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Too young? 12-year-old has swimming world talking
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» SINGAPORE - Swimming is a sport well used to talented teenagers, but Yu Zidi's participation at age 12 at the world championships has sparked debate about how young is too young.
Dechapol and Supissara fall
Sports, Published on 21/07/2025
» Mixed doubles pair Dechapol Paavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran missed out on a chance to win their sixth career World Tour title after losing in the final of the US$950,000 (approx 30.87 million baht) BWF Japan Open in Tokyo on Sunday.
Olympic champion Lyles to make 100m season debut at London Diamond League
AFP, Published on 18/07/2025
» LONDON - Olympic champion Noah Lyles reignites competition with Letsile Tebogo over 100m at Saturday's Diamond League meet in London, a week after the American marked his return to action with victory in the 200m over the Botswanan in Monaco.
Swiatek swats Bencic aside to reach Wimbledon final against Anisimova
AFP, Published on 11/07/2025
» LONDON - Iga Swiatek breezed into her first Wimbledon final on Thursday but hopes of a dream match-up with Aryna Sabalenka were dashed when the top seed was stunned by Amanda Anisimova.
From samurai threat to Asian Games as Japan cricket fights obscurity
AFP, Published on 13/06/2025
» SANO (JAPAN) - Legend has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan's first cricket match in 1863 and the sport has battled for recognition in the baseball-mad country ever since.
6 decades of tough
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 13/06/2025
» The 1960s saw Seiko entering the realm of sports timekeeping for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, followed by the development of diver's watches and the world's first quartz wristwatch.
‘Floating village’ to house Asian Games athletes in Japan
AFP, Published on 05/06/2025
» TOKYO - Athletes at next year’s Asian Games in Japan will stay on a “floating village” cruise ship and in converted shipping containers, an organising official told AFP, defending the cost-cutting move.
End of road for Kingdom's shuttlers in Sudirman Cup
Sports, Published on 04/05/2025
» XIAMEN: Thailand exited the Sudirman Cup 2025 in the quarter-final stage after losing to 1989 winners Indonesia 1-3 in Xiamen, China, on Friday.
Kunlavut makes history in China
Post Reporters, Published on 13/04/2025
» Kunlavut Vitidsarn became the first Thai men’s singles player to claim the Asian title after his victory at the US$500,000 (approx 17.3 million baht) Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China, on Sunday.
George Foreman, heavyweight boxer and purveyor of grills, dies
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2025
» TOKYO — American George Foreman, one of the great second acts in sports who reclaimed the heavyweight boxing title after coming out of retirement and became a celebrated product pitchman, died on Friday at age 76, his family said.