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How did Leicester City’s billionaire chairman join Thailand’s wealthiest?
Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester City football club’s chairman and son of travel retail group King Power’s late founder, is estimated to have a fortune of US$3.5 from diverse investments.
Leicester’s Thai billionaire chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha ties knot
Thai billionaire Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, chairman of King Power travel retail group, also overseeing the English professional football club Leicester, married his long-time partner Nuntisa Tanyongvetch.
Prince Mateen of Brunei, wife attend public event for first time post-wedding
Prince Mateen of Brunei and his wife, Yang Mulia Anisha Rosnah, made their first public appearance since their grand nuptials at the wedding of Leicester Football Club’s Thai billionaire president Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha.
January 30, 2024 | 08:44 pm PT
Leicester City soccer club owner, four others killed in helicopter crash
Leicester City soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, a Thai tycoon, was killed along with four others when his helicopter crashed Saturday.
October 28, 2018 | 04:57 pm PT
English champions Leicester visit Thai king's palace
English Premier League champions Leicester City paid a visit to Bangkok's glittering Grand Palace on Thursday and signed a well-wishing book for the country's revered monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
May 19, 2016 | 08:27 pm PT
Mahrez voted Leicester's player of the season by fans
Riyad Mahrez was voted Leicester City's player of the season by the club's supporters on Tuesday, while French midfielder N'Golo Kante was voted best player by his team mates.
May 11, 2016 | 01:05 am PT
Leicester set to offer Ranieri long-term contract
Leicester City will discuss a possible contract extension with manager Claudio Ranieri at the end of the season as a reward for his role in the club's maiden Premier League title victory, vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha has said.
May 11, 2016 | 12:15 am PT
Leicester City fans celebrate winning the English Premier League title
Leicester City fans celebrate their team winning the Premier League title as their only remaining challengers Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 at Chelsea.Leicester City supporters erupted into cheers of jubilation when their team's Premier League title dream became reality on Monday (May 2) as their only remaining challengers Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2 at Chelsea handing the underdogs the trophy in one of the greatest sporting achievements of modern times.The result provoked an outpouring of celebration in the provincial English city, as the city's biggest party began in earnest.Goals from Tottenham's Harry Kane and Son Heung-min had looked like extending the title race to the penultimate week of what has been an unforgettable season.However, Gary Cahill gave Chelsea a lifeline just before the hour and substitute Eden Hazard's superb 83rd minute equaliser ended Spurs' slim title hopes to the delight of Leicester and their former Chelsea manager, Italian Claudio Ranieri.With two games left, Leicester are seven points ahead of second-placed Tottenham and Saturday's home match against Everton will include a glorious lap of honour.Unfashionable Leicester, 5000-1 outsiders at the start of the season, are English champions for the first time and become the first team to win a maiden English title since Nottingham Forest in 1977-78, having left the likes of Manchester City and United, Chelsea and Arsenal in their wake.Oddly the biggest match in Leicester's history was one they were not involved in as the final act of an absorbing title race was played out in west London between last year's champions and a Tottenham side who have refused to give up the chase.But Ranieri's intrepid team had already done the damage, churning out results to stay top of the table since Jan. 23 while their rivals fell by the wayside.Incredibly, Leicester spent half of last seas
May 2, 2016 | 05:02 pm PT
Soccer-Leicester triumph is why we love football, says Messi
Lionel Messi spoke for the great and the good of world soccer, not to mention millions of grassroots fans, when he acclaimed Leicester City's extraordinary Premier League triumph by tweeting: "The reason why we all love football. Congratulations"
May 2, 2016 | 04:06 pm PT
Soccer-Leicester draw at Man United to move to brink of title
Leicester City must wait at least one more day for their first-ever Premier League title after drawing 1-1 with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday.
May 1, 2016 | 08:56 am PT
Ranieri to get 5 mln pound bonus if Leicester win title
Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri will earn a five million pound ($7.33 million) bonus if his team win the Premier League title, the Times reported on Friday.
April 29, 2016 | 12:31 am PT
The secret of Leicester City's English Premier League title: a monk's blessing.
With only four games remaining Leicester City is in sight of a remarkable season. But this Thai monk says it's it's not goals, but good karma that is driving the team to its first English Premier League title.This 63-year-old Buddhist monk believes the honest work of Leicester's billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, is the reason.Buddhist monk at Traimitr Temple, Phra Prommangkalachan, saying (Thai):"It's got nothing to do with magic. It's Vichai's good deeds that help garner support from fans across the world which became the power for Leicester City Football Club."Vichai is a devotee of the monk, and other devotees seem to think he has magical powers that have helped Leicester this season.SOUNDBITE: Buddhist monk at Traimitr Temple, Phra Prommangkalachan, saying (Thai):"I believe that all the good karma that Vichai has made will be a factor that helps Leicester definitely win the Premiere League."The monk has been invited to give his blessings at the King Power Stadium in Leicester and plans to travel to England very soon.In the meantime, he's helping Leicester's unlikely run by giving away holy 'never know how to lose' cloths in blue, white and yellow.
April 18, 2016 | 09:10 pm PT
Kane's killer instinct keeps Tottenham on title prowl
Harry Kane backed up his cheeky pre-match warning to Premier League leaders Leicester City with two goals in Tottenham Hotspur's 4-0 thrashing of Stoke City on Monday.
April 18, 2016 | 07:21 pm PT
Leicester title challenge dented by West Ham after Vardy sees red
Leicester City rescue point with last-minute penalty following dramatic and action-packed match against West Ham United.
April 17, 2016 | 08:00 am PT
Soccer-Leicester title challenge dented by West Ham after Vardy sees red
Leicester City stumbled on their march towards the Premier League title when they drew 2-2 with West Ham United and had goalscorer Jamie Vardy sent off at the King Power Stadium on Sunday.
April 17, 2016 | 06:35 am PT
Wenger unhappy with referee switch for Spurs game
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said the Premier League had set a dangerous precedent in replacing referee and Leicester City fan Kevin Friend for Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League clash with Stoke City on Monday.
April 15, 2016 | 03:03 am PT