Athletics
Silesia 2028: A €3.5 Million Prize Fund, but Its Funding Source Remains Undisclosed2026-11-07The European Athletics Championships will offer a prize fund of about €3.5...
What Remains for a Sports Writer When There Is No Name2026-11-06The 63-name spreadsheet from 2026 stays open on my desk. Columns for name,...
The Empty Starting Block: Why Data Voids, Not Athletes, Are Bangladesh Athletics' Biggest Foul2026-11-05On a 2026 evening at the Manchester Regional Arena, I was watching a British...
The Testimony of Empty Fields: Bangladesh's Sprint Crisis Is Really a Record-Keeping Crisis2026-11-02A file landed on my desk. The title field was empty, the source field was...
Assefa's Berlin Marathon: So Close to a World Record, but a Collapse in the Final Two Kilometers2026-10-27Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia came agonizingly close to a world record at the Berl...
The Blank Cell Is the Result: An Unfinished Audit of Bangladesh's Sprint PipelineIn a tournament month, everyone reads the results table. I am reading an empt...
Silesia 2028: A €3.5 Million Prize Fund, but Its Funding Source Remains UndisclosedThe European Athletics Championships will offer a prize fund of about €3.5...
What Remains for a Sports Writer When There Is No NameThe 63-name spreadsheet from 2026 stays open on my desk. Columns for name,...
The Empty Starting Block: Why Data Voids, Not Athletes, Are Bangladesh Athletics' Biggest FoulOn a 2026 evening at the Manchester Regional Arena, I was watching a British...
Chicago Marathon 2026: Kipruto's 2:01:09 and Feysa's 2:13:33 — Three Layers Inside a Results ReportAt the finish line in Chicago the clock stopped at 2:01:09. On Sunday morning...
Almgren Wins New York City Marathon on Debut, Chepkirui Takes Women's TitleSweden's Almgren has won the men's race at the New York City Marathon, and he...
Almgren Wins New York City Marathon on Debut; Chepkirui Takes the Women's RaceAlmgren of Sweden won the men's race at the New York City Marathon on his...
The Testimony of Empty Fields: Bangladesh's Sprint Crisis Is Really a Record-Keeping CrisisA file landed on my desk. The title field was empty, the source field was...
Kipchoge's Melbourne Course Record at 41: What the Numbers Say, and What the Legend Does NotA win in Melbourne, a course record — and a number that does not quite descri...
The Body as Laboratory: Twelve Days of Field Physiology from Ormenio to GavdosA physiology laboratory is a simple place. Room temperature between twenty an...
A Record of One Second: Why Ngetich's 1:05:15 Is Not Only a Feat of LegsThe clock stopped at 1:05:15 on the finish line in Copenhagen, and at my...
Modern training and injury management key to Arshad Nadeem’s return, says coachPakistan’s senior javelin coach Fayyaz Hussain Bukhari has said that Olympic...
Assefa's Berlin Marathon: So Close to a World Record, but a Collapse in the Final Two KilometersTigst Assefa of Ethiopia came agonizingly close to a world record at the Berl...
A Null Result Is Still a Result: What Forty-One Empty Cells Say About Bangladesh Athletics DataFebruary 3, 2026, 9:40 a.m. I opened the file and assumed the scroll had cut...
A Results Sheet With Placings but No Numbers: Auditing Vietnam's Athletics Day at Asiad 20On the evening of September 29, the results sheet that surfaced on my screen...
Testimony of Empty Cells: Auditing Bangladesh's 100m ArchiveOctober 2026. In the 100m heats at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, the...
Ruti Aga: In a Six-Year Ban, Paperwork Weighed Heavier Than DopingMy ledger still carries the name of the 2026 Tokyo Marathon winner on a...
Gold at 5,000 Metres, Silence at 20 KilometresThe clock stopped at 32:32.40 on the first morning at the NED University of...
Sindh's First Gold in 32:32.40 — and the Men's 20km Time Nobody Wrote DownThe opening morning at the NED University of Engineering and Technology track...
Auditing 41 Events at Dhaka's National Stadium: Navy, Army and BKSP Took 33 Golds, But What Is Happening Off the Track?Hook: 41 Events, 33 Golds — A Numerical Discomfort I was turning through the...