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Indonesia's two-second goal: an unratified record and the trap of small-sided formatsThe ball left the centre spot as a short pass. Muhammad Nazar Alfiansyah did...
A 135,000-Seat Stadium, 30 Billion Baht and an 18-Year Gap: The 2042 World Cup Race Seen From the Capital SheetIn December 2026, on a site of several dozen hectares in Van Giang, Hung Yen,...
The 135,000-Seat Stadium in Hanoi, Thailand's 30 Billion Baht and an Eighteen-Year Gap Nobody Has ClosedA Thai business news outlet published a rendering of the Trong Dong stadium i...
Vietnam builds two mega-stadiums while Thailand looks back at the Chon Buri steel frame from 2026The steel frame of the Chon Buri stadium went up in 2026. Eighteen years late...
FIFA opens media rights tender for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups in the United States and Puerto RicoOn 22 October, a four-paragraph FIFA release landed in my inbox: the media...
World Cup 2030 and Morocco's Test of Institutional MaturityWhen FIFA awarded the 2030 World Cup to Morocco alongside Spain and Portugal,...
Three Mexican Women Referees at the Morocco U-17 Women's World Cup: The Ones Who Hold the Match in SilenceOn the referee appointment sheet sent out by the International Federation of...
The 32-Team Club World Cup: How a Billion Dollars Is Split, and Who Pays With Their LegsOn July 13, 2026, at MetLife Stadium, Chelsea beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 to...
FIFA postpones FIFAe Finals 2026 in Jeddah after attacks: re-reading the event-operations layer of esportsThe announcement went out on a Thursday. The scheduled start was October 16 i...
Camp Nou joins the race for the 2030 World Cup final: stadium, power, and a decision still pendingAt three in the morning in Da Nang, my phone buzzed. A contact in Barcelona...
Null Payload and the Data Verification Problem in Esports Analysis: The Boundary Between Professionalism and FabricationIn November 2026, at a sports data analysis office in Gangnam, Seoul, I...
Three Rooms in Zurich, Jeddah and Washington: The $20bn Valuation Fight and the Limits of FIFA's PowerThree rooms, one night On October 15, in Zurich, a meeting room inside FIFA's...
The Abandoned World Cup Sell-Off File Stays Shut: FIFA Meets on 15 October, and Youth Development Money Waits BehindLast August I sat on the concrete stand of a training pitch on the edge of Nh...
World Cup 2026: Home Advantage Is Mispriced, and the 3.5 Points From an Empty SeasonOn 16 May 2026, I sat in front of a screen in Seoul at 20:30, waiting for the...
Beneath the Peace Medal: Infantino and the Spreadsheet Nobody Wants to ReadBeneath the Peace Medal: Infantino and the Spreadsheet Nobody Wants to Read O...
The Two-Page Letter from Zurich and Infantino's Re-election GambitThe letter left Zurich on the morning of Monday, September 21, 2026. Two page...
The Letter of 211 Federations: How UEFA and Concacaf Priced the FIFA Chair at $10 MillionOn October 15, at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, the FIFA Council will meet....
Russia Returns to FIFA Competition at the Under-15 World Cup: A Test Step, Not an AcquittalI reopened the group list four times in a single afternoon, and each time I...
Goal Denied at 90+7 Minutes: When VAR Exposes the Decisive Gap Between Rules and the Referee's EyeGoal Denied at 90+7 Minutes: When VAR Exposes the Decisive Gap Between Rules...
FIFA ASEAN Cup 2026: The Group of Death and FIFA's Commercial GambleThere is a moment I cannot forget while watching the announcement of the new...
BTS performs at 2026 World Cup final, expands special screening events to Buenos Aires and São PauloOn July 19, 2026, global music group BTS performed during the halftime show o...
