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Oisin Murphy rides to fulfil lifelong ambition of fallen owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in Hong Kong Vase

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:08:10 +0000

Leading Irish jockey Oisin Murphy would love nothing more than to fulfil a lifelong ambition of billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha when he rides Beat The Bank in Sunday’s Longines Hong Kong Mile. Srivaddhanaprabha, the former owner of Leicester City Football Club who died in a helicopter accident outside his beloved team’s stadium in October this year, was also a keen horse owner, with his King Power empire owning hundreds of horses throughout Europe. Murphy, who rode frequently for the...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: statue will honour Leicester City owner at King Power Stadium after helicopter crash

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 04:22:05 +0000

The son of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has revealed the club will commission a statue paying tribute to his father following the 60-year-old’s death in a helicopter crash. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha revealed the news in a souvenir programme for Saturday’s Premier League game against Burnley at the King Power Stadium. The match is Leicester’s first at their home ground since the Chairman and four other people died when his helicopter span out of control and crashed in the...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Leicester City owner’s legacy is a lesson for every football club

Sat, 03 Nov 2018 07:30:15 +0000

Not speaking ill of the dead only accounts for so much of the eulogising of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha this week. He was genuinely loved at Leicester City, and in the city itself. How many other football club chairmen can say the same? It’s been a week since the helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium that killed Leicester’s Thai billionaire owner, two members of staff and two pilots. The football world has seen an outpouring of emotion over their deaths and in the case of Vichai it has been...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Giles Coren defends Dan Roan but BBC takes ‘dim view’ of remarks after Leicester owner’s helicopter crash

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 06:30:49 +0000

BBC sports editor Dan Roan has reportedly been reprimanded by the corporation after a crude remark about Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s personal assistant, who died with the Leicester City owner in Saturday’s helicopter crash. Roan was picked up by a live Sky News feed streaming on YouTube making off-air comments referring to Nursara Suknamai, a former Thai beauty queen, as the billionaire’s “mistress”. “The BBC have taken a dim view of this,” a source told British newspaper The Daily Telegraph....

Leicester City tragedy follows Manchester United, Grande Torino and Chapecoense in football club air disasters

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 04:15:00 +0000

The football world is reeling from the death of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others in a helicopter crash following the team’s English Premier League draw with West Ham United at King Power Stadium last Saturday. The tragic incident is a reminder that football is only a game. But sadly it is not the first such air disaster to befall football. The most famous is the Munich Air Disaster, when a plane containing Manchester United’s team, staff and journalists crashed at...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: son Aiyawatt promises to continue Leicester owner’s ‘big dreams’ after helicopter crash

Thu, 01 Nov 2018 03:56:58 +0000

The son of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has vowed to carry on his father’s legacy after the Leicester City owner was killed in a helicopter crash outside the club’s stadium last weekend. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester’ CEO and vice-chairman, wrote a touching tribute which was posted on the club’s official website on Wednesday, and promised to continue his father’s work. “I’m extremely proud to have such an extraordinary father,” the 33-year-old said. “From him, I have received a very big...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Leicester crash video shows moment owner’s helicopter spins out of control

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 03:30:45 +0000

Horrifying new footage has emerged showing the moment Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter spun out of control. The clip, which leaked onto social media, is filmed by someone pitchside inside the King Power Stadium, where the helicopter took off from the centre circle about 30 minutes after Leicester’s 1-1 home draw against Crystal Palace last Saturday. The video shows the helicopter rising 200 feet into the sky and hovering above the stadium, before an apparent problem...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: BBC’s Dan Roan sorry for ‘mistress’ comment about dead Leicester owner’s assistant Nusara Suknamai

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 09:45:15 +0000

A BBC journalist has apologised after disparaging comments made about one of the victims killed in Saturday’s helicopter crash alongside Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Sports editor Dan Roan caused outrage among fans when his off-air conversation with a producer was picked up by a Sky News live feed outside the King Power Stadium, where thousands of fans had left tributes and flowers at a memorial to mark the crash site. Roan was filmed referring to married father-of-four...

What happens next for Leicester City? Matches postponed as club mourns loss of chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:00:30 +0000

While the football world unites in grief for Leicester City after the death of their owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the question turns to what happens next for the English Premier League side. The immediate future is that the club will not play their Carabao Cup game as originally scheduled for Tuesday night. Leicester were due to host Southampton but the English Football League and the clubs have taken the joint decision to postpone the match, the club confirmed the game will not go ahead in...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: Leicester City players Jamie Vardy and Kasper Schmeichel lead tributes to chairman

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 04:00:15 +0000

The football family is united in grief for Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, with players, pundits and clubs posting their tributes on social media. The club confirmed that their owner was one of five people to die in a helicopter crash following the side’s 1-1 English Premier League draw with West Ham United at King Power Stadium on Saturday night. Current and former Leicester City players have led tributes to the Thai billionaire with Jamie Vardy, who top scored for the side...

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha: the Thai-Chinese billionaire behind Leicester City’s English Premier League fairytale

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:00:45 +0000

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the Thai billionaire owner of Leicester City, who died after his helicopter crashed outside the English Premier League club’s stadium on Saturday, will be remembered as the author of one of football’s greatest fairytales. Vichai, 60, endeared himself forever to Leicester fans when the unfashionable club broke the grip of English football’s traditional giants to win the Premier League in 2016 – the first top-flight title in their history. The title win, priced by...

Leicester City soccer club confirms chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in helicopter crash

Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:30:15 +0000

Leicester City soccer club chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people who died on a helicopter which crashed on Saturday, the club said on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/hQSR0IDWWg — Leicester City (@LCFC) October 28, 2018 “It is with the deepest regret and a collective broken heart that we confirm our chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, was among those to have tragically lost their lives on Saturday evening when a helicopter carrying him and four...