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ALL SPORTS: Details for this year’s Phuket qualifying leg of the national youth sports finals have been confirmed as the province seeks out local and national sports stars of the future.

Thursday 29 May 2025 10:00 AM

Thai athlete, 105, unrivalled at World Masters Games

ATHLETICS: Sawang Janpram is in a league of his own at the World Masters Games in Taiwan - at 105 he is the oldest competitor and the only person in his age group.

Saturday 24 May 2025 10:00 AM

Multi-sport ‘Phuket Recreation Games’ underway

ALL SPORTS: A multi-sport event designed to encourage local residents to pursue a healthier lifestyle is underway in Phuket.

Friday 2 May 2025 09:14 AM

Plenty in store for sports fans in 2025

ALL SPORTS: There may be no Olympics or Paralympics in 2025 but the sporting calendar is still steeped in high quality tournaments. Here we look at five major events that are taking place in the year ahead:

Friday 3 January 2025 09:00 AM

Kunlavat and Panipak rule SAT awards

SPORTS: Badminton player Kunlavut Vitidsarn and taekwondo star Panipak Wongpattanakit were named the best male and female amateur athletes of the year by the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) on Monday (Dec 16).

Wednesday 18 December 2024 09:00 AM

Puripol makes history at world youth race

ATHLETICS: Puripol Boonson has made history as the first Thai sprinter to win a medal at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, capturing silver in the 100-metre final in Lima, Peru, yesterday (Aug 29).

Friday 30 August 2024 09:00 AM

Phuket student sports contest underway

ALL SPORTS: The 2024 edition of the Phuket Student Sports Competition kicked off yesterday (Aug 6).

Wednesday 7 August 2024 12:30 PM

Kathu students head off to national sports qualifiers

ATHLETICS: Young students from Kathu Municipality were given a rousing send off by officials on Friday (June 28) before heading off to a national sports qualifying competition in Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Sunday 30 June 2024 09:30 AM

Phuket off to a winning start as National Youth Games gets underway

NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES: The Phuket girl’s beach volleyball team got off to a winning start as the 39th edition of the National Youth Sports tournament got underway in Ratchaburi yesterday (Mar 20).

Thursday 21 March 2024 01:00 PM

Somkiat and Atthaya named top athletes

ALL SPORTS: Motorcycle racer Somkiat Chantra and LPGA golfer Atthaya Thitikul were named Thailand’s best male and female professional athletes of 2023 respectively by the Sports Authority of Thailand on Saturday (Dec 16).

Tuesday 19 December 2023 08:00 AM

Failure to meet target upsets SAT

ASIAN GAMES: The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) is upset that its athletes failed to meet the minimum target of winning 15 gold medals at the 19th Asian Games which ended on Sunday (Oct 8) in Hangzhou, China.

Tuesday 10 October 2023 08:30 AM

Thai women sweep the golds in golf

ASIAN GAMES: Thai golfers completed a golden double by landing the women’s individual and team events top honours at the Asian Games yesterday (Oct 1).

Monday 2 October 2023 07:56 AM

Kiptum and Hassan triumph in astounding London Marathon

MARATHON: Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum won the men’s London Marathon race in the second-fastest time in history on Sunday (Apr 23), breaking the course record with an astonishing time of 2 hours, 1 minute and 27 seconds.

Tuesday 25 April 2023 08:30 AM

Phuket athletes shine at National Youth Games

NATIONAL YOUTH GAMES: Young athletes from Phuket have been lauded after performing admirably at the recent National Youth Games where they collectively claimed an impressive 53-medal haul.

Friday 21 April 2023 10:00 AM

Kunlavut, Panipak receive top honours

BADMINTON / TAEKWONDO: Badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn and taekwondo fighter Panipak Wongpattanakit were named the best male and female amateur athletes of 2022 respectively by the Sports Writers Association of Thailand (Swat) yesterday (Apr 19).

Thursday 20 April 2023 08:11 AM

Trans women banned from female athletics

ATHLETICS: Transgender women will no longer be allowed to compete in female track and field events regardless of their levels of testosterone, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said yesterday (Mar 23), citing fairness over inclusion.

Friday 24 March 2023 02:26 PM

Thailand to host Asian Athletics Championships

ATHLETICS: Thailand will host the 25th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships later this year, it has been confirmed.

Saturday 11 March 2023 10:00 AM

Buzz in Bangkok as ‘Golden Fly Series’ comes to town

ATHLETICS: The established in-city athletics spectacle “Golden Fly Series” returned to Thailand last Saturday (Feb 25) with 20 world-class track and field athletes from five continents competing on the world’s largest certified mobile track and field facility.

Wednesday 1 March 2023 09:00 AM

Phuket athletes set for National Youth Games regionals