Chris KillenChris Killen
When the Analysis Comes Back Empty: Lessons on Data, Discipline and the Heart of Vietnamese SportsNight falls, and the office of a sports writer is often filled with the sound...
Zico defends Kento Shiogai: one pre-match sentence and the global media lesson Japanese football is relearningThree days of a single number In 2026, on the Olympic track in Seoul, a numbe...
2026 Asian Games badminton draw: India meet Japan in the quarter-finals and the logic behind a hard bracketOn the afternoon of Saturday, 19 September 2026, in Aichi-Nagoya, a large she...
Amen Thompson and the 2032 Gamble: Houston Rockets Bet the Future on Fearless FeetWhen the lights at Toyota Center flickered off after a tense night of play, I...
The Match Without Times: CSL 2026, Virginia's Opener, and the Trap of the Live BlogThere is a live blog running to thousands of words about the second match of...
Loh Kean Yew's Ten Straight Points and the Silence After Lakshya Sen's Fast StartAt 5-1 in favour of Lakshya Sen in the opening game, the arena began to belie...
The Captain's Armband on Nguyen Xuan Son and the Gap Vietnam's National Team Has Not FilledThe captain's armband, woven fabric in red with a gold trim, was folded in ha...
Clacton & District Season Preview: Brotherhood A Defend the Double, Nomads Panthers Rebuild, and a Sheet of Paper With No Year On ItA thin sheet of paper, printed on both sides, small type, folded in four. I...
Xuan Son's Captaincy: When the Data Stays Silent, Where Does the Story LiveThat night, when Nguyen Xuan Son reached out to take the captain's armband fr...
Japan lose set four under serving pressure: a reception system collapses and nobody fixes half a stepAt 22-22 in the fourth set I sat half a metre from the screen, my left hand...
Xu Wen Jing Beats Nguyen Thuy Linh at Vietnam Open: Speed Rewrites the Control Reference FrameAt 20-20 in the second game, Xu Wen Jing stood roughly half a metre right of...
Nine-Dimension Esports Analysis: When Data Is Empty, Silence Is a ConclusionThat night I did not sleep — but this time not because of Croatia. At three i...
V-League 2026-2027 after Round 2: 14 matches without a draw and the paradox at the bottomLate on Saturday night I sat alone in my apartment in Da Nang, the screen...
Dinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: The Left Knee, the Empty Chair, and the Notebook Pages Nobody Has ReadThe morning after the final, I sat in the third row of the technical area and...
Amy Hunt clocks 22.16 in Brussels: season's best or warning before the 100m night?At Brussels, Amy Hunt closed the women's 200m Diamond League final in third...
Vietnam women's sepak takraw beat South Korea 2-0 to reach the Asian Games final: the substitution lever, a 12-point run and a recurring slow startAt 6-3 down in the first game of the semifinal, coach Nguyen Thi Vui waved...
Pitt Panthers Rise to No. 1 in the Weekly Poll: The First Stride of a Long SeasonIn four opening matches, Olivia Babcock never finished below double digits in...
Esports and the Empty Analysis: An Industry That Sells CertaintyOn a Tuesday night in Busan, I sat in front of a four-page script for this...
Thailand Looks at Vietnam Without Xuan Son: A Golden Chance and the Trap of MemoryOn a Thai supporter page called Kiran Buriram, a status update went up at...
Aidil Sholeh and the Super 100 Title: When Malaysia's 'History' Is Actually a Decline SignalThe scoreline read 21-16, 21-14. Two straight games. No third game. When Aidi...
Zico defends Kento Shiogai: one pre-match sentence and the global media lesson Japanese football is relearningThree days of a single number In 2026, on the Olympic track in Seoul, a numbe...
2026 Asian Games badminton draw: India meet Japan in the quarter-finals and the logic behind a hard bracketOn the afternoon of Saturday, 19 September 2026, in Aichi-Nagoya, a large she...
Amen Thompson and the 2032 Gamble: Houston Rockets Bet the Future on Fearless FeetWhen the lights at Toyota Center flickered off after a tense night of play, I...
The Match Without Times: CSL 2026, Virginia's Opener, and the Trap of the Live BlogThere is a live blog running to thousands of words about the second match of...
Loh Kean Yew's Ten Straight Points and the Silence After Lakshya Sen's Fast StartAt 5-1 in favour of Lakshya Sen in the opening game, the arena began to belie...
The Captain's Armband on Nguyen Xuan Son and the Gap Vietnam's National Team Has Not FilledThe captain's armband, woven fabric in red with a gold trim, was folded in ha...
Clacton & District Season Preview: Brotherhood A Defend the Double, Nomads Panthers Rebuild, and a Sheet of Paper With No Year On ItA thin sheet of paper, printed on both sides, small type, folded in four. I...
Xuan Son's Captaincy: When the Data Stays Silent, Where Does the Story LiveThat night, when Nguyen Xuan Son reached out to take the captain's armband fr...
Japan lose set four under serving pressure: a reception system collapses and nobody fixes half a stepAt 22-22 in the fourth set I sat half a metre from the screen, my left hand...
Xu Wen Jing Beats Nguyen Thuy Linh at Vietnam Open: Speed Rewrites the Control Reference FrameAt 20-20 in the second game, Xu Wen Jing stood roughly half a metre right of...
Nine-Dimension Esports Analysis: When Data Is Empty, Silence Is a ConclusionThat night I did not sleep — but this time not because of Croatia. At three i...
V-League 2026-2027 after Round 2: 14 matches without a draw and the paradox at the bottomLate on Saturday night I sat alone in my apartment in Da Nang, the screen...
Dinh Van Tam and the Asiad 20 Silver: The Left Knee, the Empty Chair, and the Notebook Pages Nobody Has ReadThe morning after the final, I sat in the third row of the technical area and...
Amy Hunt clocks 22.16 in Brussels: season's best or warning before the 100m night?At Brussels, Amy Hunt closed the women's 200m Diamond League final in third...
Vietnam women's sepak takraw beat South Korea 2-0 to reach the Asian Games final: the substitution lever, a 12-point run and a recurring slow startAt 6-3 down in the first game of the semifinal, coach Nguyen Thi Vui waved...
Pitt Panthers Rise to No. 1 in the Weekly Poll: The First Stride of a Long SeasonIn four opening matches, Olivia Babcock never finished below double digits in...
Esports and the Empty Analysis: An Industry That Sells CertaintyOn a Tuesday night in Busan, I sat in front of a four-page script for this...
Thailand Looks at Vietnam Without Xuan Son: A Golden Chance and the Trap of MemoryOn a Thai supporter page called Kiran Buriram, a status update went up at...
Aidil Sholeh and the Super 100 Title: When Malaysia's 'History' Is Actually a Decline SignalThe scoreline read 21-16, 21-14. Two straight games. No third game. When Aidi...