in Nagoya, the ball was pushed into the space behind...
Empty Data, Meaningless Analysis: A Lesson in Honesty for the Sports Analytics IndustryI have spent 12 years reading games through the lens of data. I built...
Mercedes, the Rotating Code and the Deliberate Second at MadridThirty-five seconds. That is the gap between the moment the yellow flag came...
Wrigley Field Opens Its Gates to Volleyball: When Old Rituals Yield to New EmotionsI stood before the screen, watching slow-motion footage of a volleyball net...
India's Medal-Less Individual Campaign at Asian Games 2026: The Crack Is Not in the Final ShotOn the second day of the individual badminton competition at the 2026 Asian...
When Sports Data is Empty: Lessons from an Analysis with NothingI have written about matches that no one noticed – women's football games...
120 Minutes Holding China: Inside the Vietnam Women's Defensive BlockMinute 109 and the hands that had run out In the 109th minute, as the ball...
The Empty Spreadsheet: A Sports Writer's Three-Source DisciplineThe Empty Spreadsheet: A Sports Writer's Three-Source Discipline January 2026...
Linda Noskova and 88 Aces: The New Power Surge in Women's TennisFlushing Meadows, a late August afternoon. On the Grandstand court, Linda...
Esports 2026: Nine Layers of Analysis and the Empty-Framework TrapIn late June 2026, in Guangzhou, I read a nine-layer esports analysis. It had...
Vietnamese Golf: When Data Shapes the Future of SwingsHook On the 18th fairway of The Championship Course in Da Nang, a 12-foot put...
Al-Ittihad and Jens Wissing: Seven Unbeaten, and a Klopp Name Nobody Has ConfirmedIn Lyon, when I reopened the footage of Al-Ittihad's most recent Roshn League...
Aidil Sholeh, the Super 100 title and 27 months of silence: the whisper of data in Ho Chi Minh CityWhen the final shuttle of the men's singles final dropped onto the mat in Ho...
Trabzonspor, Mohamed Salah and the Rights Warning: When the Market Runs Faster Than the ContractAt a small sports shop on the sloping road down to Trabzon harbour, the owner...
Volkanovski Stops Evloev in Round Two at UFC 333: A Knockout That Hides a Close FightRound two, the clock ticking past the ninth minute. Movsar Evloev was still...
