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Sham? Pimol to haul Muay Thai bosses
Sports, Published on 24/12/2025
» The President of the Thai Olympic Committee has pledged to summon the Amateur Muay Thai Association of Thailand for clarification in early January, following mounting complaints that results at the recent SEA Games were manipulated to favour foreign competitors.
Thailand crowned with new champion
Sports, Wasim Mather, Published on 08/12/2025
» Thailand has a new world champion again. Boxing cycles through droughts and downpours in every nation, but few countries have shaped the lighter weight classes quite like Thailand. After several lean years, the tide finally turned on Thursday when former strawweight ruler Thammanoon Niyomtrong stepped up to challenge Junior Leandro Zarate for the vacant WBC light flyweight title, headlining the 63rd WBC Convention in Bangkok.
Game, set, gone! Pornpawee walks away
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 28/10/2025
» The Thai sporting community was rocked after national badminton ace Pornpawee Chochuwong, currently ranked world No.6 and Thailand's top women's singles player, announced her withdrawal from the upcoming 2025 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
Thai, Cambodian footballers to clash in Songkhla
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 20/10/2025
» The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) staged the official draw for the 2025 SEA Games football competitions in Bangkok on Sunday -- but the ceremony unfolded under a pall of controversy after Timor-Leste accused Thailand of shutting its men's team out of the tournament.
Thamanat vows quick, tough action
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 26/09/2025
» Deputy Prime Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow said the petanque row must be resolved after a decision from the International Petanque Federation (FIPJP) to bar the sport from the upcoming SEA Games in Thailand.
World federation bars Thailand from staging petanque events
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 23/09/2025
» The international petanque community has been shaken by an unprecedented decision from the World Petanque and Bowls Federation (WPBF) to ban the sport from the 2025 SEA Games, following a governance crisis within Thailand's national federation.
Janjaem set for epic semi-final battle
Sports, Published on 06/08/2024
» PARIS - Janjaem Suwannapheng will take on Imane Khelif of Algeria in the women's 66-kilogramme semi-finals at 3.34am on Wednesday, hoping to enter the Thai history books by becoming the country's first female boxer to earn a shot at an Olympic gold medal.
Saemapetch gunning for revenge in crucial rematch
Sports, Published on 15/02/2024
» Saemapetch Fairtex is eager to put things right when he runs it back with Mohamed Younes Rabah this weekend.
Controversies mar China's record
Sports, Bangkok Post and REUTERS, Published on 11/10/2023
» HANGZHOU: With no major security incidents and a record gold medal haul for their athletes, China will regard the 19th Asian Games, which ended on Sunday, as a soft power triumph that ticked a number of political, sporting and operational boxes for the hosts.
Zheng keeps rising, wins 'incredible' gold
Sports, AFP, Published on 30/09/2023
» Hangzhou: US Open quarter-finalist Zheng Qinwen called it an "incredible feeling" after winning Asian Games gold on Friday to burnish her fast-growing reputation.