Maya TAGUCHIMaya TAGUCHI
PM Modi gifts Sindarov's World Cup scoresheet to Uzbek president: Chess diplomacy and the rise of a golden generationI have followed chess for over forty years, and I remember vividly the feelin...
Lamine Yamal and Seven Goals in Seven Games: Inside the Media Machine Manufacturing a SuperstarFrom the stands of Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, I spent three consecutive...
The Empty Cell in the Data Sheet: Nine Dimensions of Analysis and the Discipline of SilenceThe Empty Cell in the Data Sheet: Nine Dimensions of Analysis and the...
When “Rome” Reads as “Roma”: A Labelling Error and the Cost of a Misfiled RecordThree in the morning, and the sports desk's data queue pushes through a recor...
PSG 4-2 Barcelona: When the High Line Runs Out of Fuel, Enrique Wins on Shot QualityMinute 78: Lucas Hernández leaves the pitch. Sixty seconds later, Barcelona...
Asiad 20: Vietnam's football teams kick off on September 14-15, but domestic broadcast rights remain unresolvedOn the morning of September 14, I sat in a small room in Guangzhou, my finger...
Sediment Layers Beneath the Blue Table: Vietnamese Table Tennis and the Search for the Next GenerationOn table four, a boy serves. It is July, at a provincial sports hall in Hai...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Treble at the 2026 Asian Games: The Break Was in the RhythmIn the second game of the men's singles badminton final at the 2026 Asian Gam...
Singapore Women's Epee and Their First Asian Games Bronze: A Journey Decided in the Final LegHook The fencing hall at the Asian Games is not loud like a football stand. I...
Cracks in the Cage Data: The Fighter's Body and an Unprotected SystemAt a press conference after a fight at Lumpinee, a 26-year-old Thai fighter s...
PV Sindhu Falls to Chen Yufei in the Asian Games 2026 Quarter-Final: The 122 Seconds That Shaped Her FateThe third game opened with a rally that lasted 122 seconds. It was the longes...
Trabzonspor and the open-letter gamble: When a club challenges an away-fan ban before the Beşiktaş showdownIn August, while Europe's transfer market was still cluttered with contracts...
The Empty Analysis Sheet and the Habit of Filling It With BeliefAt 2:47 in the morning, an analysis file landed on my machine. Nine sections,...
Asian Games 2026: India's projected path to badminton men's team final – When two pillars are not enoughThe 2026 Asian Games men's team badminton final in Hangzhou ended with India...
Vietnamese Football: A Deep-Dive Perspective on Club Crisis, Governance and SustainabilityIn the modern football landscape, clubs face mounting pressure from media,...
Vietnamese Football's Data Gap: What Is Missing After Every V.League SeasonThree in the morning in Liverpool. The house is so quiet I can hear the tea...
Group C Summit Clash: U20 Iran vs U20 North Korea – Two Philosophies, One TicketThe pitch does not lie — but people do. And ahead of a match that could decid...
GAM Esports Officially Joins VCT Pacific 2027: A Historic Turning Point for Vietnamese ValorantThe Vietnamese esports community has just received a shocking piece of news a...
LA 2028 Men's Volleyball: The First Six Tickets and the Gaps Worth PonderingIn Fukuoka that night, I sat in the twelfth row, just behind the technical...
When the Data Goes Silent: Lessons from an Empty Table Tennis AnalysisThere is a moment in sports commentary that I learned very early, back when I...
Lamine Yamal and Seven Goals in Seven Games: Inside the Media Machine Manufacturing a SuperstarFrom the stands of Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, I spent three consecutive...
The Empty Cell in the Data Sheet: Nine Dimensions of Analysis and the Discipline of SilenceThe Empty Cell in the Data Sheet: Nine Dimensions of Analysis and the...
When “Rome” Reads as “Roma”: A Labelling Error and the Cost of a Misfiled RecordThree in the morning, and the sports desk's data queue pushes through a recor...
PSG 4-2 Barcelona: When the High Line Runs Out of Fuel, Enrique Wins on Shot QualityMinute 78: Lucas Hernández leaves the pitch. Sixty seconds later, Barcelona...
Asiad 20: Vietnam's football teams kick off on September 14-15, but domestic broadcast rights remain unresolvedOn the morning of September 14, I sat in a small room in Guangzhou, my finger...
Sediment Layers Beneath the Blue Table: Vietnamese Table Tennis and the Search for the Next GenerationOn table four, a boy serves. It is July, at a provincial sports hall in Hai...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn and the Treble at the 2026 Asian Games: The Break Was in the RhythmIn the second game of the men's singles badminton final at the 2026 Asian Gam...
Singapore Women's Epee and Their First Asian Games Bronze: A Journey Decided in the Final LegHook The fencing hall at the Asian Games is not loud like a football stand. I...
Cracks in the Cage Data: The Fighter's Body and an Unprotected SystemAt a press conference after a fight at Lumpinee, a 26-year-old Thai fighter s...
PV Sindhu Falls to Chen Yufei in the Asian Games 2026 Quarter-Final: The 122 Seconds That Shaped Her FateThe third game opened with a rally that lasted 122 seconds. It was the longes...
Trabzonspor and the open-letter gamble: When a club challenges an away-fan ban before the Beşiktaş showdownIn August, while Europe's transfer market was still cluttered with contracts...
The Empty Analysis Sheet and the Habit of Filling It With BeliefAt 2:47 in the morning, an analysis file landed on my machine. Nine sections,...
Asian Games 2026: India's projected path to badminton men's team final – When two pillars are not enoughThe 2026 Asian Games men's team badminton final in Hangzhou ended with India...
Vietnamese Football: A Deep-Dive Perspective on Club Crisis, Governance and SustainabilityIn the modern football landscape, clubs face mounting pressure from media,...
Vietnamese Football's Data Gap: What Is Missing After Every V.League SeasonThree in the morning in Liverpool. The house is so quiet I can hear the tea...
Group C Summit Clash: U20 Iran vs U20 North Korea – Two Philosophies, One TicketThe pitch does not lie — but people do. And ahead of a match that could decid...
GAM Esports Officially Joins VCT Pacific 2027: A Historic Turning Point for Vietnamese ValorantThe Vietnamese esports community has just received a shocking piece of news a...
LA 2028 Men's Volleyball: The First Six Tickets and the Gaps Worth PonderingIn Fukuoka that night, I sat in the twelfth row, just behind the technical...
When the Data Goes Silent: Lessons from an Empty Table Tennis AnalysisThere is a moment in sports commentary that I learned very early, back when I...