‘Wild Boars’ lead charity race near Thai cave

A Thai youth football team and their coach led a charity race yesterday near the Tham Luang cave which they entered exactly one year ago, emerging alive 18 nail-biting days later. The dangerous and unprecedented rescue mission to save the 12 boys and their coach, who got stuck in floodwaters in the cave in northern Thailand on June 23, 2018, captivated the world. The last of the "Wild Boars" -- as their team was known -- emerged alive nearly three weeks later after specialist divers carefully sedated them before extracting them through the narrow, flooded passageways. Yesterday, 11 of the young footballers joined around 5,000 joggers and cyclists wearing sports jerseys or fancy dress for a race near the cave that still remains closed today.