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Thai-owned Sheffield Wednesday files for administration
Published on 24/10/2025
» LONDON - Thai-owned Sheffield Wednesday have been docked 12 points after a court filing on Friday showed the English second-tier football club had filed for administration amid mounting financial troubles.
Dejphon Chansiri and Sheffield Wednesday’s broken dream
Online Reporters, Published on 06/08/2025
» Dejphon Chansiri has come under increasing scrutiny due to the recent decline of Sheffield Wednesday. Whether it’s been stadium safety issues, questionable management decisions or financial problems, these issues have prompted the Thai businessman to announce his intention to sell the English football team for £100 million.
Thai-owned Sheffield Wednesday faces more sanctions
Reuters and Online Reporters, Published on 04/06/2025
» LONDON - The English Football League (EFL) has charged Thai-owned Sheffield Wednesday with multiple breaches of regulations after the second-tier club failed to pay players’ wages on time.
Marking 10 years of Matsuyama magic
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 05/06/2024
» Brian Harman, the reigning Open champion, tells a funny tale of how he and fellow PGA Tour winner, Matt Every, made a poor error in judgement on a young Asian golfer more than a decade ago. In contrast, Jack Nicklaus, holder of a record 18 major victories, knew the golf world was in for a special treat with the emergence of a rising star.
Tough times for clubs in the ‘Steel City’
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 13/04/2024
» Football fans in Sheffield can be forgiven if they are currently feeling a strong sense of déjà vu. Three seasons ago in March 2021 the opening paragraph in this column read: “It has not been a good year for football fans in the city of Sheffield, with United almost certain to drop out of the Premier League and Sheffield Wednesday clinging on by their fingernails in the Championship relegation battle.”
Asian legends tip Matsuyama for glory
Sports, Chuah Choo Chiang, Published on 14/03/2024
» If Hideki Matsuyama beats the strongest field in golf and becomes the first Japanese winner at The Players Championship this week, those who blazed the trail for Asian golf before him will be the least surprised.
Champion Vingegaard leads Tour de France back to Paris
AFP, Published on 23/07/2023
» PARIS - Champion-in-waiting Jonas Vingegaard leads the Tour de France peloton into Paris on Sunday on the final day of a storied race animated by a tense tussle with two-time former winner Tadej Pogacar.
'Euphoric' Vingegaard targets third Tour de France triumph
AFP, Published on 23/07/2023
» LE MARKSTEIN (FRANCE) - Jonas Vingegaard said he felt "euphoric" after surviving Saturday's penultimate stage of the Tour de France to virtually clinch his second successive title.
Bastille Day stage could spark fireworks in Tour de France duel
AFP, Published on 14/07/2023
» BELLEVILLE (FRANCE) - The ongoing duel between defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and two time winner Tadej Pogacar may ignite on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday's stage which falls on the French national holiday of July 14.
Tour de France sets off from Bilbao
AFP, Published on 01/07/2023
» BILBAO, Spain: The Tour de France started in Bilbao on Saturday, embarking on a 3,404km race to Paris with the first three of the 21 stages in the Spanish Basque Country.