KRABI: One 64-year-old Chinese woman is dead Chinese while her 66 year old husband of the same nationality is in critical condition, after the long-tail thought they were traveling on was sunk after it reportedly was hit by 3 meter waves near Koh Phi Phi in Krabi.
FOOTBALL: Phuket FC fans were sent into a wave of euphoria by premature rumours this past weekend that the islands 11-a-side pro club was going to be offered a spot in the national-tier Yamaha League One this season, despite having been one of six teams relegated to Division 2 at the end of 2015 season.
PHUKET: Police have yet to appoint blame in an accident that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old Thai man near Surin Beach this morning.
PHUKET: Five Thai nationals were arrested and B1,100 was seized after police raided an illegal game of Pok Daeng – a popular Thai gambling game – at a Thalang residence (February 6) yesterday afternoon.
PHUKET: A number of officials from Nopparat Thara National Park yesterday (Feb 5) marked out three areas which are to be designated snorkelling and diving areas following the incident which saw two Russian divers severely injured when hit by a speed boats engine propeller.
GOLF: LPGA Tour rookies Budsabakorn Sukapan and Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras have been granted exemptions to play at the Honda LPGA Thailand 2016 in Chonburi later this month, organisers said on Tuesday (Feb 2).
FOOTBALL: The island’s budding football stars of tomorrow will have a massive chance to improve their skills and knowledge in the great game next month, when, for the very first time, English Premier League side’s West Ham United Academy hold a Player Development Camp at the Tanyapura Sports and Leisure Club.
AMERICAN FOOTBALL: One journalist arrived clad in a sparkling gold superhero costume. Another fired off questions to athletes via a glove puppet.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Azza al-Najjar struggles in vain to keep her two-year-old warm by wrapping him in blankets in her prefabricated metal home as a winter storm lashes the Gaza Strip. “The cold increases the suffering of people here,” the 24-year-old mother says.