Jelle Van NeckJelle Van Neck
When the Data Disappears: An Empty Analysis and the Question of Trust in Table TennisOn a late autumn afternoon in Nagoya, I opened a document a younger colleague...
Waterfront Hall and the Contract to 2029: The Truth Behind the 'Success' of the Northern Ireland OpenWaterfront Hall sits on the bank of the River Lagan, in the heart of Belfast....
Vietnamese Football in 2026: The First Marks of a Colonial Sporting CultureIn 2026, Vietnamese football remained in its early colonial stage, but this w...
Gauff Plays and Owns for Florida: World Team Tennis Rewrites the Rules with EquityTwo Job Titles on One Roster Board On December 14 and 15, at Amerant Bank Are...
The Transfer Rumor Machine: When the Market Runs Dry, Blockbusters Are Minted from a SpreadsheetThe Transfer Rumor Machine: When the Market Runs Dry, Blockbusters Are Minted...
The Data Void in Women's Sports: When Vietnam's National Women's Team and Women's Esports Are Analysed Into ZeroThe Data Void in Women's Sports: When Vietnam's National Women's Team and...
The Empty Boxes in the V.League Press RoomTwo hours after the final whistle at Rajamangala, the stadium corridors had...
Thuy Linh, Three Asian Games and the Medal Gap: An Analysis from Cash Flow to the Development SystemIncheon, a winter weekend evening. I replay the recording of the interview a...
Eerste Divisie: Heracles' First Defeat and the Paradox of the Teams That Cannot Be PromotedAt Vitesse, NAC Breda conceded in stoppage time. At Almere, Heracles tasted...
Four Days in Skopje: The Silent Ballad of Chinese Table Tennis in the BalkansIn a training hall in Skopje, on a September morning, a ball tapped steadily...
Nine Sections, Not a Single SubjectHOOK Three in the morning in Shanghai. I reopened an analysis a colleague had...
When Data Goes Silent: Lessons for Vietnamese Esports from an Empty Analysis SystemOn an August evening in Ho Chi Minh City, in the operations room of an esport...
Asian Games 2026 Quarter-Final: India 1-3 Japan, and the Gap That Isn't on the ScoreboardThe shuttle rose in the hall at Aichi-Nagoya on an afternoon when the humidit...
Loans with Obligation to Buy: The Financial Machine Turning Small Clubs into Component FactoriesLoans with Obligation to Buy: The Financial Machine Turning Small Clubs into...
Asian Games 2026: India Falls to Japan in the Quarter-Finals — Two Winnable Games Dropped and the Depth QuestionEvery rally tells three stories: one for the camera, one for the technology,...
Alonso, Sainz and the Madring Clash: The New Circuit Is Just the Prettiest ExcuseAlonso, Sainz and the Madring Clash: The New Circuit Is Just the Prettiest...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian Record in Women's 200 IM With 2:02.80: Reading a Race Through Split DataI once believed that to judge a swimming record, all you needed was the final...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast AsiaBangkok, September 2026. As the final ball hit the floor, the roar from more...
Romania vs Bosnia in League B: The Thinnest Boundary in the Nations LeagueThis month, while scrolling through Nations League reports from my small...
The Hollow Basketball Record: The Most Dangerous Data Error Is the One Nobody CatchesAt 2:47 in the morning, the seventeenth record of the day slid into the revie...
Waterfront Hall and the Contract to 2029: The Truth Behind the 'Success' of the Northern Ireland OpenWaterfront Hall sits on the bank of the River Lagan, in the heart of Belfast....
Vietnamese Football in 2026: The First Marks of a Colonial Sporting CultureIn 2026, Vietnamese football remained in its early colonial stage, but this w...
Gauff Plays and Owns for Florida: World Team Tennis Rewrites the Rules with EquityTwo Job Titles on One Roster Board On December 14 and 15, at Amerant Bank Are...
The Transfer Rumor Machine: When the Market Runs Dry, Blockbusters Are Minted from a SpreadsheetThe Transfer Rumor Machine: When the Market Runs Dry, Blockbusters Are Minted...
The Data Void in Women's Sports: When Vietnam's National Women's Team and Women's Esports Are Analysed Into ZeroThe Data Void in Women's Sports: When Vietnam's National Women's Team and...
The Empty Boxes in the V.League Press RoomTwo hours after the final whistle at Rajamangala, the stadium corridors had...
Thuy Linh, Three Asian Games and the Medal Gap: An Analysis from Cash Flow to the Development SystemIncheon, a winter weekend evening. I replay the recording of the interview a...
Eerste Divisie: Heracles' First Defeat and the Paradox of the Teams That Cannot Be PromotedAt Vitesse, NAC Breda conceded in stoppage time. At Almere, Heracles tasted...
Four Days in Skopje: The Silent Ballad of Chinese Table Tennis in the BalkansIn a training hall in Skopje, on a September morning, a ball tapped steadily...
Nine Sections, Not a Single SubjectHOOK Three in the morning in Shanghai. I reopened an analysis a colleague had...
When Data Goes Silent: Lessons for Vietnamese Esports from an Empty Analysis SystemOn an August evening in Ho Chi Minh City, in the operations room of an esport...
Asian Games 2026 Quarter-Final: India 1-3 Japan, and the Gap That Isn't on the ScoreboardThe shuttle rose in the hall at Aichi-Nagoya on an afternoon when the humidit...
Loans with Obligation to Buy: The Financial Machine Turning Small Clubs into Component FactoriesLoans with Obligation to Buy: The Financial Machine Turning Small Clubs into...
Asian Games 2026: India Falls to Japan in the Quarter-Finals — Two Winnable Games Dropped and the Depth QuestionEvery rally tells three stories: one for the camera, one for the technology,...
Alonso, Sainz and the Madring Clash: The New Circuit Is Just the Prettiest ExcuseAlonso, Sainz and the Madring Clash: The New Circuit Is Just the Prettiest...
Yu Yiting Breaks Asian Record in Women's 200 IM With 2:02.80: Reading a Race Through Split DataI once believed that to judge a swimming record, all you needed was the final...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast AsiaBangkok, September 2026. As the final ball hit the floor, the roar from more...
Romania vs Bosnia in League B: The Thinnest Boundary in the Nations LeagueThis month, while scrolling through Nations League reports from my small...
The Hollow Basketball Record: The Most Dangerous Data Error Is the One Nobody CatchesAt 2:47 in the morning, the seventeenth record of the day slid into the revie...
