Martial Arts
The Blank Sheet Before a Fight Press Conference: What a Beat Reporter Does When the Data Never Arrives
Asiad 2026: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Ambush from a Discipline Nobody Knows the Rules Of
PFL CEO John Martin Resigns Less Than Two Months After MVP Merger: A Deal That Changed the Name, the People, and the Owner
Eight Matches in 28 Days: The Load Curve Behind Nguyen Xuan Son's Fracture
After UFC 333: The UFC Matchmaking Engine and the Volkanovski-Oliveira QuestionIn the post-UFC 333 matchup piece, one sentence was written before anyone cou...
Slavi Binev: A Governance Node Removed from the Taekwondo SystemThe hall in Sofia was still full. Six hundred and fifty athletes from ten...
The Blank Sheet Before a Fight Press Conference: What a Beat Reporter Does When the Data Never ArrivesTuesday morning, the printer in the media room clicked once and pushed out a...
Jena Bishop and the First PFL Belt: When One Round Decides an Entire ReignThree judges, three scorecards, one number: 48-47. Jena Bishop walked to the...
Undefeated at 16-0 but cut by the UFC: When a perfect record is no longer a safe ticketWhen Farid Basharat raised his hand inside the Octagon on the night of July 1...
Korean Judo: The Random Weigh-In Notification Gap and the Price of 100 GramsJung Su-jin stood at the scale with her hair freshly cut short, minutes...
The Death Window and the Sealed Crack: Decoding Injuries in Vietnamese FootballThe Sealed Crack at Hoa Xuan Stadium In July 2026, I stood on the sideline of...
Asiad 2026: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Ambush from a Discipline Nobody Knows the Rules OfI replayed the taekwondo schedule for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya...
Elle Koh's Blade and a First Medal: Decoding the Bodies of Singapore's Women FencersOn the penultimate blade of the quarter-final, Elle Koh stepped half a metre...
Singapore Women's Epee: A First Medal and the Gap Between Top Seeding and the Top StepThe electronic scoreboard jumped to 42–41. The bell for the final bout rang,...
The 5-0 Card in Toyohashi: What the Scoreboard Doesn't Say About Vietnam's Team Kata GoldOn the morning of competition at the Toyohashi Gymnasium, there was no roar...
19.413 Points and the Gap Behind It: Reading Wushu Taolu Scoring at 33The last athlete in the spear taolu event walks to the centre of the floor. S...
0.133 Points Between Duong Thuy Vi and Wushu Gold: When the Floor Leaves No Room for ErrorThe moment Duong Thuy Vi stepped onto the spear taolu floor, the stands at th...
Duong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 Bronze: Enduring to the Last, Yet the Gap to the Top Is Now VisibleIn the second routine, Duong Thuy Vi stepped onto the floor holding 9.703...
Three 5-0 Verdicts on the Nagoya Floor: How Vietnam's Women's Kata Team Turned Synchronization Into a ShieldIn row seven of the arena, on the afternoon of September 22, I opened the...
PFL CEO John Martin Resigns Less Than Two Months After MVP Merger: A Deal That Changed the Name, the People, and the OwnerOn the night of July 30, my phone buzzed while I was rewatching a semifinal...
Redefining the Power of Bare Feet: Vietnam Karate and the Will to Retain Asian SupremacyThe moment Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm's foot touched the tatami mat in Aichi-Nagoya was...
Slavi Binev: A Governance Node Removed from the Taekwondo SystemThe hall in Sofia was still full. Six hundred and fifty athletes from ten...
The Blank Sheet Before a Fight Press Conference: What a Beat Reporter Does When the Data Never ArrivesTuesday morning, the printer in the media room clicked once and pushed out a...
Jena Bishop and the First PFL Belt: When One Round Decides an Entire ReignThree judges, three scorecards, one number: 48-47. Jena Bishop walked to the...
Undefeated at 16-0 but cut by the UFC: When a perfect record is no longer a safe ticketWhen Farid Basharat raised his hand inside the Octagon on the night of July 1...
Korean Judo: The Random Weigh-In Notification Gap and the Price of 100 GramsJung Su-jin stood at the scale with her hair freshly cut short, minutes...
The Death Window and the Sealed Crack: Decoding Injuries in Vietnamese FootballThe Sealed Crack at Hoa Xuan Stadium In July 2026, I stood on the sideline of...
Asiad 2026: Chau Ngoc Tuyet Sang and the Ambush from a Discipline Nobody Knows the Rules OfI replayed the taekwondo schedule for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya...
Elle Koh's Blade and a First Medal: Decoding the Bodies of Singapore's Women FencersOn the penultimate blade of the quarter-final, Elle Koh stepped half a metre...
Singapore Women's Epee: A First Medal and the Gap Between Top Seeding and the Top StepThe electronic scoreboard jumped to 42–41. The bell for the final bout rang,...
The 5-0 Card in Toyohashi: What the Scoreboard Doesn't Say About Vietnam's Team Kata GoldOn the morning of competition at the Toyohashi Gymnasium, there was no roar...
19.413 Points and the Gap Behind It: Reading Wushu Taolu Scoring at 33The last athlete in the spear taolu event walks to the centre of the floor. S...
0.133 Points Between Duong Thuy Vi and Wushu Gold: When the Floor Leaves No Room for ErrorThe moment Duong Thuy Vi stepped onto the spear taolu floor, the stands at th...
Duong Thuy Vi and the Asiad 20 Bronze: Enduring to the Last, Yet the Gap to the Top Is Now VisibleIn the second routine, Duong Thuy Vi stepped onto the floor holding 9.703...
Three 5-0 Verdicts on the Nagoya Floor: How Vietnam's Women's Kata Team Turned Synchronization Into a ShieldIn row seven of the arena, on the afternoon of September 22, I opened the...
PFL CEO John Martin Resigns Less Than Two Months After MVP Merger: A Deal That Changed the Name, the People, and the OwnerOn the night of July 30, my phone buzzed while I was rewatching a semifinal...
Redefining the Power of Bare Feet: Vietnam Karate and the Will to Retain Asian SupremacyThe moment Nguyễn Ngọc Trâm's foot touched the tatami mat in Aichi-Nagoya was...