Sapporo 2017 have announced that tickets for next month's Asian Winter Games are now on sale.

South Korea will play host to one of four Euro Ice Hockey Challenge (EIHC) tournaments next month in preparation for the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, it has been announced.

Organisers of the eighth Asian Winter Games, due to be held in the Japanese city of Sapporo next year, have unveiled the official medals of the competition.

Australia have selected 30 athletes to compete at the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games, with the country set to make their debut at the multi-sport event.

Thirty-one National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will send teams to the eighth edition of the Asian Winter Games in Japanese city Sapporo next year, it has been confirmed.

Special permission has reportedly been requested for an exemption to be made to the rule banning North Korean citizens from Japan so their athletes can compete at the Asian Winter Games taking place in Sapporo in February.

Management solution firm Toppan Forms has signed on as an official sponsor of the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games.

More than 30 athletes from Australia will compete at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has announced.

Athletes from Oceania will officially be allowed to take part at the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo next year after the Organising Committee for the event approved their participation, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced.

Patricipating as guest athletes at next year's Asian Winter Games will help raise the standards of Australian winter sport, officials from the country have claimed.

A proposal has been made to allow athletes from Oceania to compete at next year's Asian Winter Games in Sapporo under the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) flag.

The Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games Organising Committee (SAWGOC) has extended the deadline for volunteer applications to July 31.

Sapporo 2017 have announced plans to stage a fun run to promote the eight edition of the Asian Winter Games in February.

A leading official from the 2017 Asian Winter Games Organising Committee has called for the continent’s National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to send their strongest athletes to Sapporo for the event. 

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) honorary life vice-president Wei Jizhong has claimed that the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo can contribute to world peace and harmony.