Daniele CroceDaniele Croce
Kumamoto 2026: Li Shifeng Carries the Load, Shi Yuqi Withdraws, and the Question of Chinese Men's Singles DepthIn my editorial office in Copenhagen, I have an odd habit: whenever a player...
Alwi Farhan Worries Indonesian Men's Singles Sector Ahead of Asian Games 2026, Gets Valuable Lesson from Kento MomotaJakarta - Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Alwi Farhan, is undergoi...
Lakshya Sen's Road to Gold at the 2026 Asian Games: The Head-to-Head Record Doesn't LieIn March 2026, in Birmingham, I sat in front of a screen at two in the mornin...
Asian Games Men's Singles Final: The Geometry of the Gap Between Loh Kean Yew and Kunlavut VitidsarnI sat in the seventh row of the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, where th...
Indonesia Reaches the 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Badminton Final: Two Doubles Points and an Open Question in SinglesThe score read 14-21. That was the final line of the second game for Jonatan...
Shi Yuqi Withdraws, Li Shifeng Steps Up: The Depth Problem Beneath China's Men's Singles at the 2026 Kumamoto MastersKumamoto, a late November afternoon. Inside the arena the rackets still ring...
Kumamoto, the Void Left by Shi Yuqi and the New Burden on Li ShifengThe corridor of the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium on a November afternoon wa...
Kumamoto Masters 2026: Li Shifeng Takes the Lead, and the Void Shi Yuqi Left BehindKumamoto night. In a small Shanghai apartment, I replay a recording of a call...
Lakshya Sen's Path to Gold at Asian Games 2026: The Head-to-Head Table Exposes the GapIn a windowless newsroom in Incheon, I rebuilt Lakshya Sen's path to gold wit...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn Wins Asian Games 2026 Gold: A Victory of Controlled Play or Thai Badminton's Structural Breakthrough?Kunlavut Vitidsarn has made history for Thai badminton at the 2026 Asian Game...
Asian Games 2026 Men's Singles Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and an Unpaid Historical Debt27.4°C. Humidity 71%. Indoor wind speed 0.3 m/s. I set up three sensors aroun...
Thuy Linh's 24-22 Game: How My Hand Stained That NumberThe 24-22 scoreline in the second game was the first number I circled in red...
Lakshya Sen and the Road to Gold at Asian Games 2026: When Head-to-Head Data Does Not Favor the FavoriteAt the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, on an afternoon in March 2026, I sat clos...
Lakshya Sen and Asian Games 2026: The Head-to-Head Table Speaks Colder Than the ProjectionWhen a projected piece on Lakshya Sen's "path to a gold medal" went live from...
Lakshya Sen at the Asian Games 2026: What the Head-to-Head Record Says About the 'Path to Gold'At the round of 32 of the men's singles at the Asian Games 2026 in...
Lakshya Sen at the 2026 Asian Games: The Road to Gold and the Missing ChaptersLakshya Sen's left hand closes around the shuttle and holds for one beat befo...
2026 Asian Games: Indonesia Reach the Men's Team Final on Two Doubles Rubbers — and a Crack at the Number One SlotOn the electronic scoreboard of the arena in Aichi-Nagoya, the second game of...
The Geometry of Collapse: Why Japanese Badminton Fell Off the Medal Map and What Is Being Rebuilt for Los Angeles 2028The Geometry of Collapse: Why Japanese Badminton Fell Off the Medal Map and...
The Data Void in Vietnamese Badminton Across a BWF World Tour SeasonIn the spreadsheet I built for one BWF World Tour season, 214 rows correspond...
Paris 2026 Ends: Badminton Data Is Whispering About a New CycleI still remember the evening of August 5, 2026, when Viktor Axelsen defeated...
Thuy Linh and Asiad 20: The Investment Gap Behind a Badminton MedalThere is a spiral notebook on my desk, its spine faded, opened to a page I...
Inside the Compression Cycle of the BWF World Tour: Injury, Calendar and the Unlocked DoorsOn August 4, 2026, at the Porte de la Chapelle arena in Paris, Carolina Marin...
Thailand Deserves to Be Number One in Southeast Asia: Historic Win Over China and Japan Opens a New Era for Women's VolleyballThe moment the referee blew the final whistle at Huamark Indoor Stadium in...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast AsiaWhen the final volleyball hit the court at the Bangkok arena in August 2026, ...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast Asia: From Volleyball to the Olympic ArenaWhen the final whistle blew in Bangkok, a whole nation erupted. Thailand had...
Alwi Farhan Worries Indonesian Men's Singles Sector Ahead of Asian Games 2026, Gets Valuable Lesson from Kento MomotaJakarta - Indonesian men's singles badminton player, Alwi Farhan, is undergoi...
Lakshya Sen's Road to Gold at the 2026 Asian Games: The Head-to-Head Record Doesn't LieIn March 2026, in Birmingham, I sat in front of a screen at two in the mornin...
Asian Games Men's Singles Final: The Geometry of the Gap Between Loh Kean Yew and Kunlavut VitidsarnI sat in the seventh row of the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, where th...
Indonesia Reaches the 2026 Asian Games Men's Team Badminton Final: Two Doubles Points and an Open Question in SinglesThe score read 14-21. That was the final line of the second game for Jonatan...
Shi Yuqi Withdraws, Li Shifeng Steps Up: The Depth Problem Beneath China's Men's Singles at the 2026 Kumamoto MastersKumamoto, a late November afternoon. Inside the arena the rackets still ring...
Kumamoto, the Void Left by Shi Yuqi and the New Burden on Li ShifengThe corridor of the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium on a November afternoon wa...
Kumamoto Masters 2026: Li Shifeng Takes the Lead, and the Void Shi Yuqi Left BehindKumamoto night. In a small Shanghai apartment, I replay a recording of a call...
Lakshya Sen's Path to Gold at Asian Games 2026: The Head-to-Head Table Exposes the GapIn a windowless newsroom in Incheon, I rebuilt Lakshya Sen's path to gold wit...
Kunlavut Vitidsarn Wins Asian Games 2026 Gold: A Victory of Controlled Play or Thai Badminton's Structural Breakthrough?Kunlavut Vitidsarn has made history for Thai badminton at the 2026 Asian Game...
Asian Games 2026 Men's Singles Final: Loh Kean Yew, Kunlavut Vitidsarn and an Unpaid Historical Debt27.4°C. Humidity 71%. Indoor wind speed 0.3 m/s. I set up three sensors aroun...
Thuy Linh's 24-22 Game: How My Hand Stained That NumberThe 24-22 scoreline in the second game was the first number I circled in red...
Lakshya Sen and the Road to Gold at Asian Games 2026: When Head-to-Head Data Does Not Favor the FavoriteAt the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, on an afternoon in March 2026, I sat clos...
Lakshya Sen and Asian Games 2026: The Head-to-Head Table Speaks Colder Than the ProjectionWhen a projected piece on Lakshya Sen's "path to a gold medal" went live from...
Lakshya Sen at the Asian Games 2026: What the Head-to-Head Record Says About the 'Path to Gold'At the round of 32 of the men's singles at the Asian Games 2026 in...
Lakshya Sen at the 2026 Asian Games: The Road to Gold and the Missing ChaptersLakshya Sen's left hand closes around the shuttle and holds for one beat befo...
2026 Asian Games: Indonesia Reach the Men's Team Final on Two Doubles Rubbers — and a Crack at the Number One SlotOn the electronic scoreboard of the arena in Aichi-Nagoya, the second game of...
The Geometry of Collapse: Why Japanese Badminton Fell Off the Medal Map and What Is Being Rebuilt for Los Angeles 2028The Geometry of Collapse: Why Japanese Badminton Fell Off the Medal Map and...
The Data Void in Vietnamese Badminton Across a BWF World Tour SeasonIn the spreadsheet I built for one BWF World Tour season, 214 rows correspond...
Paris 2026 Ends: Badminton Data Is Whispering About a New CycleI still remember the evening of August 5, 2026, when Viktor Axelsen defeated...
Thuy Linh and Asiad 20: The Investment Gap Behind a Badminton MedalThere is a spiral notebook on my desk, its spine faded, opened to a page I...
Inside the Compression Cycle of the BWF World Tour: Injury, Calendar and the Unlocked DoorsOn August 4, 2026, at the Porte de la Chapelle arena in Paris, Carolina Marin...
Thailand Deserves to Be Number One in Southeast Asia: Historic Win Over China and Japan Opens a New Era for Women's VolleyballThe moment the referee blew the final whistle at Huamark Indoor Stadium in...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast AsiaWhen the final volleyball hit the court at the Bangkok arena in August 2026, ...
Thailand Deserves to Be the Number One Sports Nation in Southeast Asia: From Volleyball to the Olympic ArenaWhen the final whistle blew in Bangkok, a whole nation erupted. Thailand had...
