China claimed six of the eight golds on offer as the first rowing medals of the 2018 Asian Games were awarded on day five of competition here in Jakarta and Palembang.
Chinese Taipei won their first gold in artistic gymnastics in the history of the Asian Games today, as Chih Kai Lee topped the men's pommel horse with a score of 15.400.
A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel has declined its jurisdiction to decide a case which has seen the Bahrain Olympic Committee challenge a decision of the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF), which has prevented its athlete Ali Munfaredi from participating in the 2018 Asian Games here.
Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya has been deemed ineligible to compete here at the 2018 Asian Games after official letters approving and confirming her release to represent Uzbekistan were not provided.
By Daniel Etchells and James Diamond in Jakarta
China re-gained their Asian Games men's team badminton title after beating hosts Indonesia 3-1 here this evening in a five-hour epic encounter.
China have continued their irrepressible march towards final medal table glory today by winning eight more golds at the Asian Games including two in each of the team gymnastics finals.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad-Hoc Division here at the 2018 Asian Games has rejected the applications of six national golf associations challenging the decision taken by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) not to enforce the technical guidelines for golf preventing the participation of professional players in the event.
By Daniel Etchells and James Diamond in Jakarta
Indonesia President Joko Widodo was among the spectators as home favourite Eko Yuli Irawan won the men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event here at the 2018 Asian Games today.
China's Xiang Liu topped off another incredible yet routine Asian Games night for her country in the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatics Centre today by setting a new world record to win gold in the women's 50 metre backstroke.
By Duncan Mackay, Daniel Etchells and James Diamond in Jakarta
Chinese Taipei’s Kunpi Yang equalled the men’s trap shooting world record today on an incredible day of action in Jakarta and Palembang that saw seven Asian Games records broken.
South Korea’s Kim Tae-hun became the first man to win Asian Games gold medals in two different taekwondo weight classes after claiming victory in the men’s under-58 kilograms event here today at Jakarta Palembang 2018.
Four members of the Japanese men’s basketball team have been kicked out of the squad and sent home from the Asian Games after they allegedly paid for sex last Thursday night (Aug 16).
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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