By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER SRETTHA Thavisin said today (June 6) he is definitely rooting for England in the upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 football championship. Among a total of 24 national teams contesting the UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany, the prime minister told reporters he is decidedly rooting for England, one of the
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Feature: Unpopular Owls owner in search of co-investor
By Out-Crowd DEJPON CHANSIRI, the Thai owner of English football club Sheffield Wednesday, is decidedly looking for a co-investor to help with the planned shopping of outstanding players during the summer transfer market. After a fruitful talk with Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl to the extent that the German has finally agreed to stay
Read morePM aiming to build FI race track near U-Tapao airport by 2027
PRIME MINISTER Srettha Thavisin said after visiting the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, or Imola Circuit, race track at Bologna, Italy, that Thailand should have a suitable race track of its own for Formula 1 tournament and one could be built near U-Tapao Airport by 2027 or 2028 at the latest, Naewna newspaper
Read moreSheffield Wednesday survives Championship final game
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY are still ranking among a total of 24 football clubs in the English Championship after surviving tonight’s (May 4) final game of the season under German manager Danny Rohl. Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Liam Palmer and striker Josh Windass scored a 2-0 win over Sunderland in the first half
Read moreTrio of legendary Liverpool players visit Thai PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A TRIO OF LEGENDARY LIVERPOOL players today (May 3) visited Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin with a red T-shirt of the English Premier League football club handed to him. The famous trio, namely Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman and Michael Owen, visited the prime minister at Government House and handed him the
Read moreSheffield Wednesday manager looks to keep ace players for next season
By Thai Newsroom Reporters SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY manager Danny Rohl is resolutely looking to keep outstanding players with the Owls for next season with hopes of building a stronger squad rising beyond the final game of the current season scheduled for tomorrow. Rohl is earnestly looking forward to holding a “make-or-break” negotiation with Sheffield Wednesday
Read morePressure on Sheffield Wednesday owner eased
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRESSURE SUSTAINABLY BUILT on Dejpon Chansiri, the Thai owner of English Championship football club Sheffield Wednesday, is more or less diminishing now that German manager Danny Rohl has decidedly offered to stay with the Owls despite the fifty-fifty chances of their being relegated from the second tier of the English
Read moreFEATURE: A Tale of Thai-Owned Foxes and Owls in England
RUNNING A SPORTS business in England, a couple of Thai nationals are virtually at extreme ends from each other, albeit evidently without conflict of interest in between. One is of all pride and joy whilst the other is of all gloom and anguish. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, the CEO of duty-free retail chain King Power
Read morePole dancers eyeing Games participation, but soul of sport at risk
By Reuters and published by CNA Paris – With breaking making its first Olympic appearance at the Paris Games later this year, pole dancers feel it could soon be their turn to be in the limelight, although it could come at the cost of losing the spirit of the discipline. Pole dancing was recognised
Read moreRussian, Belarusian athletes not part of Paris Olympics opening ceremony
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Geneva – Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to take part in the traditional parade at the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said on Tuesday (Mar. 19). The opening ceremony on July 26 will see thousands of athletes travel on boats down the
Read moreLiverpool fans warned of money-soliciting, ludicrous scam
By Thai Newsroom Reporters LIVERPOOL FANS IN THAILAND are being cautioned to never fall prey to what appears to be a ridiculous, senseless scam soliciting money online to buy Bayer 04 Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso an air ticket to the English city. The Central Investigation Bureau has posted on its Facebook page to warn
Read more200 people flee shooting at Cambodian workers’ futsal match
AROUND 200 people fled in panic after gunshots were fired at a friendly futsal match between two groups of Cambodian workers in Khu Khot area of Pathum Thani province this afternoon (Dec. 10) but fortunately no one got injured, TV Channel 7 and Matichon newspaper said. Cheerleading squads of the two sides in this
Read moreFake Manchester United, Thai national team T-shirts seized at border
By Thai Newsroom Reporters A BIG BUNDLE OF PIRATED T-SHIRTS bearing the names and logos of world and Thai national football teams have been seized at the Thai-Cambodian border in Aranyaprathet district of Sra Kaeo, police said. The authorities seized a total of 290 counterfeit T-shirts in two large duffel bags thrown away on
Read moreCambodia to provide free SEA Games broadcast rights
By Xinhua and Matichon Phnom Penh – Cambodia is to provide free-of-charge live broadcast rights to local and overseas TV networks for the upcoming 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the 12th Asean Para Games. Cambodia had previously set the fee for live broadcast of the games in Thailand at US$800,000, or around 28
Read moreVietnam blasts Cambodia’s pricey SEA Games broadcasting rights
JUST AS the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) is gearing up to negotiate with Cambodia to reduce the US$800,000 or about 27.6 million baht price quoted for live broadcast rights of the 32nd SEA Games taking place during May 5-19, a Vietnamese news site criticized it as being far too high, Matichon newspaper said
Read more7 countries joining Kun Khmer kickboxing matches at SEA Games
AFTER Cambodia changed the name of kickboxing from Muay Thai to Kun Khmer at the 32nd SEA Games which angered Thai sport committees the Kun Khmer International Federation (KKIF) announced today (Feb. 21) that seven countries will be joining these matches, Naewna newspaper said. Thailand was watching to see whether a minimum of four
Read moreThailand and Cambodia spar over whether it’s ‘Muay Thai’ or ‘Kun Khmer’
WITH Cambodia having changed the name of kickboxing from Muay Thai to Kun Khmer at the 32nd SEA Games it is hosting in May this year, the Thai SEA Games committee warned that any country sending boxers to participate in Kun Khmer matches could be barred from other big competitions, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreChonburi holding international senior sports competition next year
CHONBURI is getting ready to host a senior sports competition for the third time next year with foreigners from all countries welcome to participate and some have already enrolled, INN News said today (Dec. 26). Mr. Nuttawut Rueangwes chaired a meeting of the Senior Sports Management Committee on holding the third “Thailand Open Masters
Read moreFan gloom as Argentina World Cup victory parade ends abruptly
By AFP and published by CNA Buenos Aires – Millions of jubilant fans turned out Tuesday (Dec. 20) to welcome home Argentina’s World Cup winners led by Lionel Messi, but most were left disappointed when an open-top bus parade had to be abandoned due to the massive crowds, in favour of a hastily organised helicopter
Read moreArgentina wins the 2022 World Cup
By CNN IT TOOK 90 minutes of regulation, 30 minutes of extra time and a penalty kick shootout to decide it — but Argentina is the 2022 World Cup champion. It was the two superstars who stepped up first for their sides in the shootout. France kicked first and Kylian Mbappé, who had a
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