Former Winter Universiade champion Olga Zharkova has been named an ambassador for Krasnoyarsk 2019 during a special festival in Saint Petersburg.
E-commerce platform Blibli.com has been drafted in to help the firm KiosTix sell Asian Games tickets after three days of malfunctions meant no one has been able to buy any.
National Basketball Association (NBA) star Jordan Clarkson, who plays guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers, will carry the Philippine flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games this evening, having initially been told he was unable to compete at the event.
Japan hope to win 30 Olympic gold medals and finish third in the medals table at Tokyo 2020, the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) has announced here today.
Steven Lowy, chairman of Football Federation Australia (FFA) , has announced he will not stand for re-election and will leave his post in November because of a dispute over how the governing body is run.
Don Knapp, chief executive of UniSport Australia, the governing body of university sport in the county, will step down from his role at the end of 2018, it has been announced.
Jakarta Palembang 2018 have named the official airline and mobility app of the Asian Games as Qatar Airways and Moovit respectively.
Olympic taekwondo champion Zhao Shuai has been named as China’s flagbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games here tomorrow, an announcement which has surprised much of the Chinese media.
Former New Zealand batsman Gary Stead has been named as the new head coach of the men's national side, signing a two-year deal.
The Government of Indonesia say they are working hard to ensure Jakarta and Palembang will be "haze free" for the duration of the Asian Games, which officially begin this Saturday (August 18).
The second semi-final line up has been confirmed at the International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments (INAS) Football World Championships in Sweden, after France thrashed the hosts today in Group A.
Reigning champions Croatia remain unbeaten after beating the United States today, on day three of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Men's Youth World Water Polo Championships in Hungary.
Nigeria are through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women's Under-20 World Cup in dramatic fashion after a 95th minute equaliser against China saw them knock out their opponents on goal difference.
Australia and New Zealand have each been shortlisted as potential hosts of the 2021 Women's Rugby World Cup.
The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Youth World Championships have continued in Moscow today with the qualifying rounds of the men's and women's lead events.
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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