Thomas von HeesenThomas von Heesen
Sonay Kartal beats Elina Svitolina in Wuhan: nerve at the closing points and a data file still emptyThe final point of the Wuhan Open quarterfinal did not come from a forehand...
Zheng Qinwen upsets Svitolina at the China Open: the ranking reflects a fever that has already brokenI rewatched the footage of the second-set tiebreak and paused the frame at 8-...
An Empty Football Dossier and the Discipline of Not FabricatingIn Paris this morning, I opened the dossier that landed on my desk at 4:12....
MLBB Vietnam: Full Stands, Empty Record BooksThe waiting hall at HUTECH, the night of the VMC final. Hundreds of students...
Wolves Esports beat A Team 2-0 at VCT Threshold China 2026: a guest slot is not a comebackThe second map lasted 54 minutes. I wrote that down before I wrote down the...
Vietnam Women Face China in the 2026 Asian Games Quarter-Final: A Match Whose Length Is Decided by the Laws of the GameNagoya, September 2026. The city where I live is wearing the face of an Asian...
12 Days, 5 Sports, 1 Body: From Ormenio to Gavdos, When a Human Becomes a National LaboratoryOn day 12, when Giorgos Tsianos set foot on Gavdos — the southernmost point o...
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...
Bremer, Juventus and the 2029 Contract: An Accounting Deal Dressed as a Tactical OneIn Juventus's wage list, Bremer sits third at 6 million euros per season — 5...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Crown, Gukesh and Sindarov Set for Historic ShowdownHook: Samarkand is waiting Located in the heart of Uzbekistan, Samarkand was...
Empty Input: When the Transfer Market Runs on Data That Doesn't ExistOn Thursday, August 13, I sat in my apartment in São Paulo with a spreadsheet...
Asiad 2026: Badminton Individual Day One - When the Fourth Seed Fell at IchinomiyaI was standing in the east stand of Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium when...
AFF Suzuki Cup 2026 semifinal: Vietnam won the first leg 2-1, then collapsed 2-4 at My DinhOn the night of December 11, 2026, My Dinh Stadium was packed. Vietnam entere...
Eight Minutes at the Emirates, and the Real Test at Elland RoadThe eighth minute after the opening goal. That is the entire span Leeds Unite...
Deep Analysis of League of Legends: When Input Data Is Empty and Lessons on Esports Analysis ProcessIn the fast-growing esports industry, data analysis has become an indispensab...
European Championships Mixed Doubles Final in Ljubljana: France and Germany, Two Paths to the Same DoorAt 6-9 in the second game of the mixed doubles semifinal, the Arena Stožice...
Medvedev Starts US Open with Easy Win After Rough Tuneup: Signs of Recovery or Just a Mirage?Hook At the 88th minute of the US Open 2026 first-round match on Louis...
Head Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson: Two Weeks of Pressure and a Call for UEFA to ActInside a press room in Dublin, Heimir Hallgrimsson sat down in front of a row...
When Data Falls Silent: The Anatomy of an Incomplete Sports AnalysisI have spent 28 years reading matches through the lens of data. From tennis...
Laporta and the Naked Gamble: When Barcelona's President Bets His Credibility on a Game With No ExitThere is a moment in major press conferences that I always rewind twice: the...
Zheng Qinwen upsets Svitolina at the China Open: the ranking reflects a fever that has already brokenI rewatched the footage of the second-set tiebreak and paused the frame at 8-...
An Empty Football Dossier and the Discipline of Not FabricatingIn Paris this morning, I opened the dossier that landed on my desk at 4:12....
MLBB Vietnam: Full Stands, Empty Record BooksThe waiting hall at HUTECH, the night of the VMC final. Hundreds of students...
Wolves Esports beat A Team 2-0 at VCT Threshold China 2026: a guest slot is not a comebackThe second map lasted 54 minutes. I wrote that down before I wrote down the...
Vietnam Women Face China in the 2026 Asian Games Quarter-Final: A Match Whose Length Is Decided by the Laws of the GameNagoya, September 2026. The city where I live is wearing the face of an Asian...
12 Days, 5 Sports, 1 Body: From Ormenio to Gavdos, When a Human Becomes a National LaboratoryOn day 12, when Giorgos Tsianos set foot on Gavdos — the southernmost point o...
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...
Bremer, Juventus and the 2029 Contract: An Accounting Deal Dressed as a Tactical OneIn Juventus's wage list, Bremer sits third at 6 million euros per season — 5...
2026 Chess Olympiad: India Defends Double Crown, Gukesh and Sindarov Set for Historic ShowdownHook: Samarkand is waiting Located in the heart of Uzbekistan, Samarkand was...
Empty Input: When the Transfer Market Runs on Data That Doesn't ExistOn Thursday, August 13, I sat in my apartment in São Paulo with a spreadsheet...
Asiad 2026: Badminton Individual Day One - When the Fourth Seed Fell at IchinomiyaI was standing in the east stand of Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium when...
AFF Suzuki Cup 2026 semifinal: Vietnam won the first leg 2-1, then collapsed 2-4 at My DinhOn the night of December 11, 2026, My Dinh Stadium was packed. Vietnam entere...
Eight Minutes at the Emirates, and the Real Test at Elland RoadThe eighth minute after the opening goal. That is the entire span Leeds Unite...
Deep Analysis of League of Legends: When Input Data Is Empty and Lessons on Esports Analysis ProcessIn the fast-growing esports industry, data analysis has become an indispensab...
European Championships Mixed Doubles Final in Ljubljana: France and Germany, Two Paths to the Same DoorAt 6-9 in the second game of the mixed doubles semifinal, the Arena Stožice...
Medvedev Starts US Open with Easy Win After Rough Tuneup: Signs of Recovery or Just a Mirage?Hook At the 88th minute of the US Open 2026 first-round match on Louis...
Head Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson: Two Weeks of Pressure and a Call for UEFA to ActInside a press room in Dublin, Heimir Hallgrimsson sat down in front of a row...
When Data Falls Silent: The Anatomy of an Incomplete Sports AnalysisI have spent 28 years reading matches through the lens of data. From tennis...
Laporta and the Naked Gamble: When Barcelona's President Bets His Credibility on a Game With No ExitThere is a moment in major press conferences that I always rewind twice: the...
