Paradorn targets return TOR CHITTINAND Former world number nine Paradorn Srichaphan is expected to make a return to competitive tennis when Thailand play Australia in a Davis Cup tie in March. Paradorn has been sidelined because of a wrist injury since March last year. The Asia/Oceania Zone Group I ... Read more.
GRANDSTAND View / Gunners need to keep up intensity RAVIPAN PAVASUTHIPAND You can always count on Premiership football to provide some surprises and spectacular results week-in, week-out and this past weekend was no exception. A supposedly struggling and low-on-confidence Arsenal got back to winning... Read more.
ON THE BALL / Reid has enjoyed a creditable beginning TOR CHITTINAND Englishman Peter Reid got off to a good start as Thailand coach when his men beat North Korea 1-0 in the T&T Cup in Hanoi two weeks ago. Peter Reid The three-team tournament may be meaningless but a rare win over North Korea, w... Read more.
FINANCE / Olympic success attracts aid KITTIPONG THONGSOMBAT The amateur boxing, weightlifting and taekwondo associations have received an increase in sponsorship thanks to their success at the 2008 Olympics. Gen Taweep Jantararoj, president of the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand (Abat) said ... Read more.
Jaidee Invitational to make its debut KITTIPONG THONGSOMBAT The Jaidee Invitational presented by Raimon Land golf tournament will make its debut on the Asian Tour next year and big names are being approached to join the US$ 500,000 event. The inaugural tournament to take place from April 30 to May 3... Read more.
Ronakit, Ratanon lead 13 other teams into Lipo final SUCHIN CHIRAKUL Ronakit Gareepat and Ratanon Wanasrichan from Chanthaburi’s Sirikan driving range yesterday led 13 other teams into the final round of the 2.5 million baht Lipovitan D Golf Team Thailand Championships after finishing on top o... Read more.
Reid looks for fitness TOR CHITTINAND Thailand coach Peter Reid is pleased with his team’s performance in their 1-0 defeat against Saudi Arabia in a friendly in Riyadh on Saturday. After returning to Bangkok ysterday, Reid said he was not happy with the result but satistifed with their display... Read more.
HOCKEY Blades down Coyotes; Warriors stomp Flyers The BNH Hospital Blades fended off a late-game surge by the Curve Interior Specialist Coyotes to win 2-1 in a hard-fought deVere & Partners Thai-World Hockey League match. After a scoreless first period Sunday, Blades blue-liner Samrit Meeraphan ... Read more.
Thailand beaten 1-0 TOR CHITTINAND Peter Reid suffered his first defeat as Thailand’s national coach on Saturday when Saudi Arabia beat the kingdom 1-0 in a friendly at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. Thailand’s defence held out well against the Asian powerhouses until the... Read more.
SNOOKER Thepchaiya the top amateur TOR CHITTINAND Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh became the kingdom’s sixth amateur world champion when he won the IBSF World Men’s Snooker Championship by defeating Ireland’s Colm Gilcreest 11-7 at Rotaxhalle in Wels, Austria Thepchaiya (aka F ... Read more.
