More promotion is needed to help ensure this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang are a success, Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has told organisers.
Iran is hoping to continue its upward trajectory at this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
The Olympic Council of Asia will break new ground when it holds an 18th Asian Games Fun Run in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea, on May 1.
Jakarta officials are to close the city's schools during this year's Asian Games in a bid to help ease traffic congestion, they have announced.
Ricardo Ratliffe, a naturalized United States-born basketball player, will be able to compete for South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games, it has been announced.
South Korea's national baseball team manager Sun Dong-yol has insisted that he will only consider players' form and ability, rather than military status, when picking his team for this year's 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture has claimed that all venues for this year’s Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang will be ready by June.
Ministers from North and South Korea have agreed to push for a unified delegation to parade at the Opening Ceremony of this year’s Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
The secretary general of the 2018 Asian Games has assured delegates attending the World Press Briefing that the two co-host cities of Jakarta and Palembang will be ready to host the event.
Jakarta will play host to the 2018 Asian Games World Press Briefing this week, consisting of a series of presentations and a venue tour.
Three-time Olympian shooter Lee Wung Yew has been appointed Chef de Mission for Singapore's team at this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang.
More than 3,000 people attended an Asian Games fun run in Vietnamese city Bacninh.
Indonesian organisers of this year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang are hoping to make big profits from the sales of merchandise and souvenirs following their launch.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) have allowed organisers to add an additional men's weight category to the 2018 Asian Games weightlifting programme, which is expected to benefit home Indonesian lifter Eko Yuli Irawan.
Iran overcame hosts Thailand to win the women’s Central and East Asia qualifying tournament for the Asian Para Games.
The first Winter Paralympic Games were held in Örnsköldsvik in Sweden in 1976. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. A total of 16 countries took part with 53 athletes. Events were held in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing. West Germany finished top of the overall medals. They won a total of 28 medals, including 10 gold. The event was originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled.
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A new book about former International Rowing Federation President Thomi Keller by insidethegames columnist David Owen. Thomi Keller – a Life in Sport, will be published this week. This exclusive extract recalls the long campaign to get women's rowing on the Olympic programme.
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