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US Olympic policy change bans transgender women in women’s events
US Olympic policy change bans transgender women in women’s events
Sunday 27 July 2025 03:00 PM
OLYMPICS / PARALYMPICS: American transgender women will no longer be able to compete in women’s events at the Olympics and Paralympics after a recent policy change by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).
National icons Panipak and Pleumjit receive honours
National icons Panipak and Pleumjit receive honours
Monday 7 July 2025 02:00 PM
TAEKWONDO / VOLLEYBALL: Two-time Olympic champion Panipak Wongpattanakit and volleyball star Pleumjit Thinkaow were honoured during the 5th Thailand Moral Awards ceremony 2024.
Kunlavat and Panipak rule SAT awards
Kunlavat and Panipak rule SAT awards
Wednesday 18 December 2024 09:00 AM
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).
PM honours Paralympic heroes
PM honours Paralympic heroes
Tuesday 1 October 2024 09:00 AM
PARALYMPICS: More than B212 million in cash rewards were handed out to Thailand’s Paralympic Games contingent from Paris during a reception party at Government House on Friday (Sept 27).
Thai Paralympic athletes set for cash rewards
Thai Paralympic athletes set for cash rewards
Wednesday 11 September 2024 09:00 AM
PARALYMPICS: Thailand’s Paralympic athletes are set to receive at least B135 million in cash rewards for their medal-winning performances at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Paris Paralympics close with a party after ‘historic summer’
Paris Paralympics close with a party after ‘historic summer’
Monday 9 September 2024 01:51 PM
PARALYMPICS: The Paralympics closed yesterday (Sept 8) with a giant music-fuelled party as chief Paris 2024 organiser Tony Estanguet said the Games and the Olympics had created a “historic summer”.
Saysunee makes Paralympics history
Saysunee makes Paralympics history
Sunday 8 September 2024 03:02 PM
PARALYMPICS: Saysunee Jana of Thailand has made history at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris as the first female wheelchair fencer to win three gold medals.
Medal streak continues with four more
Medal streak continues with four more
Saturday 7 September 2024 10:18 AM
PARALYMPICS: Wheelchair racer Pongsakorn Paeyo claimed his third medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games while powerlifter Kamolpan Kraratpet took a maiden medal in the sport for Thailand on Thursday night (Sept 5).
Saysunee captures second gold in Paris
Saysunee captures second gold in Paris
Friday 6 September 2024 01:43 PM
PARALYMPICS: Wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana claimed her second gold medal of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and the fifth overall for Thailand on Wednesday night (Sept 4).
Gold glory for evergreen Saysunee
Gold glory for evergreen Saysunee
Thursday 5 September 2024 09:36 AM
PARALYMPICS: Wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana earned the fourth gold medal for Thailand at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Tuesday night (Sept 3).
More medals for Thailand at Paralympics
More medals for Thailand at Paralympics
Tuesday 3 September 2024 11:00 AM
PARALYMPICS: More medals were won by Thai athletes at the 17th Paralympic Games in Paris yesterday (Sept 20).
Thai athletes claim first gold medals at Paris Paralympics
Thai athletes claim first gold medals at Paris Paralympics
Monday 2 September 2024 10:39 AM
PARALYMPICS: Thailand won its first gold medal at the Paralympics in Paris yesterday (Sept 1) after Phongsakon Payo won the men’s 400 metres T53 class wheelchair racing.
Khwansuda wins first Paralympics medal
Khwansuda wins first Paralympics medal
Sunday 1 September 2024 11:41 AM
PARALYMPICS: Para-taekwondo star Khwansuda “Khwan” Phuangkitcha won Thailand’s first bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics on Thursday (Aug 29) by defeating Iran’s Maryam Abdollahpour Deroei in the women’s 47-kilogramme K44 category, which features athletes with limitations in one arm or leg.
First medals up for grabs as action begins at Paris Paralympics
First medals up for grabs as action begins at Paris Paralympics
Thursday 29 August 2024 01:58 PM
PARALYMPICS: Medals are up for grabs in track cycling, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo when the action begins today (Aug 29) at the Paris Paralympics, which opened in a colourful and hope-filled ceremony ahead of 11 days of competition.
Paris Paralympics to showcase best of disability sport
Paris Paralympics to showcase best of disability sport
Tuesday 27 August 2024 10:00 AM
PARALYMPICS: The Paralympics begin in Paris tomorrow (Aug 28), putting on display the talents of remarkable athletes in a city still riding the wave of the highly successful Olympics.
SAT, companies to pay for Olympics broadcast rights
SAT, companies to pay for Olympics broadcast rights
Monday 22 July 2024 09:00 AM
OLYMPICS: The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) will join hands with the private sector to invest about B400 million for the rights to broadcast the Olympic games, SAT governor Kongsak Yodmanee confirmed on Saturday (July 20).
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Sunday 28 April 2024 03:00 PM
OLYMPICS: Greece handed over the Olympic flame of the 2024 Games to Paris organisers last Friday (Apr 26) in a ceremony at the Athens marble stadium where the competition was revived nearly 130 years ago.
Phuket hosts Olympic weightlifting qualifiers
Phuket hosts Olympic weightlifting qualifiers
Tuesday 2 April 2024 09:30 AM
WEIGHTLIFTING: The final qualifying stage for weightlifters from all over the world hoping to secure a place at the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer got underway in Phuket on Sunday (Mar 31).
Russian, Belarusian athletes not part of Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Russian, Belarusian athletes not part of Paris Olympics opening ceremony
Wednesday 20 March 2024 09:56 AM
OLYMPICS: Olympic chiefs announced yesterday (Mar 19) that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer’s Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony.
Phuket behind LA Games Paralympic Sailing campaign
Phuket behind LA Games Paralympic Sailing campaign
Saturday 11 June 2022 11:31 AM
PARA SAILING: This year is a critical one for Para Sailing as as it strives to become reinstated for the Los Angeles Paralympic Games in 2028, having been dropped from the schedule in 2015 by the International Paralympic Committee.

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