Valencia
A Goal in the 2nd Minute and a Collapse in the 47th: The Bittersweet Debut of El Vasco at ValenciaIn the second minute, the ball was already in the net. Valencia were ahead, a...
Javier Aguirre and Valencia: auditing a rescue mission that starts with 4 points and two mismatched data pointsI opened the file at 1:47 a.m., and the first thing that stopped me was not t...
Mexico Lose Fitness Coach Pol Lorente Mid-Cycle Under Aguirre: A Two-Window Gap and an Unverified Valencia LinkOn the day the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) issued its statement...
Fermin Lopez - Barcelona's 'New Lampard': From Dressing Room Outcast to Beat KeeperBarcelona just closed September with an attacking run that made all of Europe...
Lamine Yamal, 19, joins Barcelona captaincy: Brace and question marks ahead of ValenciaIn the eyes of Lamine Yamal as he received the captain's armband from his...
Mourinho and Real Madrid's 1-3 comeback: when structure beats beliefWhen the score was 1-3, the whole stadium sat down. Mourinho said that on Pri...
USA - Canada: A 216-Point Final and a Crown Decided by the Last Two BallsThe score stopped at 15-13. The last ball hit the floor on Canada's side, the...
Thailand's Asian Championship: A Victory of the OutdatedWhen the whole city argues about xG, I print out the data table and draw hear...
Verstappen beat 100 rivals in 14 laps: what really happened inside the 'biggest race' of his career at SilverstoneMax Verstappen's starting position at Silverstone on Wednesday evening was...
League of Legends 2027: Riot Reopens Per-Stage Promotion, VCS Gains Extra Doors Into LCPIn a competition where every teamfight is preserved as a VOD, some things nev...
Cameroon Reach CAVB Men's African Nations Championship Final, Qualify for 2027 World Championship Alongside TunisiaThe Cameroon men's national volleyball team has reached the final of the CAVB...
Reece James knee surgery: Chelsea say 'several weeks', British media say 'three months'The press conference in London on October 16 finished faster than expected....
0-6 and the Notebook: What Actually Happened to Tran Thi Cam Tu in the Karate World FinalIn the final three minutes of the gold medal bout, I sat in the fourth row of...
Brazil win 16th straight South American title: three hitters, one cracked link, and a berth still to verifySet one ended 26-24. I rewound the tape three times, stopped at 24-24, and wh...
A "Tennis" Dossier That Turned Out to Be Pakistan’s Power Sector: Sports Writing Needs to Relearn How to Say "Insufficient Data"A document arrived on my desk labelled "tennis." Nine pages, no photographs, ...
Billiards: Identify the Discipline Before You Grade the PlayerAt two in the morning, a fourteen-page PDF lands in my inbox. Nine chapters....
VAR in V-League: When the Third Eye Becomes the Center of ControversyI have followed Vietnamese football since my days as an economics student, an...
Grand Slam Prize Money Nearly Doubled in a Decade. The Players' Revenue Share Barely Moved.On 7 September 2026, on the hard court of Arthur Ashe Stadium, Carlos Alcaraz...
Table Tennis England Publishes Its 2026/26 Annual Report: 76 Digital Pages, a Members' Day, and an Anchor in London 2026One in the morning in Guangzhou, and a 76-page PDF has just settled onto my...
No Need for Possession: Kim Sang-sik Rewrote the Tactical Laws for Vietnamese FootballI stood at Rajamangala Stadium on the night of January 5, 2026 with a noteboo...
