Martin MerquelanzMartin Merquelanz
VolleyballTürkiye, sixth place and the 32-team gamble: the 2027 World Championship begins with a draw nobody has made yetIn a short sports brief published in the Turkish press, there are exactly two...
Domestic FootballV.League Transfers: The Money Sits in the Clauses, Not in the RumoursThat night I heard a whole city exhale, and then break. On 5 January 2026, at...
International FootballThe V.League transfer window: money still moves, but no one keeps a public ledgerIn a hotel lobby in Hanoi in the first days of January 2026, an agent opened...
International FootballThe V.League VAR Room and Transfer Window: When Noise Arrives Before EvidenceThe VAR room in the V.League does not look like what television broadcasts....
EsportsCS2 Loses 19,620 Players in September: Seven Straight Monthly Declines and the Limits of the Historical BaselineOpening On September 23, Counter-Strike 2 recorded 1,450,705 concurrent...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Combat Sports and the Data Gap Behind the MedalLate July, in a small arena in Hai Phong, I sat in the fourth row waiting for...
BadmintonAn Se-young and the Price of a Record: Two Seven-Point Runs and One AnkleGame one of the Denmark Open final in Odense, An Se-young leading 18-15. I...
VolleyballLA 2028: Six Men's Volleyball Berths Secured, but France and Other Contenders Remain on the OutsideSometimes the most important thing on a list is the names that are missing. T...
EsportsVietnam's MLBB Ladder: From the HUTECH Hall to M-Series, and the Price of a Visa HandshakeLate on an autumn evening, in a university hall in Ho Chi Minh City, hundreds...
Domestic FootballTrung Dat's 40-metre strike: a rare moment, and the limits of reading it as scouting dataLate in the first half at Dan Phuong stadium, Trung Dat collected the ball ne...
BasketballKawhi Returns to Toronto: The $700,000 Gamble and 5 Picks That Cost the ClippersThe number $700,000 is not a fine. It's a declaration. When the NBA announced...
Martial ArtsThe Pulse Beneath the Gym Floor: Vietnamese Combat Sports and the Quiet Shift5:42 a.m. The gym sits on the second floor of an old house on Nguyen Thien...
International FootballBompastor Returns to Lyon: The Emotional Gamble and Chelsea's Missing European TrophyThere is a moment that anyone who has ever sat on the bench understands: when...
International FootballKees Smit injured with Jong Oranje: AZ lose a key man before the trip to De KuipAt Jong Oranje's warm-up, what lingered was not a piece of skill. A player...
VolleyballA year of decline for Vietnam women's volleyball: when both wings are locked and the ball is forced to the middleIn the third set of a match I was watching from Guangzhou on a screen, I wrot...
TennisMarta Kostyuk Reaches the Guadalajara Quarter-Finals Without Playing a Point: Reading the WTA Bye and Walkover RulesOn the main-draw board in Guadalajara, Marta Kostyuk's name appears twice...
International FootballBompastor, the 60-Second Medical Rule and the 91 Seconds That Changed Chelsea's WSL OpenerThe clock stopped at 1:31 My notebook that day held a single line, written...
International FootballConte Denies Advanced Talks: Manchester United Is Pricing a Name With the Fear of One DefeatThe desk clock in my São Paulo office read 1:12 in the morning when Antonio...
Table TennisThe Six-Day Gap: How the 2027 Istanbul Mixed Team Format Tests Europe's Youth PipelineIn the last three preparatory matches before the season, the pace of European...
EsportsKang Jae-sung and the Art of Storytelling from the Losing Side: When Esports Needs a PoetIn a small internet cafe near the port of Busan, there was once a 15-year-old...
Domestic FootballV.League Transfers: The Money Sits in the Clauses, Not in the RumoursThat night I heard a whole city exhale, and then break. On 5 January 2026, at...
International FootballThe V.League transfer window: money still moves, but no one keeps a public ledgerIn a hotel lobby in Hanoi in the first days of January 2026, an agent opened...
International FootballThe V.League VAR Room and Transfer Window: When Noise Arrives Before EvidenceThe VAR room in the V.League does not look like what television broadcasts....
EsportsCS2 Loses 19,620 Players in September: Seven Straight Monthly Declines and the Limits of the Historical BaselineOpening On September 23, Counter-Strike 2 recorded 1,450,705 concurrent...
Martial ArtsVietnamese Combat Sports and the Data Gap Behind the MedalLate July, in a small arena in Hai Phong, I sat in the fourth row waiting for...
BadmintonAn Se-young and the Price of a Record: Two Seven-Point Runs and One AnkleGame one of the Denmark Open final in Odense, An Se-young leading 18-15. I...
VolleyballLA 2028: Six Men's Volleyball Berths Secured, but France and Other Contenders Remain on the OutsideSometimes the most important thing on a list is the names that are missing. T...
EsportsVietnam's MLBB Ladder: From the HUTECH Hall to M-Series, and the Price of a Visa HandshakeLate on an autumn evening, in a university hall in Ho Chi Minh City, hundreds...
Domestic FootballTrung Dat's 40-metre strike: a rare moment, and the limits of reading it as scouting dataLate in the first half at Dan Phuong stadium, Trung Dat collected the ball ne...
BasketballKawhi Returns to Toronto: The $700,000 Gamble and 5 Picks That Cost the ClippersThe number $700,000 is not a fine. It's a declaration. When the NBA announced...
Martial ArtsThe Pulse Beneath the Gym Floor: Vietnamese Combat Sports and the Quiet Shift5:42 a.m. The gym sits on the second floor of an old house on Nguyen Thien...
International FootballBompastor Returns to Lyon: The Emotional Gamble and Chelsea's Missing European TrophyThere is a moment that anyone who has ever sat on the bench understands: when...
International FootballKees Smit injured with Jong Oranje: AZ lose a key man before the trip to De KuipAt Jong Oranje's warm-up, what lingered was not a piece of skill. A player...
VolleyballA year of decline for Vietnam women's volleyball: when both wings are locked and the ball is forced to the middleIn the third set of a match I was watching from Guangzhou on a screen, I wrot...
TennisMarta Kostyuk Reaches the Guadalajara Quarter-Finals Without Playing a Point: Reading the WTA Bye and Walkover RulesOn the main-draw board in Guadalajara, Marta Kostyuk's name appears twice...
International FootballBompastor, the 60-Second Medical Rule and the 91 Seconds That Changed Chelsea's WSL OpenerThe clock stopped at 1:31 My notebook that day held a single line, written...
International FootballConte Denies Advanced Talks: Manchester United Is Pricing a Name With the Fear of One DefeatThe desk clock in my São Paulo office read 1:12 in the morning when Antonio...
Table TennisThe Six-Day Gap: How the 2027 Istanbul Mixed Team Format Tests Europe's Youth PipelineIn the last three preparatory matches before the season, the pace of European...
EsportsKang Jae-sung and the Art of Storytelling from the Losing Side: When Esports Needs a PoetIn a small internet cafe near the port of Busan, there was once a 15-year-old...
