The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years in prison.

Richard Burrows, now 80, was arrested at Heathrow Airport last March after trying to re-enter the UK from Thailand where he had been living under a false name, a jury was told.

AN on-the-run Scout leader accused of child sex offences told police he had been living in ‘paradise’ for 27 years after being arrested returning from Thailand, a court heard. Richard Burrows, 80, had fled the UK after being due in court in December 1997,

On April 1, 2001, just past the stroke of midnight, four same-sex couples in the Netherlands exchanged wedding vows at the Amsterdam City Hall, which was festooned for the occasion with red and pink roses. Afterward, the couples and guests — and the journalists on hand, including me — were treated to pink champagne in the expansive foyer.

It's a big day for LGBTQ+ couples in Thailand. On Thursday, they gained the legal right to register their marriages, making it the first country in Southeast Asia and the third place in Asia to recognize same-sex unions,

Awes was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct as a first-degree felony and third-degree criminal sexual conduct as a second-degree felony. If found guilty of both charges ...

Somluck Kamsing, 52, was sentenced to over three years in prison after being found guilty of attempted rape and abduction of a minor. The retired boxer, who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist in 1996,

Somluck Kamsing won featherweight title at Atlanta Games in 1996, but is now better known as actor on Thai television.

The boxer who became Thailand's first Olympic gold medalist was convicted of sexual assault charges involving a minor and sentenced on Thursday to just over three years

A Thai woman took legal action against a monk in Buriram, accusing him of raping her during her Dhamma retreat.

Share AIGLE, Switzerland (AP) — The former sports director of a Belgian women’s cycling team was banned for five years on Friday after riders alleged he inflicted “inappropriate behavior of a psychological and sexual nature.” Gert Vervoort faced ...

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