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BadmintonWhen Ashmita Chaliha Turned the Lens on BWF: Haze in Indonesia, Cold in India and Two Standards of Venue QualityLate at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 venue, Ashmita Chaliha won her second...
BadmintonAshmita Chaliha, Super 100 and the Unanswered Question About Court StandardsAt the Indonesia Masters Super 100 pre-quarterfinal, Ashmita Chaliha lost the...
BadmintonAshmita Chaliha, Indonesia's Haze and the Standards Gap in BWF's Super 100 TierIn the second game of her round-of-16 match, Ashmita Chaliha stood at the...
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...
BadmintonAshmita Chaliha questions BWF over playing conditions at Indonesia Masters Super 100The story: a top seed speaks out mid-tournament Ashmita Chaliha entered the...
BadmintonChaliha, the Jakarta Haze, and the Question BWF Does Not Want to AnswerShe did not cry on the court. She cried in the weigh-in room. But in Jakarta,...
BadmintonChaliha Questions Indonesia Masters Super 100 Conditions: The Gap in BWF's Venue Standards SystemChaliha walked into the press room after her first-round win with a question...
Martial ArtsVietnam’s Women’s Karate Team Kata Defends Asiad 20 Gold: Three Bouts, Three 5–0 Rulings, and What the Flags Don’t SaySeptember 22 was a strange day for Vietnamese sports at the 20th Asian Games ...
GolfFour Letters from the Amateur Fairway: A 9 Handicap at 81 and the Data Nobody MeasuresBob Dawson walks more than eight kilometres per round, twice a week, at the a...
Table TennisEuropean Mixed Doubles Final: Germany Advanced by Tightening, France by SurvivingGame two of the mixed doubles semifinal, France trailing 6-9. On the scoreboa...
Domestic FootballVietnam and the No-Striker Problem: The Void Left by Gia Hung and Xuan SonIn two days, Vietnam lost both of its primary strikers. Pham Gia Hung left th...
TennisAlex Eala beats Mika Stojsavljevic: a win engineered in the return gameAlex Eala walked into the second service game of the second set with pressure...
VolleyballPitt and the No. 1 Spot After Four Matches: How Week 1 Rankings Misread a SeasonThat Sunday afternoon, when the opening week of the NCAA women's volleyball...
BadmintonPV Sindhu at the 2026 Asian Games: The 10-7-15 Ranking Curve and the He Bingjiao ReversalGame two of the women's singles quarter-final, 6-11 to He Bingjiao. Sindhu...
AthleticsThree women's events in one evening: Vietnam's athletics depth test on September 27Late afternoon on September 27, as the floodlights above the athletics stadiu...
EsportsThe Empty Spreadsheet: What the Transfer Window Taught Me About Not ConcludingIn my small apartment in Munich, I keep a habit my colleagues at the club tea...
BasketballThe Voice Without Handcuffs: The Washington Wizards and Adam Silver's TestNo one has handcuffs anymore. Everyone's shackles are free. Bub Carrington sa...
International FootballPersib Bandung vs Viettel FC: Predicted Lineup and Clash in ACL 2The match between Persib Bandung and Viettel FC in the AFC Champions League T...
Domestic FootballFIFA ASEAN Cup 2026: FPT Play Holds the Rights and the Three-Week Legal Equation for VietnamOn September 21, 2026, FIFA opens an international match window lasting three...
EsportsBLAST Slam VIII: Team Yandex Reverse-Sweep PARIVISION to Lock a Top-Three Finish and US$135,000I paused the frame at minute 51 of the opening game. In the notebook I always...
