David BenoitDavid Benoit
EsportsT1 Before Worlds 2026: Faker and Oner Hit Bottom Together, and the Trap of a Sample Size Too SmallOner finished fifth among six junglers in fight participation during the...
ChessEuropean Club Cup 2026: Bayegan Pendik's 2715 and the 65-Point-Per-Board QuestionBudva, round three. Hundreds of boards laid out in parallel rows, arbiters...
International FootballLoans with Obligation to Buy: The Wage Map and the Trap for Small ClubsLate July, on a Sunday night in my studio in Hamburg, I reopen the spreadshee...
BadmintonVietnamese Sepak Takraw and the ASIAD 20 Gold Shock: When the Golden Ball of Sepak Takraw Rewrites the Nation's Sporting HistoryOn an afternoon in September 2026, in the city of Nagoya, Japan, three...
BadmintonAshmita Chaliha Questions Playing Conditions at Indonesia Masters Super 100: A Voice Against InconsistencyIn the world of badminton, debates about the quality of playing conditions ar...
Table TennisWhen Vietnamese Table Tennis Falls Silent: Decoding a Data VoidOn an afternoon in late August 2026, I sat in an old table tennis club on the...
TennisDouble Contracts: From Becamex Binh Duong to the Timeless Lesson of Vietnamese FootballPeople call it a double contract; I call it the first lesson on my home field...
Domestic FootballKhoa Ngo and Vietnam's Late Call-Up: Entering a Group Stage With No Semi-Final Safety NetOn the morning of September 18, 2026, the Vietnam Football Federation publish...
Domestic FootballVietnamese Football and the Invisible Structure: What Truly Creates a Golden GenerationA March morning at a youth academy in central Vietnam. The mist has not yet...
International FootballThe IMF on the Pitch: A Wrong Label and the Real Arithmetic of Small-League FootballOn September 12, 2026, with only a few office lights still on, I opened a fil...
International FootballAnatomy of Dead Transfers: Money, Tax, and SilenceAnatomy of Dead Transfers: Money, Tax, and Silence Hook — The Moment a Hand W...
BasketballBrizuela Furious with Referees: Spain's Third Consecutive Loss Exposes FIBA Officiating IssuesAs the clock at OAKA Arena ticked down in the final seconds, Darío Brizuela...
International FootballThe Empty Verdict: When Football Judges Without DataIn a recent season, in an analysis room in Liverpool, I opened a spreadsheet ...
International FootballThe Silence Between Transfer Rumors: Where the Real Signal Lies in What No One SaysLate afternoon at the training center, after the team had dispersed, only one...
International FootballThe V-League Young-Player Price Bubble: The Crack Starts From a BillboardLate August, Lạch Tray in the rain. I sat in Stand B, my usual spot for nine...
ChessChessBase Magazine Issue 225 Released: 27 Miniatures, 10 Opening Articles and the Mark of Chess Festival Prague 2026ChessBase Magazine issue 225 has just been presented by publisher ChessBase a...
Domestic FootballThe Waltz of Empty Seats – When V.League Learns to Listen to SilenceWhen the opening whistle echoed through Hang Day Stadium on an evening in...
International FootballAmed SK and Basaksehir: Seven Points From Four Games, and the Real Test in DiyarbakirTwenty minutes before the sun rose over the hills east of Diyarbakir, the...
Domestic FootballU23 Vietnam tickets: the rhythm of the stands and the limits of a ticketAt 9:58 in the morning, the steel fence outside Gate 2 of Hang Day Stadium wa...
AthleticsGold Stripped Over a Pair of Shoes: When the Equipment Rule Speaks at Asian GamesWhen Yasmina Toxanbayeva crossed the finish line, nobody on the Kazakhstan te...
