The first and oldest boxing stadium in Thailand is Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok. This arena was constructed 77 years ago in 1945 but had gradually fallen out of fashion in recent years. Rajadamnern then suffered a further blow when the Covid-19 pandemic arrived.

A stampede at a soccer stadium in Indonesia has killed at least 125 people and injured more than 320 after police sought to quell violence on the pitch, authorities said on Sunday, in one of the world's worst stadium disasters.