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Tennis stars eye golden glory at home
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 05/12/2025
» Hosts Thailand have thrown down the gauntlet ahead of next week's 2025 SEA Games, declaring that nothing short of four tennis gold medals will satisfy the home fans.
War Elephants roar but door stays shut
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 17/10/2025
» Despite Thailand's 6-1 hammering of Taiwan on Tuesday night in the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers, their coach Masatada Ishii's repeated warnings still ring loud.
Panipak: Carrying the burden of hope
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 21/07/2024
» Taekwondo star Panipak Wongpattanakit is under no small amount of pressure to deliver the goods at the Paris Olympic Games, so much so that the two-time world champion has resorted to seeking divine help.
Hot Puripol ignites hopes for a better show
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 20/07/2024
» So far, Thailand's participations in the track and field events of the Olympic Games have been primarily aimed at helping its athletes gain "international exposure" -- this could all change at Paris 2024 early next month.
King's Cup: Start of a new era for Thailand
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 02/06/2019
» When the 47th edition of the prestigious King's Cup tournament kicks off in Buri Ram on Wednesday, it could also mark the start of a much-needed reset for the Thai national squad.
Hopes high, and fingers crossed, for 2019
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 06/01/2019
» The year 2018 was an eventful one for Thai football -- one with a bucketload of heartbreaks -- and many of the country's sports fans will be happy that it's history now.
It's a year of missed opportunities
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 25/12/2018
» For Thai football, the year 2018 came to an end in the same dreary way it started and there wasn't much to cherish in between as well.
Time for Thais to sound out other coaching options
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 09/12/2018
» A Shakespearean comedy is titled All's Well That Ends Well, but as far as the Thais' bid to complete a hat-trick of AFF Suzuki Cup titles was concerned it neither ended well nor anything seemed to be well within the team.
A year of unfulfilled expectations
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 13/10/2018
» There were plenty of expectations on the part of fans when the Thai League 1 kicked off in February this year, but the country's top football competition petered out last week into a damp squib.
Thai fighters hope to punch above their weight
Sports, Hanif Hassan, Published on 11/08/2018
» After a string of disappointing results, Thailand's boxers are once again faced with a daunting task as they bid to deliver the two promised Asian Games gold medals and regain the faith of country's disenchanted fans.