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Chang Arena in Buriram province is the first football stadium in Thailand that will welcome back 50 per cent of its spectators since the Covid-19 pandemic wreaked havoc across the country.

The Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) said it will amend all anti-doping laws after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) declared Thailand non-compliant with the 2021 Anti-Doping Code.

Thailand fought hard for a 1-1 draw against higher-ranked Morocco on Thursday in the Fifa Futsal World Cup at Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Leaders of the country major professional sports leagues expressed little consternation over the announcement of President Joe Biden new vaccination mandate.

Misugu Okamoto sat in fourth place going into her third and last run as the last competitor in the final of the women’s park skateboarding event on Aug. 4. Bidding to move up and win a medal, the 15-year-old Japanese executed tricks one after another — until the last one, when she fell on the landing.

The South Korean coach who steered Thailand to its first-ever Olympic gold medal in taekwondo has been granted a new Thai name at one of the country’s most sacred temples.

Sudaporn "Taew" Seesondee, Thailand’s first Olympic female boxing medallist, said she will spend 4 million baht on buying a new house in Udon Thani as a gift for her beloved mother.

TOKYO - The flame that burned throughout one of historys most controversial Games was extinguished Sunday as Japan brought the curtain down on the Tokyo Olympics with closing ceremonies that were as unusual as the event itself.

The Tokyo Olympics delivered historic moments from start to finish. Some athletes set records for long-standing dominance in their sports. Others became the first in their nations histories to win a medal of any kind. And sports such as surfing and karate made their Olympic debuts.

Leicester City won the FA Community Shield for the second time on Saturday.

TOKYO - The Olympics have closed for the night, and the vast brick promenade that stretches between many of the competition venues is empty after 2 a.m. Normally at an Olympics, such a walk would be filled by a never-ending party. Tonight, in this pandemic-wary city, the lone sound is the clumping of a pedestrians feet.

Thailand was ranked 28th on Wednesday at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.