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His Majesty's generous gesture changed my life forever, says snooker ace Noppadol
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 15/10/2016
» Thirteen years ago, Noppadol Sangnil was just a young snooker player with bags of talent and almost empty pockets. And had it not been for a generous gesture by His Majesty the King, who passed away on Thursday, nothing much would have changed in his life.
Iraq loss blessing in disguise for Thais?
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 14/10/2016
» Mathematically, the Thai national team still stand a chance of making it to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia. In reality, it is time for everyone to pull the batteries out of their calculators and save them for some other occasions in the future.
Allow Somyot plans a smooth test run
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 14/02/2016
» Former national police chief Somyot Poompunmuang’s election campaign to take over the reins of the Football Association of Thailand had been nothing less than a war of attrition.
Let there be peace after FAT election
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 07/02/2016
» A couple of weeks ago, the race to replace suspended Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi seemed to have all the ingredients to make this week's election a mouth-watering affair.
Phisit pockets hat-trick of masters titles
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 22/11/2015
» Phisit Chandsri carved out a place in history for himself in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada yesterday when he became the first player to lift the world snooker masters trophy three times in a row.
Thai sports bruised but not battered
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 23/08/2015
» Within a few of hours of the deadly bombing incident at the Ratchaprasong intersection on Monday night, a couple of messages from legendary sports personalities arrived suggesting that the blow had encroached the world of sports as well.
Big names join SangSom 6-red battle next month
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 20/08/2015
» Britain's big guns will once again expect to blaze when the SangSom 6-red World Championship takes place at Fashion Island from Sept 7-12 but with Chinese ace Ding Junhui joining the fray, the equation may change.
Thai cueists set modest target as revised shorter format set to be introduced
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 30/05/2015
» Once a powerhouse in Southeast Asia, the Thai squad will soon be heading to the 2015 Singapore SEA Games with a modest hope of capturing two of the 10 gold medals at stake in cuesports.
Perry eases into Players semi-finals
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 28/03/2015
» World No.13 Joe Perry became the first player to march into the semi-finals of the 15-million-baht Players Championship as he had little trouble in seeing off No.25 Michael Holt 4-1 at the Montien Riverside Hotel yesterday.
Gould stuns Murphy to enter quarter-finals
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 27/03/2015
» Former world champion and top seed Shaun Murphy was sent packing yesterday by Martin Gould, who continued his giant-killing run at the 15-million-baht Players Championship at the Montien Riverside Hotel.