Sam KerrSam Kerr
BadmintonLe Duc Phat and the physical puzzle: Vietnam needs a data revolutionThe moment I remember most is not the match-winning smash at the baseline, bu...
Table Tennis118 Events and a Sandpaper Paddle: How America Runs a National Table Tennis ChampionshipIn the list of 118 events at the 2026 U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships, o...
Domestic FootballU23 Vietnam Before Asiad 2026: Four Days, One Empty Seat and the Silence of Hanoi ClubOn September 10, after the morning editorial meeting, I stayed behind at my...
Domestic FootballLosing 0-2 to Thailand: When Vietnam's National Team Was Unmasked Before a Low WallAt the post-match press conference, when the microphone was handed to Bae...
International FootballThe Transfer Window, an Empty Data File, and the Price of a Number Without a SourceLyon, August 2026, 3:12 in the morning. I open the data file for the...
TennisChina Open and the Withdrawal Cascade: The 1,000-Point Invoice Hidden Behind the Word "Injury"At nearly eleven at night in Nha Trang, I opened my inbox with the ceiling fa...
BadmintonTanvi Patri and the three deciders at the 2026 Badminton Asia U17 ChampionshipsIn the third game of the U17 girls' singles final, the score sat at 12-12....
International FootballNBA Closes Its Last African Academy: When the Talent Pipeline Is Pulled Out of the ContinentIn October 2026, while the basketball world was fixed on preseason games, a...
BadmintonIndia at Ichinomiya: Four Quarterfinal Berths, No Individual Medal, and a Generational Handover Taking ShapeThere is a paradox compressed into four days of competition at the Ichinomiya...
EsportsWhen Dawn Breaks and the LCK Match Hasn't Said Goodbye: Lessons from an Empty Analysis PipelineThat night, I sat in the newsroom staring at a screen blinking with an error...
VolleyballTurkey's Hands Tremble in the Closing Phase: Efeler Push EuroVolley 2026 to a Survival MatchTurkey's Hands Tremble in the Closing Phase: Efeler Push EuroVolley 2026 to a...
Martial ArtsDana White's Personal Assistant Wins by KO at Contender Series to Earn UFC ContractSal Everett, 29, personal assistant to UFC President Dana White, has official...
Formula 1The F1 Myth: When Every Story Begins With a System FailureA morning in October in Liverpool, I sat in front of a screen with the F1...
BadmintonPV Sindhu at Hangzhou: the scoring curve, the left ankle, and the lost seeding protectionGame one ended 21-14 for PV Sindhu. The next two ended 15-21 and 14-21 for...
Martial ArtsOne 'Martial Arts' Label, Five Scoring Rulebooks: How Misclassification Bends the Entire AnalysisOn the rundown board of a studio in Beijing, four fights sat under a single...
EsportsPUBG Asia Stars 2026: When Two Vietnamese Players Got Lifetime Bans and the Vietnam-Korea Governance Clash EscalatedOn September 23, 2026, the Korean Game Users Association led by lawyer Lee...
TennisWhen the Source Comes Back Empty-Handed: The Discipline of the Void in Sports JournalismOn an afternoon in March 2026, I stood in front of the Melbourne Cricket...
BasketballWhen the Data Table is Empty: A Lesson in Honesty in Modern Basketball1:47 AM in Los Angeles. The screen displays an empty data table — no player...
EsportsVCT 2027: When Riot Games Seals the Calendar Nine Months Early and Resets the Entire Esports ChessboardThere was an evening in October 2026 when I sat for a long while after shutti...
AthleticsWhen the Table Is Empty: The Line Between Sports Data Analysis and Fabrication in Vietnamese SportIn the past three weeks, I received four statistical tables from three...
