David HirstDavid Hirst
International FootballThe Empty Verdict: When Football Judges Without DataIn a recent season, in an analysis room in Liverpool, I opened a spreadsheet ...
Domestic FootballWhite Nights in Russia and Stadiums Without Lights: When Vietnamese Football Learns to Humanize DefeatWhite Nights in Russia, the Ball Rolling Under the Lights, and I Found My Voi...
International FootballEngland 7-0 Croatia and Roy Keane's Declaration About Jude BellinghamIn a corner of the studio, when the final whistle blew, I did not look at the...
International FootballThe Night Croatia Conceded Seven: Luka Modric's Words of Shame and What Lies Behind the ScorelineThat night in Zagreb, I stayed in my seat long after the final whistle had...
Domestic FootballMessi and Eldense: When the President's Chair Sits Beside the Goal LineLate on a Saturday in August, I replayed the footage of the match at the Nuev...
International FootballBruno Guimaraes and Arsenal's Gamble: From Newcastle Legend to Title PressureIn an interview with Goal.com, Bruno Guimaraes spoke about Newcastle in the...
International FootballEngland recall Trent Alexander-Arnold and Cole Palmer: Tuchel rebuilds his attack across four games in eleven daysOn squad-announcement day I have an odd habit: I do not read the names, I cou...
TennisZverev, Two Grand Slams and a Throne Read in the SilenceI still remember that afternoon in Moscow, when a male colleague laughed at t...
International Football743 Days Without Five Straight Wins: A Supporter's Hair and the Mirror at Old TraffordIlett's hair has now grown for 743 days. The man in the Old Trafford stands...
Domestic FootballThe Strongest Lineup, and What Kim Sang-sik Is Really Trying to FixThere is a sound I only hear in matches that have already lost their trophy:...
International FootballAnwar Hernández at the Conference League: from Toluca's academy to the Andorran corridorIn the two Conference League qualifying legs against Drita, the publicly...
VolleyballThailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast AsiaWhen the final whistle blew in the 2026 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship...
Domestic FootballFour Years, Four Titles and Vietnam's One-Goal Common DenominatorIn the 118th minute of the 2026 ASEAN U23 Championship final at Rayong Stadiu...
International FootballIndonesian Super League returns after 19 days: Week 4, a big fixture list and a data vacuumThe floodlights at Si Jalak Harupat will come on at 19:00 on Sunday, 11 Octob...
International FootballVAR in Vietnam's V.League 2026: 15 Centimeters, 20 Milliseconds, and a Camera Angle No One CheckedMinute 78, Hang Day Stadium, February 8, 2026. Nguyen Quang Hai swung a cross...
International FootballJFA Holds Referee Briefing, Stresses Generational Change Preparation for World CupJFA held a referee briefing on September 9. According to the Referees'...
Volleyball18 Kills and a Straight-Set Loss: Stanford's Paradox Through the Arizona State Reference FrameThere is one stray number sitting in the middle of the box score. Jordyn Harv...
International FootballDusan Tadic at NEC: A Brain Running Too Fast, a Storm in His Head, and a Promise to Return to AjaxMinute 63 and a gap nobody else saw In the 63rd minute, Dusan Tadic raised hi...
TennisAlexandra Eala and the commercial inflation of the Philippines tennis marketIn 2026, on a court in Manila, local coaches complained about the difficulty ...
International FootballBorja's Brace and the Moment Milito Let the Clásico Slip AwayIn the 71st minute, on the touchline at Estadio Banorte, Gabriel Milito leane...
