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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.

Published : August 15, 2022

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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.

Published : August 15, 2022

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Harry Kane headed in a last-gasp equaliser to earn Tottenham Hotspur a barely-deserved 2-2 draw in a feisty Premier League derby at Chelsea that ended with both managers being shown red cards after the final whistle on Sunday (August 14).

Kane glanced home Ivan Perisic’s corner in the sixth minute of stoppage time to salvage a point for the visitors who have now won only once in their last 38 visits to Stamford Bridge.

Reece James seemed to have sealed the points for the dominant hosts with a 77th-minute strike after Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg had equalised for Tottenham in the 68th minute.

Centre back Kalidou Koulibaly marked his home debut in style by volleying Chelsea in front from a corner in the 19th minute and the hosts totally dominated the opening period.

Centre back Kalidou Koulibaly marked his home debut in style by volleying

Chelsea wasted several chances to increase their lead with Raheem Sterling blazing one great chance over and it was easy to understand Tuchel’s frustration when Hojbjerg levelled.

Tuchel was furious that the goal was allowed, believing Kai Havertz had been fouled in the build-up, and clashed with Conte.

Havertz then spurned a glorious chance to put Chelsea back in front but the hosts did reclaim their lead when the excellent James fired past Hugo Lloris from a pass by Raheem Sterling — a goal that sent Tuchel joyfully racing down the touchline.

Tuchel’s mood darkened though as Kane snatched a draw with his 42nd goal in London derbies — one behind the record of former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry.

The two managers clashed again after an aggressive handshake before being separated by their coaching staff.

Chelsea and Tottenham, who finished third and fourth respectively last season, both have four points from two games.

Tottenham arrived full of confidence but were second-best for most of the game after allowing Koulibaly the freedom of the penalty area to volley superbly past Lloris.

Conte’s side could not make inroads and Chelsea were faster and sharper, with Mason Mount close to scoring and Ruben Loftus-Cheek inches away from putting in a header before half-time.

It was a similar story after the break with Loftus-Cheek looking poised to score after a storming run into the area, seconds before Sterling blazed over the crossbar.

Kane wasted Tottenham’s best opportunity on a rare counter-attack but Tottenham levelled when Chelsea lost the ball in their area and Hojbjerg drilled a shot inside the post.

Tuchel and Conte were both shown yellow cards for their part in the ensuing touchline melee but it seemed Tuchel would have the last laugh when Chelsea cut through Tottenham’s defence and Sterling played in James to beat Lloris.

It was Tottenham who went home happier though, thanks to Kane.

“Well, you know, I just compared it to two players who have a bit of a fight on the field, but nothing happens, nobody gets injured, and the players, if you have a hard tackle, a fair tackle and you don’t go later and apologise and there’s no need.” THOMAS TUCHEL, ON HIS SCUFFLE WITH CONTE.

“It’s Premier League football and the two managers got involved today because both of us were fighting for our teams, and that was it. Nobody got insulted, nobody got hurt, we didn’t have a fistfight and something, so, for me it’s not a big deal. It was part of it today, it boiled of course, and it heated up, but nothing bad, and it was, I don’t know, it was today part of the game. It’s like this.”

TUCHEL: “We fought both for our teams and it happens. It’s so close here, it was so, it was such an intense match, and both dugouts are very, very close and so it got a bit heated from both of us.”

REPORTER: “You enjoyed it, didn’t you?”

TUCHEL: “Yes, and I think he enjoyed it as well. It was nothing bad guys. Nothing bad.”

While Conte said about problem between him and Tuchel : “The most important thing is always football”

“I think that it’s not so important. It’s not so important. The most important thing is always football, and to speak about the game. The game was an intensive game, and for us, this game was really tough. But you know very well that when you come here and to play against Chelsea away is always difficult and they have a really good team.” Conte said 

“Yeah, but honestly, I, and then the referee showed me a red card, but he didn’t understand the dynamic, what happened, okay? But it’s okay, I have to accept, and, but I repeat, this is not a big problem. I think this is not important. If there is a problem, the problem is between me and the other coach. Not for the others.”

“But I don’t enjoy. I think that for what happened, I think we did enjoy, yeah, and yeah, but next time will be, we’ll pay more attention and just shake the hand, and we solve the problem. Yeah, he stays his bench, I stay in my bench and we finish with the staff on one side, our staff, my staff on our side and no problem about this. It will be a, it would be a pity if for this situation we’ll miss the next game, yeah.”

Published : August 15, 2022

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Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has stated his desire to “change quickly” after the team’s 4-0 defeat to Brentford on Saturday.

The boss is adamant that hard work, togetherness and new blood will help overturn a winless start to the Premier League season after the defeats to Brighton and Brentford.
 

“We are, as a team, in a difficult process,” Ten Hag admitted to Sky Sports.

“We expected a different start. It seems like what happened in the past, last season, we have to change that very quickly. 

“We need new players, we need quality players and we will do everything to convince them to come.”

Ten Hag acknowledged United’s recent struggle to overcome challenging moments after his side were beaten by the Bees.

“Yeah, this is the truth,” he said. “We have seen it and we have to work on it. 

“Only when we stick together and we work hard we’ll [get] over it. The belief, you have to bring on the pitch for yourself and as a team.”

Published : August 14, 2022

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Liverpool are set to welcome Naby Keita back into their squad for Monday’s visit of Crystal Palace to Anfield.

The midfielder missed the Reds’ opening-day draw at Fulham due to illness, but is ready to return to contention for the encounter with the Eagles.
 

Jürgen Klopp’s men will, however, be without the services of Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in terms of midfield options.

Kostas Tsimikas could also be back after a knock kept him out of the trip to Craven Cottage last weekend.

Klopp said on Friday: “A couple of boys are coming back: Naby will be back for Monday and Kostas will train today for the first time so he might be back as well. That’s the situation.”

Two members of the squad are in line for milestones should they be named in the XI against Palace: Trent Alexander-Arnold would clock up his 150th Premier League start, while Roberto Firmino’s would be his 200th.
 

Meanwhile, Palace midfielder Michael Olise is closing in on a return following his foot injury, though the fixture will come too soon for James McArthur and James Tomkins. 

“Michael trained all week with the team, so there is a chance that he will be with the squad,” Eagles boss Patrick Vieira told reporters. “The other two, it will be too short for them.

“[Nathan Ferguson] just had a setback. It’s too early to talk about but obviously he didn’t train in the last couple of days with the team.”

Published : August 14, 2022

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The final day of the “Spartan Thailand 2022 Chiang Mai” race ended on Sunday with 3,000 competitors from 30 countries.

The Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) and six government agencies, including TAT and Chiang Mai province, have got the rights to organise the world’s most brutal obstacle race at Huay Tung Tao Reservoir in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district from August 12 and 14.
 

The Spartan Sprint (5km) race was held on Sunday with 20 obstacles along the path.

The male winner was Mervin Guarte from the Philippines, with a record of 26m 29s. The second place was Jeffrey Reginio from the Philippines, with a record of 26m 46s, and the third place was Saddam Pittli from Malaysia, with a record of 27m 34s.

Meanwhile, the winner was Sandi Menchi Abahan from the Philippines, with a record of 32m 54s. The second place was Silamie Apolistarguta, a Filipino runner with a record of 35m 37s, and the third place was Emma Carroll, an Australian runner with a record of 35m 54s.

The “Spartan Thailand 2022 Chiang Mai” is the which competitors must overcome various obstacles along the trail, such as mud, ziplines, nets and walls. The next event Spartan Sprint (5km) will be held on Sunday.

For more information, please visit “Spartan Race Thailand” Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/spartanracethailand or website http://www.spartan.com.

Published : August 14, 2022

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Thai Senior Professional Golf Association announced that the “Toyota Senior Championship 2022, which is the fourth tournament of the Thai Senior Tour 2022, will be held at Phuket Country Club from Tuesday to Thursday,(August 16-18 ) with prize money of 2 million baht.

Moreover, the association will hold a pro-am tournament for amateur and professional senior golfers aged over 50 to play together. The winner will get prize money of 240,000 baht.
 

The association’s president Suthin Darunyothin said that the fourth tournament of the Thai Senior Tour will offer the highest prize money in the association’s history.

He added that the association held tournaments in several provinces to promote tourism while also generating revenue for local people.

For this season, the association has held three tournaments for the Thai Senior Tour 2022. 

The first tournament was held in Chiang Mai in March while the second tournament was held in Nakhon Ratchasima in April. The recent tournament was held in Prachuap Khiri Khan in June.

Thai Senior Tour set for return on Tuesday
 

Published : August 14, 2022

By : THE NATION