Thai Paralympic athletes have received support boxes from CP Group for competing at the upcoming 2022 Asean Para Games in Indonesia.
CP Group executives met with the Paralympics athletes at Boccia Training Centre on Thursday to hand over the support boxes.
Each box contains foods, roaming SIMs, masks, Fah Talai Jone, and encouraging messages from CP employees.
Osod Phawilai, secretary-general of the Paralympic Committee of Thailand, thanked the CP Group for supporting Thailand’s Paralympic Team for six years.
Athletes will compete in 14 disciplines at the 2022 Asean Para Games, including archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, football, goalball, judo, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair tennis.
Some 1,500 athletes from 10 Asean countries and Timor-Leste will participate in this competition from July 30 to August 6. Sports fans can follow this event on TrueID.
Thailand’s inspired campaign in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League ended on Thursday after losing 3-1 to hosts Turkey in Ankara.
Thailand had qualified for the final round of the event for the first time.
The Thai women got off to a good start, winning the first set 25-23, but Turkey fought back to win the next three 25-15, 25-18, 25-21 in the quarterfinal at Ankara Arena.
Thailand has never won against Turkey in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League.
In the semifinal, Turkey will take on Italy, who had finished third in the preliminary round, while Serbia will play Brazil. Both semifinal matches will be held on Saturday.
Bangkok Glass Public Company Limited or BG boats a full range of packaging materials across all international markets and is recognized as Thailand’s largest provider of glass and packaging as well as being one of the largest businesses in Asia. BG is to become the new Front of Shirt Sponsor of Oxford United for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons.
The two-year agreement will see the Thai glass packaging specialists’ logo adorn the front of the Men, Women, and Academy team’s shirts, as well as the replica shirts for the upcoming campaign.
Pavin Bhirombhakdi, CEO of Bangkok Glass Group of Companies said, “This is a good opportunity for us to continue our work together with Oxford United to develop the potential of the club.”
“It is our privilege to be supporting and driving this club towards success through our Training Ground and now Front of Shirt sponsorship. We are very happy to be a part of this exciting journey.”
“In addition to the financial support through this sponsorship, we hope to also form a lasting relationship between Oxford United and our Thai-owned club, BG Pathum United Football Club.”
Managing Director at Oxford United, Niall McWilliams said, “It’s fantastic for the club to have a global brand once again on the front of our shirts. It’s not just a case of putting the name on the shirt; BG have already committed to helping us develop a world-class training facility and their sponsorship of the Men’s, Women’s, and Academy sides underlines our ‘one club’ mentality.”
“We already have a really strong partnership with BG, and we look forward to this fruitful relationship continuing to grow over the next 12 months”.
This is not BG’ first introduction to the Yellow Army, having initially joined the U’s last season as the club’s first-ever Training Ground partner; a sponsorship they will continue to occupy in addition to their newly announced Front of Shirt sponsorship which will be unveiled in pre-season home friendly with Coventry City on Saturday 16th July at 9PM Thailand time.
Ousmane Dembele has signed a new two-year contract with Barcelona with a reported 40% pay cut.
FC Barcelona on Thursday announced that French international winger Ousmane Dembele has signed a new contract with the club until the end of June 2024.
The contract comes two weeks after Dembele’s previous deal with Barcelona expired, and ends months of speculation when at times he looked to be more likely to leave than to remain at the club.
Dembele is thought to have accepted a pay cut of around 40 percent to remain playing his football at the Camp Nou Stadium, where he moved in the summer of 2017 from Borussia Dortmund.
“I’m really happy to be staying at Barca. I am going to work hard and I hope this is a good year for me and for Barca,” said the winger during his presentation at the club’s training ground.
Dembele’s decision to remain means Barca has options on the wings after the signing of Brazilian forward Raphinha from Leeds United for 58 million euros earlier in the week.
Raphinha has agreed a five-year deal and his presentation will be on Friday.
The determined Patcharajutar Kongkraphan fired an error-free 69 to cling onto the lead with a three-stroke advantage over Ornnicha Kornsunthea after round two of the Bt2.5 Million SAT-TWT Open – Road to World Ranking at the Royal Hua Hin Golf Club on Thursday.
The 30-year-old from Khon Kaen crafted three birdies (holes No 1, 3 and 10) in a bogey free round and remained atop of the leaders’ board following a total seven under-par-137 under the high humid condition at the par 72 6,343 landscape.
“It was a good round and almost everything went according to my plan. There were some par 5 holes where I made mistakes. I should have read the greens better,” said the former LPGA player who eyes on winning her first crown since her last victory at the Grand Prix Golf Club in Kanchanaburi 12 months ago.
In fact Patcharajutar, nicknamed as “PK”, came close to winning three times this season but fell short in all those occasions, having to be content as the second best position at the Watermill Golf Club and Resort in Nakhon Nayok, Narai Hill Golf Resort and Country Club in Lopburi, and especially at the Singha Park Khon Kaen Golf Club where she lost to Wannasiri Sirisampant in a play-off a fortnight ago. She hopes to turn the tide as she plays in the final group on Friday’s morning.
“Deep in my heart, I really want to pull it off this time. It’s something that keeps bothering me. But with the way that I’m playing right now, I’m quite confident with myself. I need to be as solid as I can and seize the opportunity when it comes knocking on my door,” added Patcharajutar.
Lopburi-based Ornnicha, with four birdies against a lone bogey on the 13th hole, also carded a 69 to sit three shots back.
“I’m pleased with my putting game as I made a lot of crucial putts. About the final round tomorrow, I will try to play one shot at a time and try to stay calm. If I expect too much, that may do me no good,” said the 25-year-old Ornnicha who is seeking her first career title. Her best finish was at second in a Taiwan LPGA Tour in 2019 after losing a play-off.
Hometown girl Preenanphan Poomklay carded five birdies against two bogeys for a 69 and a two-day total of three under-par-141 which placed her at joint third with 34-year-old Nonthiya Srisawang who signed off with an even-par-72.
The 27-year-old Preenanphan said: “I’ve practiced here a lot but played well only once in the last All Thailand Golf Tour that (back then) still featured women’s event four years ago. This is a very tricky course and you need to come up with a great short game to shoot scores.”
Preenanphan is in the hunt for her second professional win since winning on the All Thailand Golf Tour on this course back in 2018. A total of 75 players made the cut at 14 over-par-158. Fans can catch up with news updates on ThaiWPGA Facebook Fanpage or at http://www.thaiwpga.com. Live streaming of the final round can be seen on ThaiWPGA Facebook Fanpage on Friday 15, July from 8am onwards.
The picture of Thai volleyball player Ajcharaporn Kongyot alongside Turkey’s captain Eda Erdem Dündar adorns the wall at the venue of the final round of the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League.
In her Facebook post on Tuesday, Ajcharaporn uploaded a selfie of the poster on the wall at Ankara Arena in Ankara, before the match against the hosts on Thursday.
Her presence on the poster is seen as proof that Ajcharaporn is ‘a player to watch’ in the Thai team.
In the preliminary round, Ajcharaporn was ranked 15th among best scorers, 14th among best attackers, and 11th among best diggers.
The Thai women’s national volleyball team will play against Turkey on Thursday at 10.30pm in the quarterfinal.
Volleyball fans can watch a live telecast or as live online streaming the Thai women’s team take on hosts Turkey at Ankara Arena in Ankara on Thursday, 10.30pm.
This is the first time the Thai women have qualified for the quarterfinals of the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Nations League.
The match will be telecast on ONE31 channel but sports fans will not be able to watch it online, as the channel has got only a TV broadcast licence.
Therefore, fans will have to subscribe online and watch at http://www.volleyballworld.tv at US$3.99 per day, $7.99 per month, or $74.99 per year.
Subscribers could watch through applications on both iOS and Android devices.
The Thai women’s national volleyball team is hoping for an upset against their Turkish counterparts after losing all recent matches against that country.
The Thai team will go up against Turkey on Thursday at 10.30pm in the quarterfinal at Ankara Arena.
Thailand are currently ranked 14th in the world and Turkey fifth.
The Thai team qualified for the final round after finishing eighth in the 16-team preliminary round-robin league with 15 points from five wins and seven losses.
Turkey were seventh with 21 points from seven wins and five losses, but the team enjoys top seeding as the hosts.
Thailand has lost its last five matches against Turkey.
The event organiser of the Manchester United-Liverpool clash has said that the needless controversy over the trophy devalued the efforts of hardworking people.
Fresh Air Festival CEO Vinij Lertratanachai responded on Wednesday after the winner’s trophy of “The Match Bangkok Century Cup 2022” was left behind in the press room by Manchester United.
Many Facebook pages posted theories and opinions about the trophy, which was shared by several netizens. Many people were confused as to why the English team did not take it with them, while some commented that it was not beautiful or worthy enough to be taken along.
Vinij rejected the conjectures as untrue, adding that the company would be sending the 20kg trophy to the club in the UK.
He said this drama is devaluing hardworking people as they had created this trophy by combining sports, entertainment and art. He said that people around the world have never seen such a beautiful and meaningful design.
He added that the trophy was praised by both clubs and he believed that it would be placed in the club’s museum.
Vinij said, “Athletes, spectators and staff were impressed by this event. It was a lifetime determination of around 3,000 staff. Especially Manchester United, the team spent quality time with us and will come back to work with us in the future.”
“I am a bit irritable when there is a drama, but this drama is too unreasonable. People could ask me first,” he added.
Manchester United beat Liverpool 4-0 in a one-off match to win “The Match Bangkok Century Cup 2022” in front of over 50,000 fans at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok on Tuesday.
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