Marjan Salahshouri won the women’s individual poomsae title on day seven of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games as Iran comfortably finished top of the final taekwondo medal standings.
China’s Wang Lizhuo twice broke the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record for the men’s 100 metres short course swimming breaststroke event on his way to winning the gold medal at Ashgabat 2017 here today.
Turkmenistan National Olympic Committee secretary general Azat Muradov believes the ongoing 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) here have made the world aware of the country’s capability to host major sporting events.
Muaythai originators Thailand dominated the sport's finals here today at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, winning seven of the 14 gold medals on offer.
Saudi Arabian and Qatari jumpers embraced on the medals podium in a poignant example of sport trumping politics here today at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
The Chef de Mission of the refugee team for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) has targeted a medal-winning performance from the equivalent squad at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Hong Kong's Lee Wai Sze claimed the women's sprint title on the third day of track cycling competition here at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat.
Syria's Majd Eddin Ghazal achieved a Games record in the men's high jump final on the last day of indoor athletics action here at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
China's Liao Qiuyun held off Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines to claim the women's 58 kilograms weightlifting title on day four of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games here in Turkmenistan's capital.
London Olympic champion Olga Rypakova claimed her second gold medal of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games here today with an expected victory in her favoured triple jump event.
South Korea and Iran claimed two gold medals each as taekwondo competition continued here today at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Vietnam enjoyed a mixed opening day of weightlifting competition here at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games as defeat for one favourite was followed by victory for another.
Saudi Arabia’s Ahmed Khader A Almuwallad was in record-breaking form on his way to winning the men’s 60 metres hurdles title on the opening day of indoor athletics action here at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has warned that the growth in popularity of esports cannot be ignored and needs to be accommodated to help keep the world's youth engaged.
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah has staunchly defended Turkmenistan's right to host the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and urged western critics to respect different cultures.
When Liechtenstein made its Olympic debut at Berlin in 1936 they discovered that the country's flag of two equal horizontal bands of blue on the top and red was identical to that of Haiti. It led to a crown being added to the top left hand corner of Liechtenstein's flag the following year to differentiate it. But it was not until 1976 that it got hoisted at an Olympic medal ceremony when Hanni Wenzel won a bronze in the giant slalom at the Winter Games in Innsbruck.
UEFA – Euro 2020 LOS Liaison Manager - Nyon, Switzerland
To mark the 60th anniversary of the European Football Championship, UEFA EURO 2020 will be organised as a truly pan-European event for the first time.
Brian Cookson won a bitter election against Pat McQuaid four years ago to be elected the new President of the UCI but now he is the one having to defend his record against French challenger David Lappartient.
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