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The Thai people have always had a love for football. However, until recent years, the only leagues that they followed were the ones in the UK and the rest of Europe. Now the Thai Football League has a loyal following with a much greater interest from both the print media and Thai …

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, 2nd right, kicks the ball while playing a soccer charity match against Thai women’s national team at Rajamangala stadium in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was confronting with police officers outside the stadium while …

Supporters of the New Orleans Saints NFL football club cheer their go ahead touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts during an NFL Super Bowl XLIV game party at the Roadhouse Bar in Bangkok, Thailand, early Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Saints went on to defeat the Colts 31-17 to win the NFL Super Bowl 44. (AP) Football…

When we talk about horse polo, we usually think of the colonials in places like India. I watched my first polo match in Gilgit in Pakistan about 15 years ago. It was a thrilling game played out on a dusty pitch surrounded on all four sides by enthusiastic locals. For me growing up…

Denmark’s Anders Moller Christensen (R) fights for the ball with Poland’s Dawid Nowak during their Thailand King’s Cup football tournament at His Majesty The 80th Birthday Anniversary stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima province northeast of Bangkok, January 17, 2010. (Reuters) Poland’s goalkeeper Mariusz Pawelek saves a shot from Denmark’s Jakob Poulsen during the Thailand …

It is that time of year again when we do a quick review of the past year. Today I am going to look back at some of the more popular news photos from Thailand on our sister blog www.thaiphotoblogs.com . One of the most popular pictures…

สมุทรปราการ เอฟซี กับ นราธิวาส เอฟซี วันอาทิตย์ที่ 29 พย. 2552 SAMUT PRAKAN FOOTBALL CLUB: The final match of the season took place on Sunday (29th November 2009) at Bang MOD Stadium in Thonburi. The match was between Samut Prakan FC and Narathiwat FC. The final score was 0-0. …

New Thailand’s football coach Bryan Robson of England, right, is presented with a team jacket by chief adviser of the Thai Football Association Suwat Liptapallop after a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. Robson, a former England captain agreed in a four-year contract to coach the Thai …

I talked before about “Pok Deng” which is a card game that even young children can play. It is small time gambling. The bet could start from a few baht up to whatever you want. But really if someone wants to gamble with lots of money, they usually go to a higher level game …

Former Manchester United and England captain Bryan Robson (L) speaks with Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi, in Bangkok September 22, 2009. Robson is in Thailand for talks about succeeding Peter Reid as national-team coach. Robson believes the chances of agreeing a deal…

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (L) passes the ball during a friendly soccer match against foreign diplomats at Crystal Football Park Club in Bangkok July 26, 2009. REUTERS/Kerek Wongsa (THAILAND SPORT SOCCER POLITICS) More Thailand pictures can be found at www.ThaiPhotoBlogs

Another week of school has flown by. The week went well and today we had a surprise, the yearly “No Smoking Awareness Campaign.” This takes place around the same date each year as the ‘World No Tobacco Day’ and some of the older students have to take part … Read full story >>>

The Irrawaddy published an article yesterday on a new website , entitled 64 for Aung San Suu Kyi , which was created this Wednesday. The aim of the website is to gather messages of support for Burmese opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, whose 64th birthday is coming up on 19 June. According to The … Read full story >>>

Newcastle United have been relegated from the English Premier League after 16 years in the top flight. The side lost 1-0 at Aston Villa last night , meaning Newcastle will play in England’s second tier next season. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who was born in Newcastle and is a passionate fan of the … Read full story >>>

From the agricultural cycle of the Pulanka Yao to military “confiscations” by the KMT Douglas Miles ( CIU, Ascona; James Cook University, ex Tribal Research Centre, Chiang Mai) Aiontay has made the briefest comment (comment 7, May 14, 2009) to date relating to my initial New Mandala post … Read full story >>>

I rarely wear trainers because of the weather so my collection of kicks has become a collection of flips. Recently, I picked up this pair from Bangkok, my new favourites, comfortably cushioned with a Brazilian football colour-scheme to boot. But the best … Read full story >>>

It could have been how I swaggered up to the Costa Coffee Bar outside Terminal 3 at Heathrow airport that finished my hopes. I was squinting into a promising early English morning like a western gunslinger looking for the Texan rustlers … Read full story >>>

Today was the first day of the new Thai school year. Last night I sat watching football from 2am until 4am and listened to rain tumbling down. I was up at 6.30am and the rain was still falling hard, so after a shower and shave … Read full story >>>

A while back I wrote about Mr. Andrew Hicks the famous author here in Thailand and also now abroad. Andrew Hicks has written books on life and love in Thailand and a book that has sold in many countries. Anyway you can check out about Andrew and his books here . Anyway Andrew looks after a … Read full story >>>

Yesterday was Mother’s Day in Australia. In my efforts to catch up on the Southeast Asia-related news from the weekend I stumbled upon this short article in the Geelong Advertiser .  It highlights a group of refugees from Burma who were treated to Mother’s Day at an Australian Rules Football match.  … Read full story >>>

Yesterday a friend of mine was venturing to a local tattooist to have his first tattoo done. The guys shop stall is in a small carpark situated at Big C Shopping Centre. Another foreigner had used this tattooist before and the tattoo was very good … Read full story >>>

British kids aren’t all bad no matter what the newspapers say about them. There’s some good one’s out there surely…..somewhere in the world there must be… ….. Not only were British children ranked ‘worst off’ in the developed world – with the highest rates of drunkenness, obesity… Read full story >>>

LIVERPOOL, England (AFP) — Liverpool will play pre-season friendlies in Thailand and Singapore in July, the club announced on Wednesday. Rafael Benitez’s side will face Thailand in Bangkok on July 22 before flying to Singapore to take on the … “The experience that our players will receive from this… Read full story >>>

Seeing red in rural Thailand Lucy Ash BBC Radio 4, Crossing Continents As they prepared to descend on the capital Bangkok for recent protests, supporters of ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra raised money and morale in the red-shirts’ heartland in the north-east of Thailand. The field outside the radio station is the size of two football pitches and it is crammed with tables. Red tables, … Read full story >>>

I did promise to keep on top of the new Thai Premier League and have failed to do so – so let me try to make amends now. First, tonight (actually it is probably already over) Chonburi the Shark Botherers will play mighty Hanoi ACB as part of the AFC Cup (Thai teams used to