Derek CorneliusDerek Cornelius
Domestic FootballVietnam in Pot 2 for the 2030 World Cup Qualifiers: What the Draw Has Not Told UsOn 15 December, in Kuala Lumpur, 36 balls will be drawn from four bowls. When...
BasketballNU Assistant Coach Suspended for Entire Season After Physical Altercation in Post-Game Handshake Line at UAAPThe UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines) Commissioner's...
TennisAurangzeb and Deutsche Bank: A New Signal for Pakistan's Financial MarketAs I follow sports matches, I've learned that a game is never decided solely ...
Domestic FootballPleiku U23 tournament, 10-14 November: Vietnam, Thailand, Qatar, Singapore and the three-games-in-five-days problemThe SEA Games 33 final at Rajamangala: Thailand led Vietnam U23 2-0, the stan...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense and the 60-Minute Illusion: Carlsen Promises NothingThere was a February evening when I sat alone in my podcast studio in Delhi, ...
Table TennisNational Sports Training Center: A Strategic Turning Point for Vietnamese SportsIn the context of Vietnamese sports gradually asserting their position in...
Domestic FootballWhat Do Adou Minh and Williams Minh Hoang Actually Add to Vietnam's National Team?It is 3am in Incheon. The only light in the room comes from a laptop screen,...
International FootballThe Jeddah Night and the Identity Test: Al-Ahli, Sundowns, and a Match That Cannot Be Measured by Squad ValueI sat for a long time over that sheet of paper with the 4-2-3-1 drawn on it, ...
Table TennisWhen the Spreadsheet Returns Zero: The Discipline of a Table Tennis Data JournalistTuesday, 8:40 a.m., Shanghai. My spreadsheet opens with exactly one live cell...
ChessSamarkand 2026: When India Walks an Entire Chess Generation Into the LightOn the night of August 3, 2026, at the National Stadium in Tokyo, I sat...
Table TennisChina Smash 2026: Sally Moyland Opens for Team USA, Kanak Jha Waits for October 4In Beijing, the second day of women's singles qualification at China Smash 20...
EsportsEsports Analytics When the Data Is Empty: The Trap of Forcing a ConclusionIn the analytics room of a North American esports club, I once received a...
EsportsMIBR GC 2-0 FENNEL Female at VCT Game Changers Championship 2026: 103 Elo Points and Two Maps of 38 and 37 MinutesAt 22:40 Seoul time, on the opening day of the upper bracket at the VCT Game...
Martial ArtsThree 5–0 Verdicts and a Confiscated Shirt: Reading 22 September at Asiad 20On 22 September, at Asiad 20 in Japan, five judges raised their flags in the...
Martial ArtsBreath Through the VR Headset: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Virtual Taekwondo Meta at the 2026 Asian GamesEarly morning on October 2, in Japan, the opening whistle will not come from ...
Table TennisETTU Europe Cup 2026/27 Draw: Sixteen Clubs, Four Groups and the Tier Nobody BroadcastsAt 2:47 in the morning in Hanoi, I opened the European Table Tennis Union's...
Table TennisTable Tennis England publishes 2026/26 Annual Report: London 2026 as the strategic centrepieceI read Table Tennis England's announcement three times, and each time I stopp...
International FootballLiam Lawson and the Red Bull 2027 seat: 14 points, three races and a signature nobody is rushing to put downOpening: An afternoon at Zandvoort In the digital notebook I have kept since...
ChessWhen Firouzja Toppled Carlsen in 49 Moves: Echoes from BengaluruThe 49th move. There was no roar erupting like at a football stadium. Only th...
International FootballOsimhen's Two Sprints and the Data Gap at LilleAt 45+2 in Lille the scoreboard read 2-2. On A Spor, Levent Tüzemen said...
BasketballNU Assistant Coach Suspended for Entire Season After Physical Altercation in Post-Game Handshake Line at UAAPThe UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines) Commissioner's...
TennisAurangzeb and Deutsche Bank: A New Signal for Pakistan's Financial MarketAs I follow sports matches, I've learned that a game is never decided solely ...
Domestic FootballPleiku U23 tournament, 10-14 November: Vietnam, Thailand, Qatar, Singapore and the three-games-in-five-days problemThe SEA Games 33 final at Rajamangala: Thailand led Vietnam U23 2-0, the stan...
ChessThe Scandinavian Defense and the 60-Minute Illusion: Carlsen Promises NothingThere was a February evening when I sat alone in my podcast studio in Delhi, ...
Table TennisNational Sports Training Center: A Strategic Turning Point for Vietnamese SportsIn the context of Vietnamese sports gradually asserting their position in...
Domestic FootballWhat Do Adou Minh and Williams Minh Hoang Actually Add to Vietnam's National Team?It is 3am in Incheon. The only light in the room comes from a laptop screen,...
International FootballThe Jeddah Night and the Identity Test: Al-Ahli, Sundowns, and a Match That Cannot Be Measured by Squad ValueI sat for a long time over that sheet of paper with the 4-2-3-1 drawn on it, ...
Table TennisWhen the Spreadsheet Returns Zero: The Discipline of a Table Tennis Data JournalistTuesday, 8:40 a.m., Shanghai. My spreadsheet opens with exactly one live cell...
ChessSamarkand 2026: When India Walks an Entire Chess Generation Into the LightOn the night of August 3, 2026, at the National Stadium in Tokyo, I sat...
Table TennisChina Smash 2026: Sally Moyland Opens for Team USA, Kanak Jha Waits for October 4In Beijing, the second day of women's singles qualification at China Smash 20...
EsportsEsports Analytics When the Data Is Empty: The Trap of Forcing a ConclusionIn the analytics room of a North American esports club, I once received a...
EsportsMIBR GC 2-0 FENNEL Female at VCT Game Changers Championship 2026: 103 Elo Points and Two Maps of 38 and 37 MinutesAt 22:40 Seoul time, on the opening day of the upper bracket at the VCT Game...
Martial ArtsThree 5–0 Verdicts and a Confiscated Shirt: Reading 22 September at Asiad 20On 22 September, at Asiad 20 in Japan, five judges raised their flags in the...
Martial ArtsBreath Through the VR Headset: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Virtual Taekwondo Meta at the 2026 Asian GamesEarly morning on October 2, in Japan, the opening whistle will not come from ...
Table TennisETTU Europe Cup 2026/27 Draw: Sixteen Clubs, Four Groups and the Tier Nobody BroadcastsAt 2:47 in the morning in Hanoi, I opened the European Table Tennis Union's...
Table TennisTable Tennis England publishes 2026/26 Annual Report: London 2026 as the strategic centrepieceI read Table Tennis England's announcement three times, and each time I stopp...
International FootballLiam Lawson and the Red Bull 2027 seat: 14 points, three races and a signature nobody is rushing to put downOpening: An afternoon at Zandvoort In the digital notebook I have kept since...
ChessWhen Firouzja Toppled Carlsen in 49 Moves: Echoes from BengaluruThe 49th move. There was no roar erupting like at a football stadium. Only th...
International FootballOsimhen's Two Sprints and the Data Gap at LilleAt 45+2 in Lille the scoreboard read 2-2. On A Spor, Levent Tüzemen said...
