Buriram Times

Sports News

 

Distressed Srisaket To Seek Fight Postponement

Two-time WBC super-flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will have to delay his next fight in August he is not in a condition to train following the breakdown of his 14-year romance, according to his promoter. The 31-year-old boxer, who gained recognition around the world with a stunning win over Nicaragua’s Roman Gonzalez in New York…

Late Goal Spoils Buriram’s Party As Superb Second-Half Performance Stuns Koreans

Buriram’s romance with the Champions League continued with a 3-2 victory over heavily-fancied Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. It looked like it was going to be even better for the Thai champions when they led 3-1 but a stoppage-time goal for the Koreans gave them a second away goal leaving the advantage with the K League leaders….

Apology

We stated in a previous article that Buriram United did not provide children for Muang Thong’s team photograph. As you can see that is not the case and we apologise unreservedly to Buriram United and our readers. I can assure readers that I have given myself a very stern talking to and I will be…

Is There Any Chance Of Buriram Fans And Muang Thong Fans Ever Getting Along? Probably Not!

In the wake of the latest game between bitter rivals Buriram and Muang Thong, a number of questions have emerged. Will we ever see the family atmosphere that is present in nearly all Thai league games and who could possibly make the first move to defuse the intensity of the rivalry? The first thing to…

Buriram Destroy Muang Thong In Embarrassingly One-Sided Encounter

A Diogo-inspired Buriram United recorded their biggest ever win over their bitter rivals to send their deliriously happy fans rushing out of the stadium to celebrate. Make no mistake, this was a severe beating and if Buriram had taken all their chances, it would have been significantly worse. Diogo was simply unstoppable and showed without…

Meet The Youngest Player To Appear In Buriram United’s First Team

In the recent home game with Nakhon Ratchasima, a significant event took place which was missed by a lot of people. (Us included !) When Suphanat came on for Supachok in stoppage time he became the youngest player to appear in Buriram’s first team at the tender age of 15 years and 266 days. He…

Thai League 1 Round-Up And Table

Buriram’s away day blues continue as they went down 1-0 at Sukhothai in a game they dominated but failed to score. Meanwhile Bangkok United closed the gap at the top to two points with a 3-0 win at Ubon, Robson netting twice. Heberty came to Muang Thong’s rescue again with two goals in five minutes…

Buriram Fall To Another Defeat On The Road At Sukhothai

Buriram went down to their second successive 1-0 away defeat at Sukhothai but they can count themselves very unlucky to lose a game they dominated for much of the time. A combination of poor finishing and dreadful refereeing was responsible and it leaves them only two points clear at the top. Ironically, this was Buriram’s…

Man Utd Fanatic Flies To Samui To Meet His Idol-King Eric

When a die hard Manchester United fan discovered that one of his heroes was in Thailand, he went to extreme lengths to meet up with him. Super reds fan Prinya Insomchur heard that legend Eric Cantona was on the isle of Koh Samui, so he quickly purchased a flight and headed to the island, in…

Thai Public Channels to Screen FIFA World Cup for Free

Football fans in Thailand will be watching the World Cup for free this year, officials said Thursday. The Sports Authority of Thailand announced Thursday that public TV channels would retransmit the 2018 football FIFA World Cup for free, after the government cooperated with the private sector to secure the event’s broadcasting rights. Deputy Prime Minister…