Rural Thai city emerges as sporting Camelot
183 views · Published 8 June 2017 · 2:17 · Indexed 16 October 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · Sports
A 'godfather' of Thai politics is using cash and contacts to transform his once poor, forgotten rice-farming fiefdom into an unlikely sporting Camelot, complete with a glittering football stadium and racetrack set to host the MotoGP.
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