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FIFAe Finals 2026 Postponed at the Last Minute in Jeddah: A Data Point, Not a TrendThe announcement came on Thursday. The event was to open on Friday, October 1...
The Asian Nations League and the 18-Team Line: Vietnam Standing on a Fragile Balance PointOn October 6, at the meeting of member federations, the Asian Football...
Maná and the 2026 World Cup Opening: The Cultural Budget Layer That Never Touches a Club's BooksIn June 2026, in Mexico City, the band Maná took a stage tied to the...
FIFA ASEAN Cup: FIFA Wants to Plant Its Flag in Southeast Asia, but the Real Stake Sits in the CalendarTwo hours before the opening ceremony of the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 in Jakarta,...
The FIFA ASEAN Cup: the Jakarta Signal and the Gap Between What Could Happen and What Has Been DecidedOn September 25, 2026, in Jakarta, a hall full of officials, journalists and...
Infantino Between the Washington Squeeze and the November 18 DeadlineIn late July, from a small apartment in Shenzhen, I reopened the letter Jamie...
The Piano in the Hotel Lobby: What Football Remembers When the Tactics FadeThe hotel lobby at night has a light of its own, amber and flat, bright enoug...
FIFA orders Thanh Hoa to pay Rimario 305,000 USD: a three-window transfer ban and the cash-flow problem of V-LeagueOn September 10, 2026, FIFA published its ruling in the dispute between Thanh...
Morocco PM Rebukes Federation Chief Over 2030 World Cup Final ClaimHook 2 a.m. in Incheon. As usual, I was awake, eyes fixed on a 47-second clip...
Tran Quoc Tuan to Lead Asian Games Football Operations: A Power Dossier and the Blind Spot of Vietnamese FootballOn September 9, Vietnam's U23 squad was finalised. On September 12, the team...
Tran Quoc Tuan Takes the Asian Games Football Operations Seat: When a Vietnamese Hand Reaches Asia's Deal-Making TableBeer undrunk, bet unplaced, yet I already saw South Korea beat Germany. I wro...
Vietnam Women's Sepak Takraw Reaches Asian Games Final: One Substitution, Twelve Straight Points, and the Grey Zone of Slow StartsThe Asian Games women's sepak takraw semifinal between Vietnam and South Kore...
The 9...a5 Move and the Bayonet Attack: When the King's Indian Defense Opens a Different PathFrom Da Nang, Looking at an Old Move Saturday evening, a small chess cafe on...
Gabriel Deck's Injury: A Tough Puzzle for Argentina in the 2027 World Cup QualifiersThe moment Gabriel Deck clutched his shoulder and left the court during the...
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...
Three Months After the Fall in Round Four: Decoding a Spiker's Jump LoadSet four, 22–21 to the visitors. The number 9 outside hitter takes her approa...
One Misspelled Name, One Career's Lesson: Notes from the V.League Transfer MarketIn the 2026 World Cup semi-final between France and Belgium in Saint...
Djokovic's 20-year Grand Slam first-round streak ends: 2026 US Open defeat reveals the fragile line between legend and realityOn a September evening on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the last racket-ball contact...
Vietnam National Team at AFF Cup 2026: Why Kim Hoa's Success Doesn't Lie in Tactics, But in Something Else EntirelyVietnam National Team at AFF Cup 2026: Why Kim Hoa's Success Doesn't Lie in...
Paredes' Ban and Argentina's No.5 Problem in MidfieldA national team's year is not measured in matchdays but in training camps....
The Asian Nations League and the 18-Team Line: Vietnam Standing on a Fragile Balance PointOn October 6, at the meeting of member federations, the Asian Football...
Maná and the 2026 World Cup Opening: The Cultural Budget Layer That Never Touches a Club's BooksIn June 2026, in Mexico City, the band Maná took a stage tied to the...
FIFA ASEAN Cup: FIFA Wants to Plant Its Flag in Southeast Asia, but the Real Stake Sits in the CalendarTwo hours before the opening ceremony of the FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026 in Jakarta,...
The FIFA ASEAN Cup: the Jakarta Signal and the Gap Between What Could Happen and What Has Been DecidedOn September 25, 2026, in Jakarta, a hall full of officials, journalists and...
Infantino Between the Washington Squeeze and the November 18 DeadlineIn late July, from a small apartment in Shenzhen, I reopened the letter Jamie...
The Piano in the Hotel Lobby: What Football Remembers When the Tactics FadeThe hotel lobby at night has a light of its own, amber and flat, bright enoug...
FIFA orders Thanh Hoa to pay Rimario 305,000 USD: a three-window transfer ban and the cash-flow problem of V-LeagueOn September 10, 2026, FIFA published its ruling in the dispute between Thanh...
Morocco PM Rebukes Federation Chief Over 2030 World Cup Final ClaimHook 2 a.m. in Incheon. As usual, I was awake, eyes fixed on a 47-second clip...
Tran Quoc Tuan to Lead Asian Games Football Operations: A Power Dossier and the Blind Spot of Vietnamese FootballOn September 9, Vietnam's U23 squad was finalised. On September 12, the team...
Tran Quoc Tuan Takes the Asian Games Football Operations Seat: When a Vietnamese Hand Reaches Asia's Deal-Making TableBeer undrunk, bet unplaced, yet I already saw South Korea beat Germany. I wro...
Vietnam Women's Sepak Takraw Reaches Asian Games Final: One Substitution, Twelve Straight Points, and the Grey Zone of Slow StartsThe Asian Games women's sepak takraw semifinal between Vietnam and South Kore...
The 9...a5 Move and the Bayonet Attack: When the King's Indian Defense Opens a Different PathFrom Da Nang, Looking at an Old Move Saturday evening, a small chess cafe on...
Gabriel Deck's Injury: A Tough Puzzle for Argentina in the 2027 World Cup QualifiersThe moment Gabriel Deck clutched his shoulder and left the court during the...
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...
Three Months After the Fall in Round Four: Decoding a Spiker's Jump LoadSet four, 22–21 to the visitors. The number 9 outside hitter takes her approa...
One Misspelled Name, One Career's Lesson: Notes from the V.League Transfer MarketIn the 2026 World Cup semi-final between France and Belgium in Saint...
Djokovic's 20-year Grand Slam first-round streak ends: 2026 US Open defeat reveals the fragile line between legend and realityOn a September evening on Arthur Ashe Stadium, the last racket-ball contact...
Vietnam National Team at AFF Cup 2026: Why Kim Hoa's Success Doesn't Lie in Tactics, But in Something Else EntirelyVietnam National Team at AFF Cup 2026: Why Kim Hoa's Success Doesn't Lie in...
Paredes' Ban and Argentina's No.5 Problem in MidfieldA national team's year is not measured in matchdays but in training camps....
