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 2026-2027 Embraces FIFA: A Revolution of Rules and the Equation of FairnessThe opening whistle of the new season has not yet sounded, but a silent...
TennisMonfils at 40 Still Wins at the US Open: A Victory of Adaptation, Not YouthThat night at Louis Armstrong Stadium, I stood in the technical corridor,...
VolleyballSMU Topples Pitt After 38-36 Marathon Set: Net Dominance and Balanced Attack Rewrite the ACC RaceThe third set at Fitzgerald Field House ran to 38-36. A scoreline that, read...
International FootballBrian Gutiérrez and the Ford Bronco: Chivas' Real Test Begins After the Spotlight FadesThe black Ford Bronco parked slightly off the line in the players' parking ar...
VolleyballVietnam Men's Volleyball Dream for LA 2028: From Fukuoka to the World StageFukuoka, Japan is becoming the center of Asian volleyball as the race for a...
International FootballMalacia Joins FC Cincinnati: A Free Transfer and a Bet on One KneeThe trial lasted a few days in Cincinnati — a handful of sessions with the...
International FootballThe Night the World Cup Signal Died: How I Learned to See the Match in the DarkIn June 2026, the television signal from the Spain-Portugal match cut out jus...
International FootballPersib Beat The Cong-Viettel 1-0: One Penalty, and a 'Change' With No Numbers Behind ItIn the 45th minute, Mariano Peralta placed the ball on the penalty spot in...
EsportsThe International Loses 91% of Its Prize Pool, Falcons Exit Dota 2: The Global Esports Money Map Is Being RedrawnIn October 2026, I stayed up until nearly 4 a.m. in Jakarta to watch The...
Table TennisClacton & District: The Power Map of English Grassroots Table Tennis and the Collapse of a 12-Year DynastyOn September 28, the squad list for the new season of the Clacton & District...
International FootballThe Silent Stadium and the Confession of Data: When Italian Football Weeps in the Latin ChurchIn Turin, the city where I have lived for ten years and written about footbal...
BadmintonVietnamese badminton players at crossroads: Between ambition to rise and infrastructure realityOn August 23, 2026, at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City, a domestic...
EsportsFaker's Postage Stamps: How South Korea Ratified Esports With a State-Issued ArtifactOn 21 October, at the Korea Post Museum in Seoul, a ceremony took place at...
BasketballBaskonia Falls to Besiktas at Buesa Arena: The Night of 3/19 From Three and a Single Winning QuarterWhen the final buzzer sounded at Buesa Arena, the scoreboard read 84-92....
Table TennisWorld Table Tennis After Paris 2026: Where the Gap Between China and the Rest Really SitsThe men's singles final of the table tennis tournament at the Bercy Arena in...
International FootballKlopp Defends Florian Wirtz Amid Liverpool Struggles: The Real Story Lies Off the PitchThe press conference took place in a small room beside Germany’s training...
International FootballTrabzonspor 2-0 Hearts: Thomas Reis, a five-win run and the data that is still missingThree in the morning, Busan time. I made a cup of instant coffee, pushed my...
International FootballManchester City Women's Munich Comeback: Real Character and the Crack in the First 30 MinutesIn the 30th minute at Stadion am Sportpark, the scoreboard read 2-0 to the...
BasketballThe Underground Game: How the VBA Is Weeding Out the Pretend-RichVBA 2026 – the ninth season of Vietnam's professional basketball league – is...
Domestic FootballV-League 2026-2027 Embraces FIFA: A Revolution of Rules and the Equation of FairnessThe opening whistle of the new season has not yet sounded, but a silent...
TennisMonfils at 40 Still Wins at the US Open: A Victory of Adaptation, Not YouthThat night at Louis Armstrong Stadium, I stood in the technical corridor,...
VolleyballSMU Topples Pitt After 38-36 Marathon Set: Net Dominance and Balanced Attack Rewrite the ACC RaceThe third set at Fitzgerald Field House ran to 38-36. A scoreline that, read...
International FootballBrian Gutiérrez and the Ford Bronco: Chivas' Real Test Begins After the Spotlight FadesThe black Ford Bronco parked slightly off the line in the players' parking ar...
VolleyballVietnam Men's Volleyball Dream for LA 2028: From Fukuoka to the World StageFukuoka, Japan is becoming the center of Asian volleyball as the race for a...
International FootballMalacia Joins FC Cincinnati: A Free Transfer and a Bet on One KneeThe trial lasted a few days in Cincinnati — a handful of sessions with the...
International FootballThe Night the World Cup Signal Died: How I Learned to See the Match in the DarkIn June 2026, the television signal from the Spain-Portugal match cut out jus...
International FootballPersib Beat The Cong-Viettel 1-0: One Penalty, and a 'Change' With No Numbers Behind ItIn the 45th minute, Mariano Peralta placed the ball on the penalty spot in...
EsportsThe International Loses 91% of Its Prize Pool, Falcons Exit Dota 2: The Global Esports Money Map Is Being RedrawnIn October 2026, I stayed up until nearly 4 a.m. in Jakarta to watch The...
Table TennisClacton & District: The Power Map of English Grassroots Table Tennis and the Collapse of a 12-Year DynastyOn September 28, the squad list for the new season of the Clacton & District...
International FootballThe Silent Stadium and the Confession of Data: When Italian Football Weeps in the Latin ChurchIn Turin, the city where I have lived for ten years and written about footbal...
BadmintonVietnamese badminton players at crossroads: Between ambition to rise and infrastructure realityOn August 23, 2026, at Phu Tho Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City, a domestic...
EsportsFaker's Postage Stamps: How South Korea Ratified Esports With a State-Issued ArtifactOn 21 October, at the Korea Post Museum in Seoul, a ceremony took place at...
BasketballBaskonia Falls to Besiktas at Buesa Arena: The Night of 3/19 From Three and a Single Winning QuarterWhen the final buzzer sounded at Buesa Arena, the scoreboard read 84-92....
Table TennisWorld Table Tennis After Paris 2026: Where the Gap Between China and the Rest Really SitsThe men's singles final of the table tennis tournament at the Bercy Arena in...
International FootballKlopp Defends Florian Wirtz Amid Liverpool Struggles: The Real Story Lies Off the PitchThe press conference took place in a small room beside Germany’s training...
International FootballTrabzonspor 2-0 Hearts: Thomas Reis, a five-win run and the data that is still missingThree in the morning, Busan time. I made a cup of instant coffee, pushed my...
International FootballManchester City Women's Munich Comeback: Real Character and the Crack in the First 30 MinutesIn the 30th minute at Stadion am Sportpark, the scoreboard read 2-0 to the...
BasketballThe Underground Game: How the VBA Is Weeding Out the Pretend-RichVBA 2026 – the ninth season of Vietnam's professional basketball league – is...
