Saudi Arabia
International FootballAsian Cup 2027: Local Organising Committee Says On Schedule, AFC President Keeps Postponement Option OpenRiyadh airport, on a night nobody wants to remember. Twelve dead. More than...
International FootballAsian Cup 2027 and the Safety Question in Riyadh: AFC Waits for a Late-November DecisionOn October 10, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was struck by an...
International FootballGulf Cup 27: Saudi Arabia Without Hawsawi, Tambakti in Doubt — Donis Still Prioritises the Clean Sheet Against QatarThe press room in Doha was emptier than I expected. Georgios Donis sat down,...
International FootballSaudi Arabia 2-0 Iraq: Two Basil Errors and a Ticket Decided by Disciplinary PointsIn the 54th minute, Ahmed Basil spilled a routine shot. Abdullah Al-Salem was...
International FootballThe Observation Deck in Jeddah: Infantino, a Culture of Respect, and the Reform Letter Nobody Has ReadFrom my technical-area seat at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, I let my...
International FootballSaudi Arabia's Expected Line-up vs Kuwait: A Map of Two Unpatched GapsIn the expected squad list published by Al-Yaum ahead of the opening match of...
BilliardsSnooker's Balance Sheet: Inside the £20 Million Prize Money MachineI opened the contract before I opened my mouth. And this time, that contract...
International FootballSalem Al-Dawsari and Saud Abdulhamid Left Out: The Spine Survives, the Wings Are Cut Bare Ahead of Gulf Cup 27When the official X account of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation posted i...
EsportsWorld Cup 2026 and the Data Lesson: The Saudi Arabia Shock Seen Through 2,100 Off-Ball RunsNovember 22, 2026, Lusail Stadium. I sat in front of a screen in Shenzhen wit...
Martial ArtsWomen's team kata gold at Asiad 20: mapping a title defenceToyohashi, Japan. On the women's team kata mat, three Vietnamese athletes too...
EsportsNine Empty Categories: A Verification Lesson from the Esports Transfer MarketOn July 27, 2026, I hit publish on a short line: Napoli had reached an...
BasketballMid-Season Signings in Vietnam's VBA: The Race for Local Slots and Handshakes That Never ClosedThree minutes left in the fourth quarter, on the visiting team's bench, a...
International FootballManchester United collapse in 88th minute as Everton snatch 2-2 draw in dramatic Goodison Park clashThe Manchester United versus Everton match at Goodison Park ended in a 2-2...
International FootballSuzuki Zion's Fingertip Save, and the Only Shot on Target Newcastle ManagedA night in Nha Trang. I switched off the light in my small studio and left on...
International FootballThomas Reis, KuPS and the Salah Question: What a Pre-Match Press Conference Doesn't SayIn the press conference before the KuPS match, the first question put to Thom...
BadmintonIndia Women's Badminton Team's Asian Games 2026 Exit: When Depth Outshines Star PowerIn my analysis room in Busan, the data sheet on PV Sindhu has been updated...
BasketballReal Madrid 119–84 Bilbao: Early Pace, Rotation Depth and the Lesson of an Easy WinThe final buzzer sounded when the scoreboard had already told most of the...
BadmintonNo Data, No Report: The Lesson from an Empty AnalysisFor more than 20 years of waiting in front of a screen for data, I have learn...
ChessThe Ritual of Belief: 5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of the Club Chess PlayerIn a third-floor room of an old chess club in Shanghai, where the smell of...
Table TennisWhen Data Returns Zero: The Discipline of Verification in Observing Vietnam's Youth Table TennisOne late afternoon, at a table tennis training centre on the outskirts of...
International FootballAsian Cup 2027 and the Safety Question in Riyadh: AFC Waits for a Late-November DecisionOn October 10, King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was struck by an...
International FootballGulf Cup 27: Saudi Arabia Without Hawsawi, Tambakti in Doubt — Donis Still Prioritises the Clean Sheet Against QatarThe press room in Doha was emptier than I expected. Georgios Donis sat down,...
International FootballSaudi Arabia 2-0 Iraq: Two Basil Errors and a Ticket Decided by Disciplinary PointsIn the 54th minute, Ahmed Basil spilled a routine shot. Abdullah Al-Salem was...
International FootballThe Observation Deck in Jeddah: Infantino, a Culture of Respect, and the Reform Letter Nobody Has ReadFrom my technical-area seat at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, I let my...
International FootballSaudi Arabia's Expected Line-up vs Kuwait: A Map of Two Unpatched GapsIn the expected squad list published by Al-Yaum ahead of the opening match of...
BilliardsSnooker's Balance Sheet: Inside the £20 Million Prize Money MachineI opened the contract before I opened my mouth. And this time, that contract...
International FootballSalem Al-Dawsari and Saud Abdulhamid Left Out: The Spine Survives, the Wings Are Cut Bare Ahead of Gulf Cup 27When the official X account of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation posted i...
EsportsWorld Cup 2026 and the Data Lesson: The Saudi Arabia Shock Seen Through 2,100 Off-Ball RunsNovember 22, 2026, Lusail Stadium. I sat in front of a screen in Shenzhen wit...
Martial ArtsWomen's team kata gold at Asiad 20: mapping a title defenceToyohashi, Japan. On the women's team kata mat, three Vietnamese athletes too...
EsportsNine Empty Categories: A Verification Lesson from the Esports Transfer MarketOn July 27, 2026, I hit publish on a short line: Napoli had reached an...
BasketballMid-Season Signings in Vietnam's VBA: The Race for Local Slots and Handshakes That Never ClosedThree minutes left in the fourth quarter, on the visiting team's bench, a...
International FootballManchester United collapse in 88th minute as Everton snatch 2-2 draw in dramatic Goodison Park clashThe Manchester United versus Everton match at Goodison Park ended in a 2-2...
International FootballSuzuki Zion's Fingertip Save, and the Only Shot on Target Newcastle ManagedA night in Nha Trang. I switched off the light in my small studio and left on...
International FootballThomas Reis, KuPS and the Salah Question: What a Pre-Match Press Conference Doesn't SayIn the press conference before the KuPS match, the first question put to Thom...
BadmintonIndia Women's Badminton Team's Asian Games 2026 Exit: When Depth Outshines Star PowerIn my analysis room in Busan, the data sheet on PV Sindhu has been updated...
BasketballReal Madrid 119–84 Bilbao: Early Pace, Rotation Depth and the Lesson of an Easy WinThe final buzzer sounded when the scoreboard had already told most of the...
BadmintonNo Data, No Report: The Lesson from an Empty AnalysisFor more than 20 years of waiting in front of a screen for data, I have learn...
ChessThe Ritual of Belief: 5.e5 and the Strange Comforts of the Club Chess PlayerIn a third-floor room of an old chess club in Shanghai, where the smell of...
Table TennisWhen Data Returns Zero: The Discipline of Verification in Observing Vietnam's Youth Table TennisOne late afternoon, at a table tennis training centre on the outskirts of...
