Muay Thai star Buakaw Banchamek will take on Japanese fighter Kota Miura at Rajadamnern Stadium on Friday.
The press conference of “KAT Presents Legend of Rajadamnern: Kickboxing Exhibition” was held on Tuesday with both Buakaw and Miura, the son of legendary Japanese footballer Kazuyoshi Miura, present.
Buakaw said that he was glad to fight again at Rajadamnern Stadium 18 years after he last fought there and show Muay Thai martial art around the world.
He said he had never imagined that he would be fighting there again, the venue which was the origin of Muay Thai sport. He said that he remembered the olden days when he returned to the stadium.
Meanwhile, Miura said that he could not believe it when he was contacted by Rajadamnern Stadium to fight there.
He was glad for the chance to fight against a legend like Buakaw. He praised Buakaw as he was an allround fighter.
Miura added that he had never fought in a kickboxing match before but he has practised a little bit so he would use his strengths as an MMA fighter.
The fight will be held on Friday along with eight other Muay Thai matches from 9.15pm at Rajadamnern Stadium. It will also be broadcast on Workpoint 23 channel.
Speculation over Cristiano Ronaldo’s future is mounting following a disastrous start to the season for Manchester United, which has put them bottom of the Premier League with two losses.
The Portuguese international has been at Old Trafford for less than a year and has another year on his contract, but rumours have swirled that he is looking to make a leap before the transfer window closes on September 1.
Manchester United crashed to a chastening 4-0 defeat by Brentford in the Premier League on Saturday (August 13), their second loss in as many league games under new boss Erik ten Hag.
The result left United bottom of the table as Dutchman Ten Hag became the first manager since John Chapman in 1921 to lose his opening two games in charge of the club.
Ten Hag has publicly said Ronaldo remains in his plans for the club, but local reports indicate the coach and top management are wrestling with the idea of letting him go.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner has been linked to LaLiga’s Atletico Madrid and Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.
Five players took part in a photocall ahead of their participation in the Bt2.5 million “SAT-TWT Open Road to World Ranking which is due at the Panorama Golf and Country Club in Nakhon Ratchasima between August 17-19.
The photo shoot was conducted at the par 72 6,229-yard course which covers an area of 600 rais. Surrounded by Sa Dao mountain, the course was designed by Dean Refram in 1992. The hilly landscape provides a tricky challenge for world class players with a signature par 3 hole No 8. Par 3 hole No 2 proves the most picturesque of the course.
A special promotion of Bt1,550 green fee on weekdays and Bt1,750 on weekends is on offer for those looking to test their mettles at the layout.
Furthermore, the course is surrounded by nature and is a member of the Korat Geo Park. The course is located near several attractions such as Wat Sawang Aram, Luang Phor Tho Statue, Khao Yai Thiang Turbine, a famous check-in spot and the paragliding ground on top of Sadao mountain.
The 6th SAT-TWT Open Road to World Ranking event will be competed in a three-day stroke-play format with a total of 54 holes (18 holes each day). Top 60 and ties, after 36 holes, will move to compete in the final round. The winner will receive the top prize money of Bt367,500.
The SAT-TWT Open Road to World Ranking is sponsored by the Sports Authority of Thailand, National Sports Development Fund, Siam Commercial Bank, P Overseas Steal (Public Company Limited) and the Panorama Golf and Country Club in Nakhon Ratchasima. Fans can catch up with news updates on ThaiWPGA Facebook Fanpage or at http://www.thaiwpga.com.
Cambodia has promised to uphold the principles of justice fairness and transparency and ensure there is strictly no match-fixing when it hosts the 64th SEA Games next year.
Apart from vying for more gold medals, the first-time host also hopes to better its medal tally against other countries, Cambodian SEA Games Organising Committee (CAMSOC) secretary-general Vath Chamroeun said recently.
“On that basis, Cambodia would not allow any scandal involving the fixing of results to win medals in any sport,” he reiterated.
Citing the advice of Deputy Prime Minister Tea Banh, who is also CAMSOC president, Chamroeun said the committee has to do its best and be honest and fair in their technical work.
As such, the rules of the game will be respected, including the principles of fair play.
Previously, Tourism Minister Thong Khon, also the permanent vice president of CAMSOC and chairman of the National Olympic Committee of Cambodia (NOCC), said he would not be held responsible if there was any case of medal fixing in any sport.
He stressed that Cambodia must maintain the principles of transparency and fairness in the competition for medals with sportsmen from other countries.
Chamroeun said he has already informed all national sport federations participating in the 2023 SEA Games regarding the introduction of the principle of transparency and fairness in winning medals without cheating or fixing matches.
In the meeting at the NOCC headquarters on August 11, Cambodia identified more than 500 disciplines that will be competing in all 39 sports, including one performance sport at the 2023 SEA Games.
The identification will be presented at the Southeast Asian Sports Federation Council in Bangkok.
“We have met to determine the disciplines to be included in each sport, which has already been decided by the council.
“The main input we got is that there are more than 500 disciplines, equivalent to more than 500 gold medals which we have to organise at the games,” Chamroeun said.
He added that the committee has cleared and scanned all sports to make sure the disciplines which are selected have clear strategies.
“They [the federations] have set strategies to seek for excellence and potential, and strategies for achieving success because we have detailed everything already.
“All federations have received their plans and identified their disciplines. This is another success for us towards technical preparation and the pursuit of excellence in the SEA Games,” he said.
At the same time, the sport governing body of Cambodia urged the national sports federation to pay attention to training to increase the technical level of the national team athletes because they are role models and have to compete to win medals for Cambodia.
These training sessions should include psychological, technical and physical training, he said.
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Choi Young-seok, the renowned coach of Thailand’s national taekwondo team, said he is excited to be selected as a judge for the “Sport Metaverse Challenge #1” e-sport tournament this weekend.
The event is part of the Thailand Metaverse Expo 2022 organised by Nation Group Plc in association with BlockMountain, MetaverseXR and B-Lay Plus. The expo kicks off this Friday and runs until Sunday at centralwOrld LIVE, on the 8th floor of centralwOrld in Bangkok.
“I have been working as a taekwondo coach for the Thailand team for many years, but this is the first time I will be a judge,” said Coach Choi.
“I hope to see young e-sport players bringing their skills and knowledge of modern technology to improve the sports scene in Thailand, as well as inspire the new generation’s interest in both physical and virtual sports. I also wish the 10 finalists good luck in the final round this Sunday.”
Coach Choi, 47, was granted Thai citizenship in February this year, seven months after leading Thailand to its historic first taekwondo gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics.
Other highly qualified guests invited to be judges in the Sport Metaverse Challenge #1 include Dr Trakarn Punthumlerdrujee of Kasetsart University’s Faculty of Sport Management; Nares Laopannarai, secretary-general of the Thai Digital Asset Association; Sirirat Yonyothinkul, former national team basketballer; and Pongwud Praipaisankij, director of the Metaverse Association of Thailand.
Sport Metaverse Challenge #1 aims to explore ideas to boost the potential of athletes using virtual reality technology. Thirty teams of 85 students under 25 years old from 17 schools around Thailand were invited to compete in 10 virtual sports disciplines: Badminton, athletics, golf, table tennis, fencing, Thai boxing, weightlifting, archery, skiing, and long-boat rowing.
The 10 best teams will will face each other in the final round, which will be held from Friday to Sunday (August 19-21).
The 2023 Buriram Marathon is aiming to become a Gold Label race after missing out on the opportunity for two years due to Covid-19.
The event will be held as a night race at Chang International Circuit on January 21, 2023. The seventh edition of the race will offer a total prize money of more than 4 million baht.
Gold Label is awarded to an event that meets the standards of the sport’s parent association, World Athletics.
At a press conference held at Rajpruek Club in Bangkok on Monday, Tourism and Sports Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakarn said that the ministry is backing the race to become the first Gold Label event in Thailand and be recognised as one of the World Marathon Majors.
He said that more than 200,000 runners had taken part in the event in the past six years while more than 20,000 had run the event more than once.
Pipat expected the number of elite and foreign runners to be much higher next year once Covid-19 is declared an endemic. The race will generate a lot of revenue for Thailand and spread our culture and food to runners who participate in this event, he said.
Buri Ram Governor Thatchakorn Hatthathayakul said that the people of the province are glad to host this race and always improve from feedback.
He said that there are working groups that will take care of runners along the route while the local people will cheer the runners. Thatchakorn added that runners will experience their best race.
Newin Chidchob, president of Chang International Circuit, said that he aimed to make this race the best in several aspects. Runners will be able to get the best Buri Ram foods in one place.
He hoped to attract both runners and tourists to generate revenue for the economy and happiness for participants.
The “Buriram Marathon 2023” will kick off at Chang International Circuit, with runners heading for the finishing line at Chang Arena.
On the way, the runners will get to experience nature and get a glimpse of local lifestyles. They will also be running past the Huai Chorakhae Mak reservoir and landmarks like King Rama 1 monument. Fans are also expected to be cheering the runners along the route.
The race has already opened for registration for four courses:
Marathon course (42.195km) will start at 6.30pm and runners must finish by 7.30am
The half marathon course (21.1km) will start at 8pm and runners must finish by 4.30am.
The mini marathon course (10km) will start at 9pm and runners must finish by 2.45am.
The fun run course (4.554km) will start at 9.45pm and runners must finish by 1.45am.
In addition, an expo will also be held from 10am to 8pm, for runners and participants to buy sports and health products.
Jürgen Klopp provided his reaction to Darwin Nunez’s red card and Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace post-match at Anfield on Monday night.
The Reds were held to a point for the second successive game to begin the Premier League season as Luis Diaz cancelled out Wilfried Zaha’s opener.
Diaz’s scintillating solo effort came just moments after Klopp’s side were reduced to 10 men due to Nunez’s dismissal for a clash with Joachim Andersen.
On his view on Nunez’s red card
A little provocation here and there – and definitely the wrong reaction. A clear red card, I cannot deny that. Yeah, he will learn from that. Unfortunately, he has now a few games’ time to do so. That’s not cool for us in our specific situation, even less, but that’s how it is.
On it being the first sending-off for violent conduct of his tenure at Liverpool
There must be always a first time… it doesn’t make it better.
On his assessment of the Reds’ performance on the night
Really good. I told the boys after the game I’m proud, and I am – that’s what I feel. A lot of things happened during the week and then the game started like it started, I loved it, that was the game we wanted to play. Of course we wanted to finish the situations off but I think we did extremely well and then in the box with a lot of legs and bodies they blocked, I’m not sure, seven or eight shots in the first half already. That’s a special number so we were obviously on the right path and if we carry on like this it was a matter of time.
But unfortunately then they scored the 1-0, which I think was the first counter-attack? I think so. Everything was in place for that moment, so we had good protection actually; we had Fab and Trent around Eze, we had two-v-one in the last line as well. Unfortunately, Eze can free him there and then the space is pretty big, with the speed of Zaha and a good finish. In that moment they showed actually how good they are and how difficult it is to play against them, because these moments always can happen and it didn’t happen too often.
At half-time, positive, I told the boys we should go back to the way we started the game, that would be ideal; we need offers, we need the speed, we need the direction, these were the moments where Palace struggled, we caused them problems. We need to pick up as well second balls in these moments and go from there. I thought the start was positive again and then the red card happened. But obviously the best possible reaction from Lucho then – worldie, wonderful goal. And from that moment on it was a special game. That was us at home with an incredible atmosphere. Unfortunately, without a goal, which is not easy.
But I think the way we played – and you all watched a lot of football games with 10v11 and it’s not common that you put a team as much under pressure as we did. But we did and that was good. So, now we have a point more than before the game. I can imagine what kind of articles and headlines and commentaries that leads [to] but that’s life. So, we will go from here.
On whether he will speak to Nunez in the coming days
Yeah, of course I will speak with him. I came in and I wanted to see the situation; in the game I couldn’t see anything so I didn’t know what happened. I saw Andersen on the floor and Darwin walking away, that was my picture. I asked then our guys already and I saw only, ‘OK, red card’. And then I saw it – yes, it is a red card. Wrong reaction in the situation. Andersen wanted that, I would say, and he got it. But he made a mistake, Darwin, so of course we will talk about it. But not yet.
The Thai women’s national tennis team has won promotion to Group I of the Asia/Oceania Zone after crushing Hong Kong in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup.
Thailand’s 19-year-old Anchisa Chanta, ranked world No 698, defied the odds to beat Hong Kong’s Wu Ho-ching (No 599) 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur. Patcharin Cheepchandet, 27, and ranked 712, then sealed the Thai team’s victory with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Eudice Chong.
Thailand dominated the tournament, reaching the final after thrashing Pacific Oceania, Malaysia, Singapore and Maldives by the same 3-0 scoreline.
Lawn Tennis Association of Thailand president Suchai Pornchaisakudom on Sunday praised the team on their promotion to the region’s elite league alongside China, Japan, India and South Korea.
“This group of players is a great combination of superstars and veteran players, making it strong enough to become champions of this tournament,” he said.
He also hailed the victory as a new era for Thai tennis on the international stage.
Seventy golfers are ready to strut their stuff in the sixth circuit of the Bt2.5 million “SAT-TWT Open Road to World Ranking which is due at the Panorama Golf and Country Club
Signing up for the sixth meet of the 2021-2022 season are the inaugural circuit’s champion Parinda Phokan from Khon Kaen, third circuit’s runner-up Samaporn Khangkhun, hometown girl Chonlada Chayanun, Trichat Cheenglab who just returned from a trip in Europe, Kultida Pramphun, currently No 17 on the Order of Merits, Onkanok Soisuwan who just earned her card into the Dream Tour in South Korea and pin-up girl Kornkamol Sukaree.
Korat-hope Chonlada who just finished runner-up at the Vintage Club in Samut Prakarn a fortnight ago will return to the Thai WPGA Tour after illness forced her to withdraw from the last circuit.
“So far, I’ve played only one Thai WPGA event (tied 7th in first circuit 2021). I’m really looking forward to this week after having some great result in my previous tournament,” said Chonlada. “I’ve play at this course just once, and it was not so easy. The greens are quite tough, so you have to be extra prudent on the greens,” said Chondala.
Kultida who settled at lone third in the fourth circuit at the Royal Hua Hi Golf Course sets her sights on another top 10 finish at the mountainous par 72 6,229-yard course. “I’ve had some good and bad times on this tour. But things are going to be a bit tricky this week as we have to play on a hilly course. You need to be careful with your shots while you have to be really fit to play amid this condition,” said Kultida who hopes to gain world rankings which will pave her a passage to bigger events.
Freshly from playing in England and Scotland, Bangkokian Trichat hopes to benefit from the experience she reaped from the Ladies European Tour to make her statement this week. “I’ve learnt to play under tough weather and on link courses in Europe and got to play alongside good LET and LPGA players. I’ve seen a lot of interesting techniques and great shot selections which gave me new experience,” said Trichat, currently No 19 on the Thai WPGA Tour Order of Merits.
“I’ve also changed my equipment which I feel really confident with. I hope to hit four to five under on this course which I did three years ago,” she added. Twenty-two-year-old Kornkamol will play her first event as a professional golfer at the Panorama Golf and Country Club. “I’m quite excited to compete as a pro for the first time. Right now, I’m focusing on my putt, chip and bunker shots. At this stage I feel that I still need to learn a lot and I will try to acquire experience from fellow players,” said the cover girl from Bangkok.
The 6th SAT-TWT Open Road to World Ranking event will be competed in a three-day stroke-play format with a total of 54 holes (18 holes each day). Top 60 and ties, after 36 holes, will move to compete in the final round. The winner will receive the top prize money of Bt367,500.
The SAT-TWT Open Road to World Ranking is sponsored by the Sports Authority of Thailand, National Sports Development Fund, Siam Commercial Bank, P Overseas Steal (Public Company Limited) and the Panorama Golf and Country Club in Nakhon Ratchasima. Fans can catch up with news updates on ThaiWPGA Facebook Fanpage or at http://www.thaiwpga.com.
Representatives from Cambodia’s Swimming Federation will visit Thailand on Thursday to discuss cooperation with Thailand Swimming Association in developing Cambodia’s aquatic sports to prepare the country for hosting the 32nd Southeast Asian Games scheduled from May 5-17, 2023.
Association secretary-general Charoen Nopsuwan said on Sunday that in the early phase of cooperation, Cambodia is asking the association to send professional trainers to help develop training programmes for Cambodian athletes in swimming, water polo and diving.
The association has also been invited to inspect Phnom Penh’s newly built Aquatic Centre to check its readiness for the upcoming SEA Games.
Charoen added that the cooperation will enable the association to send Thai athletes to a training camp in Cambodia about one month before the Games to acclimatise themselves to the arenas.
He revealed that the construction of Thailand’s new Aquatic Centre in Bang Kapi, Bangkok is expected to be complete in 2024, before Thailand hosts the 33rd SEA Games in 2025. The centre can host five aquatic sports — swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, and marathon swimming.
Since the first event in 1977, Thailand has hosted three SEA Games — 1985, 1995 and 2007 — while 2023 will be the first time ever that Cambodia will host the games in Phnom Penh.
The Southeast Asian Games is held every two years and is a competition among 11 SEA Games Federation countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam.
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