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Women cricketers do Thailand proud
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 14/09/2019
» There was a significant moment for Thai sport last week in the most unlikely of settings -- Forthill Cricket Club in Dundee, on the north bank of the Firth of Tay in Scotland.
Thais should keep calm and carry on
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 15/06/2019
» I had been thoroughly enjoying the Fifa Women's World Cup in France. That is until the very last game of the opening round of fixtures.
Jazz, Jack find harmony at Bethpage
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 25/05/2019
» When Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond arrived at Bethpage last week for the PGA Championship, he told reporters "just being here is already good".
When Tiger thrilled the Thai galleries
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 20/04/2019
» At the 1996 Masters, when Tiger Woods was still an amateur, the great Jack Nicklaus commented: "If he can handle all the attention, all the pressure from you folks, Tiger can be as good or better than anyone who has played the game."
A rare harmonious parting of ways
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 19/01/2019
» When football managers and clubs part company the words "by mutual consent" invariably pop up, even though everyone knows the manager was unceremoniously axed, fired or to use the correct technical term "given the boot". However, this week that expression surfaced again and for once it was an accurate reflection of the situation as Huddersfield manager David Wagner left the club in amicable fashion despite it being bottom of the league.
Sad times, bad times and good times
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 22/12/2018
» For Thailand, the year in sport was overshadowed by the tragic death in October of the owner of Leicester City, Vichai Srivadhanaprabha, in a helicopter crash adjacent to the club's King Power Stadium. Four others were also killed, including two assistants, Nusura Suknamai and Kaveporn Punpare and the two pilots.
Thai ace Ariya having fun on top of the world
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 24/11/2018
» The extraordinary success of Ariya Jutanugarn on the LPGA Tour this season sees her finishing as world No.1 as well as picking up just about every golfing award available.
Blood, sweat, tears and even miracles
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 07/07/2018
» The round of 16 in the World Cup did not disappoint and had just about everything, running the whole gamut of emotions. There were even a few boring bits.
Ariya hangs on for improbable victory
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 09/06/2018
» There is one record that Thai golfer Ariya "May" Jutanugarn will be mightily relieved she did not achieve at last week's US Women's Open at Shoal Creek.
Gloomy times at the Stadium of Light
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 28/04/2018
» For a football team once dubbed the "Bank of England Club", Sunderland have fallen on very hard times, suffering their second successive relegation last week and dropping to the third tier for only the second time in their 130-year history.