https://vikshirvaikar.com/ Sports statistics blog by Vik Shirvaikar en-us Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://vikshirvaikar.com/blog/2026.03%20National%20Teams/national_teams.html Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://vikshirvaikar.com/blog/2026.03%20National%20Teams/national_teams.html Explores how national teams compete for elite athletes, using world rankings, GDP, population, and Google Trends data to model performance across five major international team sports.