• OPINION

  Reaching the finish line in Rio's Games

  Oped, Roger Crutchley, Published on 21/08/2016

  » Because of the 10-hour time difference, it's been quite gruelling following that sporting event down in the land where "coffee beans grow by the billions" -- I still can't get that song out of my head. I can safely claim to have dozed off while watching swimming, boxing, badminton, golf (sorry Ariya) and missing far too many gold medal performances.

• OPINION

  Pride of the nation

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 18/05/2023

  » Our national athletes competing in the 32nd SEA Games deserve a big round of applause. Their performances and sportsmanship in Phnom Penh have brought us pride and joy.

• OPINION

  World Cup overreach

  Oped, Editorial, Published on 19/11/2022

  » Millions of local football fans are sighing with relief as it appears that the private sector will chip in 800 million baht to co-finance the broadcasting of the Fifa World Cup 2022.

• OPINION

  The 'salim' phenomenon in Thai politics

  Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 18/12/2020

  » Few phenomena explain and underpin Thai politics more than the rise and decline of what is known pejoratively these days as salim, a metaphorical variation of salim, a Thai dessert comprising multi-coloured thin noodles served in coconut milk with crushed ice. Once socially attractive and politically fashionable, salim have gone out of vogue, looked down upon in a new era of anti-establishment protest for pro-democracy reforms under the new reign. What becomes of these pro-military royalist-conservative salim will have much to say about what will happen to Thailand's political future.

• OPINION

  Something sinister lies in PM questions

  News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 10/11/2017

  » Since taking office following the 2014 coup, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha's character has changed tremendously.

• OPINION

  Give us a sporting chance

  Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 22/08/2016

  » Watching sports is my sport. Growing up in a family with two brothers and no sisters, I became a female football enthusiast. I also like watching tennis, volleyball and sepak takraw, partly because they are sports in which Thai teams and players have achieved international fame. We are proud of them and gratefully appreciate their hard work.

• OPINION

  Sport, drugs a deadly mix

  News, Editorial, Published on 20/07/2016

  » The five-day drama lived by Thailand's badminton princess and suffered by the country is over. Ratchanok Intanon is going to travel to Rio de Janeiro and compete at the 2016 Olympic Games, which begin in 16 days. It was touch and go for several days. Ratchanok tested positive for a somewhat strange drug used when she was recovering from a knee injury. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) meeting in Kuala Lumpur decided she had not technically abused the anti-doping rules.

• OPINION

  Thailand has its own 'darling buds of May'

  News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 05/06/2016

  » It is no secret that Thailand has not received positive international press of late, for reasons familiar to everyone. (Just don't mention tigers.) However, there is one area where the kingdom can hold its head up high and for that we turn to Thai womanhood. And no, it's not the latest result of some obscure beauty pageant like Miss Grasshopper or Miss Pork Balls.

• OPINION

  A winning smile

  News, Postbag, Published on 20/04/2016

  » I just watched an interview, in English, with Ratchanok Intanon, who has just been catapulted with her latest success to the world's number one spot in badminton.

• OPINION

  In search of a healthy society

  Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/04/2016

  » The success of Ratchanok "May" Intanon, Thai badminton star who recently won the Singapore Open and became world No.1, is an exception, obviously. The 21-year-old is slightly built, but according to a recent comment by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, success in sports has nothing to do with size but is due to the lack of conflict in the athlete's country.

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