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The 'Garlic Girls': Korean curlers a global sensation
Associated Press, Published on 23/02/2018
» GANGNEUNG, South Korea: Forget Lindsey Vonn and Adam Rippon. The real rock stars of the Pyeongchang Olympics are a humble group of Korean curlers who have no idea they've become a global sensation.
Who’ll sink, who’ll swim in Thai league this season
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 11/02/2018
» The 2018 Toyota Thai League 1 kicked off on Friday night with perennial title contenders showing less enthusiasm than is customary at the start of the tournament every year.
Lifeguard service enters murky waters
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 19/11/2017
» As a restless teenager, Amnad Chuasaman threw himself into any daredevil stunt. With friends by his side, he would drink and drive, race bikes and do loads of other things considered unsafe. Being young and carefree, it never crossed their minds they could get hurt doing it.
Levelling the field
Spectrum, Chaiyot Yongcharoenchai, Published on 04/09/2016
» After teaching at a deaf school in Nakhon Pathom for four years, Piyoros Pootao wanted something to make his students dream bigger. As a computer teacher, his first idea was to train his students in computer programming. This way, he could send them to regional competitions, give them a useful skill and develop the school's reputational edge. But he changed his plans following a conversation with one of his students.
Chatuchak goes to the prairie dogs
Spectrum, Published on 31/07/2016
» Copter is the spitting image of a gunslinger straight out of a John Ford western. There he stands in his period cowboy outfit, erect and pensive, peering into the distance while his arms dangle over a pair of colts strapped to his hips. He seems ready for a fast-draw duel, firing off a quick round at an unseen foe any second now.
Bangkok parties as Leicester lift English Premier League trophy
AFP, Published on 08/05/2016
» Cheers, spilt beers and confetti met the award of the English Premier League trophy to Leicester City on Saturday at a lively title party laid on by the Foxes' Thai owners in Bangkok.
Thailand's 100-year football milestone
Sports, Published on 01/05/2016
» The Football Association of Thailand celebrated its 100th anniversary on Monday with FAT president Somyot Poompunmuang presiding over a religious ceremony before the statue of King Rama VI, dubbed the Father of Siamese Football, at Sanam Chandra Palace in Nakhon Pathom.
The prickly people who caused a stink
Spectrum, Published on 05/01/2014
» Chairs were thrown, pornography was examined in detail and screaming matches were held _ and that was just in parliament. Last year will go down in history for all sorts of obnoxious political behaviour, but not all the thorny figures who caused a stink came from politics.