A decision to allow athletes from Oceania to compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou has been hailed as a major breakthrough by Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates and described as a "game changer" by an Olympic fencer.
Cricket will return to the Asian Games at Hangzhou 2022 but for the first time in recent history not all the sports on the Olympic programme at Paris 2024 may be included.
Athletes from countries in Oceania are set to be invited to compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, it was announced here today.
Indonesian Olympic Committee President Erick Thohir was among those awarded Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Merit Awards here tonight.
A campaign for cricket to be added to the programme of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou is gathering momentum with officials having launched a search for a suitable venue in the Chinese city.
Uzbekistan is to launch a bid for the 2030 Asian Games, it has been revealed.
Organisers of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines has suffered a blow after the country’s Senate approved a budget of PHP2.5 billion (£37 million/$48 million/€42 million) less than was originally requested.
A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent observers (IO) team has praised the system in operation at last year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang but raised concerns in areas including doping control stations and sample transportation.
The Organising Committee of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (HAGOC) has officially begun the search for its first global partners.
Spending by foreign and domestic tourists during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang reached IDR3.7 trillion (£186 million/$244 million/€211 million), according to a new survey.
China continue to dominate the top of the medal table at the Asian Para Games as they took their total to 39 golds after only two days of competition in Jakarta.
The first medals of the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta have been awarded in badminton, powerlifting, swimming, and wheelchair fencing.
Hangzhou has been confirmed as the host of the 2022 Asian Para Games.
Balich Worldwide Shows will create and produce the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2018 Asian Para Games in Indonesia, it has been announced.
Ternate, an island city in the eastern part of Indonesia, welcomed the Torch for the 2018 Asian Para Games to coincide with the nation's 53rd National Sports Day.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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