"We want to produce a world class organisation", says new Afghanistan National Olympic Committee chief
By Nick Butler
Newly elected Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (A-NOC) President Fahim Hashimy wants to produce a "world class" organisation which is a symbol of the positive change taking place in his country.
Newly elected Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (A-NOC) President Fahim Hashimy wants to produce a "world class" organisation which is a symbol of the positive change taking place in his country.
More than 3,000 athletes in Hong Kong have benefitted from the Hong Kong Athletes Career and Education Programme (HKACEP) since it was launched in 2008, the country's Secretary for Home Affairs, Tsang Tak-sing, has claimed. 
April 28 - Celebrations took place today to mark 200 days-to-go until the 4th Asian Beach Games in Phuket, an event which has special significance as the forerunner of the inaugural World Beach Games which is currently being proposed.
April 20 - A request by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to host the second Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Beach Games in April 2015 instead of October 2014 has been approved, it has been announced.
A Board meeting and results management training session hosted by the West Asia Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (WARADO), along with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has seen the implementation of the new World Anti-Doping Code discussed.
April 13 - A landmark first step in allowing girls in Saudi Arabian state schools to take part in sport has been welcomed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the first of many such reforms.
April 10 - Turkey's and Qatar's Olympic Committees today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will see the two organisations open up new channels of collaboration and best practice exchange.
April 10 - Battling the ongoing impact of Typhoon Haiyan as well as reduced funding and support are the biggest challenges facing the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), vice-president Jose A Romasanta has told insidethegames today.
April 2 - Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has pledged his support to a Saudi Arabia sports development initiative that could see more of the nation's women competing at Olympic Games.
April 1 - Sri Lankan city Hambantota is facing the prospect of being stripped of the 2017 Asian Youth Games after being unable to achieve the organisational progress demanded by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
March 27 - Timothy Fok Tsun-ting was today officially re-elected President of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong at its annual meeting.
March 26 - Timothy Fok Tsun-ting will tomorrow stand unopposed for President at the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong annual meeting, an event overshadowed by a row involving the only representative from the territory at last month's Winter Olympics in Sochi.
March 24 - Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations secretary general's special adviser on sport for development and peace, has spoken out in praise of Qatar's contributions to the development of sport in the region.
March 15 - The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and the nation's Education Ministry are joining forces to launch a School Olympics.
March 7 - Abdulrahman Askar, acting general secretary of the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), has met with Haider Farman, deputy director of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), to discuss "deepening ties" between the two organisations.
