Athletics
Athletics330km Alpine Test: Two Vietnamese Ultra Runners Complete Tor des Géants in Around 138 Hours2026-11-08Two Vietnamese Runners Conquer the 330km Alpine Test, but the Numbers Reveal ...
AthleticsRuti Aga: Six-Year Ban Over a Family-Made Fake Prescription Ends a Complete Marathon Career2026-11-03Ethiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga has been banned for six years by anti-dopi...
AthleticsNairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe targets legacy from first African World Championships2026-10-28After Nairobi was awarded the right to host the 2029 World Athletics...
AthleticsChicago's Eight Metres: The Ledger Behind Seven World Records and One Unfinished Sum2026-10-26When a record falls, I do not look at the clock first. I look at the elevatio...
AthleticsCounting from an Empty File: The Lines Bangladeshi Athletics Has Never Filled In2026-10-25The file opened at 11:40 p.m. The title field held a single dash. The source...
The File Nobody Kept: Auditing Bangladesh Athletics' Empty Record BookLast month I asked for a document. The request was modest: the timing sheet...
Rumesh Tharanga and Sri Lanka's Javelin Dream: A Partnership Announcement, Some Extraordinary Claims, and a Long Shadow of VerificationSri Lanka's diversified conglomerate CIC has announced a multi-year partnersh...
330km Alpine Test: Two Vietnamese Ultra Runners Complete Tor des Géants in Around 138 HoursTwo Vietnamese Runners Conquer the 330km Alpine Test, but the Numbers Reveal ...
Feysa's Final-Mile Surge and Kipruto's 2:01:09 Masterclass Define Chicago Marathon 2026Chicago Marathon 2026: Final-mile decisions, an experienced champion's return...
The Shoe Lace That Cut the Medal: Asian Games Gold Stripped for Equipment Violation for the First TimeOn Tuesday morning, Yasmine Toksambaeva woke up to learn that she was no long...
Southeast Asia's First MVP: The Mystery of Puripol Boonson's 9.90 Seconds and the New Map of Asian AthleticsI kept the spreadsheet open until the myth had nowhere to hide. When I first...
Quach Thi Lan Retires: Vietnam Faces a Relay Succession TestQuach Thi Lan's retirement should not be read as a routine farewell to a...
The Fading Quarter-Mile Story Behind a Relay Record3:14.54. This single number unlocks one of the biggest success stories in...
Six Years for Ruti Aga: Four of Them Came From the Prescription, Not the DopingRuti Aga's sanction clock began running on 10 September. The Ethiopian...
No Report Can Come from an Empty Analysis: A Lesson in Data Integrity in Sports JournalismReading the supplied Stage-2 analysis establishes one plain fact first: the...
Ruti Aga: Six-Year Ban Over a Family-Made Fake Prescription Ends a Complete Marathon CareerEthiopian marathon runner Ruti Aga has been banned for six years by anti-dopi...
Three Vietnamese Entries on the Nagoya Track: A Final Is Not a MedalIn the timing booth, I read the name column last. Time first, then placing,...
Youth Wave in Nagoya: China's Teen Surge and Two Records Still Awaiting VerificationNAGOYA — The 20th Asian Games are under way on Japanese soil, and China has...
Nairobi 2029: Africa's First World Championships and the Legacy QuestionA new chapter is being written in African sport. For the first time, the Worl...
Nairobi 2029: Sebastian Coe targets legacy from first African World ChampionshipsAfter Nairobi was awarded the right to host the 2029 World Athletics...
The 11.43 Stratum: Shanti Pereira's Semi-Final and the Empty Wind BoxThe Ledger That Opened a Door Instead of a Notepad Nagoya City Mizuho Park...
The Blank Page in the Record Book: Accounting for Bangladesh Athletics' Data VoidThe file arrived for analysis. One page. No title, no event, no athlete's nam...
Chicago's Eight Metres: The Ledger Behind Seven World Records and One Unfinished SumWhen a record falls, I do not look at the clock first. I look at the elevatio...
Counting from an Empty File: The Lines Bangladeshi Athletics Has Never Filled InThe file opened at 11:40 p.m. The title field held a single dash. The source...
Ledger Open, Verdict Filed: Bangladesh's Sprint Story Is an Accounting Error, Not an ExtinctionLast January I cut the results of the 48th National Athletics Championships o...
The Null Cell Audit: What an Empty Result Sheet Reveals About Athletics FederationsAt 01:14 in Manchester, a file opened with eleven fields. One was filled:...
Empty Cells, Silent Stopwatches: The Zero That Athletics Data Never FilledNine sections. Under each, a box. In every box the same sentence returns:...