mark williams
The Empty Analysis and the Trap of Conclusions Without DataThere is a moment in this profession that I learned to fear more than any...
Herdman Closes the Door on Zandbergen: The Ellertsson File and the Limits of Indonesia's Striker ProblemA short answer in Jakarta A short answer from John Herdman at a Jakarta press...
The Empty Dossier: Vietnamese Youth Table Tennis Is Scouting on FaithThe A4 sheet was placed in front of me on a white plastic table in the corrid...
NCAA Committee's First 2026 Top 16: Nebraska at No. 1 and the Signals Hidden in the Record TableWhen the NCAA women's volleyball committee released its first Top 16 ranking ...
Barcelona 5-1 Feyenoord: Gabriel Jesus opens account, Lamine Yamal scores direct free-kick, attack hits 2026 markLess than two minutes after coming on for Dani Olmo, Gabriel Jesus scored his...
Vietnamese Football and the Transfer Trap: When Small Clubs Remain Stepping Stones for GiantsWhen I watched V.League matches this season, one number would not let me look...
UFC 331: Joshua Van defends flyweight title against Alexandre PantojaDuring the break between rounds one and two in Los Angeles, Joshua Van's corn...
Liga Voli Mahasiswa 2026: 36 Teams, 3 Cities, and a Media Platform Building Its Own StageOn 25 September 2026 in Jakarta, the organisers of Liga Voli Mahasiswa drew t...
From Kazan 2026 to the 2026 World Cup: when the rulebook prices the playerOn June 16, 2026, at Kazan Arena, referee Andrés Cunha stepped out of the...
Shanghai Port have conceded four in two: CAHN should copy Kashima, not GambaThree in the morning in Lyon I rewound the tape of CAHN's 0-1 defeat to Kashi...
TT Kidz and the Challenge of Widening the Base of English Table TennisIn November, as the European indoor table tennis season settles into its dens...
The Report Is Never Written in Advance: Data Discipline in the VAR Room and the Lesson of an Empty FileOn the monitor in my Lyon office there is a file named "L1_Discipline_Raw"....
CA TPHCM vs The Cong Viettel: When Money Has Not Yet Turned Into PointsThere is a moment in CA TPHCM's third match that I rewound four times. Minute...
Vietnamese Women's Football: The Unlocked Doors and the Largest StadiumIn the silence of summer, their heartbeats still echo like a manifesto. That ...
NaiLiu suspended indefinitely: Flash Wolves lose their Caesar Lane soul, and a lesson on fragile greatnessThe moment NaiLiu lifted the APL 2026 trophy, his face glistening with sweat...
When V.League Has No Data: The Hard Problem Facing Vietnamese Football AnalystsOne evening early in the season, I opened the data file a V.League club had...
Barcelona travel to Getafe with a patched-up defence: is it really Hamza's chance, or just a headline echo?In forty-five years of following teams, I have learned that the shortest...
Vietnamese-heritage defenders and the defensive puzzle: Polking opens the door, Kim Sang Sik decidesLast Tuesday afternoon, at CAHN's training center, I witnessed a moment no...
Wiegman Drops Toone and Kelly: A Personnel Gamble Before the 2027 Women's World Cup Play-offsSarina Wiegman picked up the phone and called the two most famous attacking...
Unbelievable Record: Manuel Neuer Surpasses Thomas Müller, Sets New Champions League Milestone for Bayern MunichWhen the opening whistle of the match between Bayern Munich and Bodø/Glimt...