mark roberts
International FootballDrinking at English Football Matches: A 140-Year Ban Is Wobbling, and Nobody Has Solved the Equation YetI once sat in Block B of a lower-league English stadium on a December...
BadmintonVietnamese Women's Badminton: No Shortage of Talent, Only a Court Left in the DarkA single number to begin with. At the 2026 SEA Games in the Philippines, Nguy...
Table TennisClacton & District: The Collapse of a 12-Year Table Tennis Dynasty and Signs from an English Village LeagueWhen Ken Lewis walked into the Clacton hall after a twenty-year absence, nobo...
Table TennisWhen the Input Data Is Empty: Lessons from a Failed Table Tennis Analysis PipelineA nine-dimension table tennis analytical report arrived on the editor's desk...
International FootballThe Information Gap and How Football Fills It With RumourOn 16 May 2026, the Bundesliga returned after nearly two months of shutdown....
SwimmingTriathlete who competed at world championships dies in open-water swim: The paradox of strong swimmers and killer currentsAround 9 a.m. at the dock of the Pridwin Hotel on Shelter Island, a 38-year-o...
Domestic FootballVietnam Concede in the 10th Minute: When Kim Sang-sik's Pressing Plan Meets RealityThe ball skims the top of the net and flies into the top corner. Patrik Lê...
International FootballJ1 League Matchday 9: Kashiwa Reysol Hold Top Spot as the Leading Three Sit One Point ApartOn the Matchday 9 scoreboard of the J1 League, I kept staring at two lines of...
EsportsThe Empty Archive and the Discipline of the Esports AnalystAt one in the morning in Seoul, I opened the data folder of a major esports...
International FootballFahmi Basam Retains the 150cc Crown at Mandalika as Yamaha Locks Out the Top Five and Plans for NovemberAt the Mandalika circuit on the afternoon of 20 September 2026, Fahmi Basam...
BadmintonVietnam Open 2026: Nguyen Tien Minh Wins Qualifier, and the Gap Behind Age 43When I rewatched the footage of the Vietnam Open 2026 men's singles qualifier...
Domestic FootballThree Seasons of VAR in V.League 1: As Referees Learn to Wait, Fans Learn to TrustThere is a gesture that has become the shared language of Vietnamese football...
International FootballMalaysia 0-0 Indonesia: When 10 Men Stood Firm and 11 Men BuckledSome matches are remembered not for the scoreline but for the silence that...
VolleyballNCAA Women's Volleyball 2026: Pitt and Stanford Face SEC at 'Showdown at the Net'When I look at the list of 32 NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs set...
AthleticsVietnam Breaks National Record in Mixed 4x400m Relay at ASIAD 2026: How 0.08 Seconds Changed the Color of a MedalAt the final meters of the third leg, Vietnam was still leading. Le Ngoc Phuc...
International FootballA Misapplied ‘Football’ Label and the Cost of an Analysis Pipeline Forced to AnswerThree lines sit in the newsroom content queue at seven in the morning in Seou...
EsportsKDA 50 Zero Deaths Record in Dota 2: Two Players Bzm and Shirley Reach the Peak and the Story of Statistical PressureIn the unpredictable world of Dota 2, records like KDA 50 with zero deaths ar...
International FootballAn Empty Data Sheet in the Transfer Window: The Line Between Analysis and FabricationOn Tuesday night in Lyon I opened the report from the newsroom data desk and...
SwimmingMaine Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame Class of 2026: Five Names, Four Eras, and One Number That Needs Verifying49.87 seconds. The figure sat quietly inside a short release about a Hall of...
VolleyballWhen the Volleyball File Comes Back Empty: Verification Discipline and the Cost of a Blank Data SheetAt 7:40 in the morning, the training hall of a volleyball club in Shenzhen ha...
