Cambodia will not send a delegation to the 13th ASEAN Para Games, scheduled run from January 20 to 26 in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) in Thailand.
The Collegiate E-Sports and Youth Development Association (CEYDA) submitted a petition to the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT) on Friday, calling for an investigation into the organisation of the e-sports competition at the recently concluded 33rd SEA Games, which was marred by a cheating scandal involving a member of the Thai women’s Arena of Valor (RoV) team.
The SEA Games medals are secured. The anthem has been played. The podium moments are now part of history. But for Maximus Jones, none of that is the finish line.
Thailand’s under-23 team coach Thawatchai Dumrong-ongtrakul has set an initial target of reaching the quarterfinals for the Young War Elephants at the upcoming 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup early next year.
Light flyweight veteran Chuthamat Raksat kept her promise by bringing the SEA Games gold medal she won at the recently ended tournament to her father before her critically ill parent passed.
Thai boxers reigned supreme in the ring after rounding off their tremendous campaign on home soil in style by sweeping 14 titles on the last day of the boxing competition at the 33rd SEA Games at the Chulalongkorn University Sports Center on Friday.
As the Games conclude today, Thailand is set to put the icing on their success in reclaiming the overall title with a new record total of gold medals after their athletes continued to win one title after another on the penultimate day of the 33rd SEA Games on Friday.
Her Majesty the Queen added glittering gloss to the day as Thailand all but secured the overall title with an unassailable lead at the top of the medal standings in the ongoing 33rd SEA Games, following her triumphant campaign in the keelboat SSL47 event of the sailing competition on Thursday.
Fuelled by a sizeable haul of 11 titles from the Muay Thai team, Thailand have left their rivals trailing as they surge towards the 200-gold mark in the medal standings at the 33rd SEA Games in Bangkok and Chon Buri on Wednesday.
With the Thai contingent continuing to win title after title on home soil, Thailand’s national under-23 football team coach Thawatchai Dumrong-ongtrakul has insisted his young charges are under no pressure to deliver the SEA Games gold medal the whole country craves when they face bitter rivals Vietnam in the men’s football final on Thursday.
Thailand’s e-sports team found itself in the unwanted spotlight following a scandal surrounding its sudden withdrawal from the Arena of Valor (AOV) women’s team competition on Tuesday.
Thailand’s continued charge towards the 33rd SEA Games overall title was headlined by the national under-23 side’s march into the final of the men’s football competition following their semi-final victory over Malaysia at the Rajamangala National Stadium yesterday.
