A decision to allow athletes from Oceania to compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou has been hailed as a major breakthrough by Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates and described as a "game changer" by an Olympic fencer.
Cricket will return to the Asian Games at Hangzhou 2022 but for the first time in recent history not all the sports on the Olympic programme at Paris 2024 may be included.
Athletes from countries in Oceania are set to be invited to compete at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, it was announced here today.
Indonesian Olympic Committee President Erick Thohir was among those awarded Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Merit Awards here tonight.
A campaign for cricket to be added to the programme of the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou is gathering momentum with officials having launched a search for a suitable venue in the Chinese city.
Uzbekistan is to launch a bid for the 2030 Asian Games, it has been revealed.
A World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent observers (IO) team has praised the system in operation at last year's Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang but raised concerns in areas including doping control stations and sample transportation.
Asian Games gold medal-winning hurdler Wu Shuijiao of China has been given a four-year ban for doping, according to reports.
The Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) has rewarded 53 medallists with a total of SGD$2.57 million (£1.46 million/$1.87 million/€1.65 million) at the Multi-Million Dollar Award Programme (MAP) Awards Presentation and Appreciation Dinner for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games and the Jakarta Palembang 2018 Asian Games.
The Uzbekistan National Olympic Committee (UNOC) has signed a four-year deal with Chinese firm Qierte, meaning Uzbekistani athletes will now wear Qierte’s sportswear brand Pres-Jog at all major Games until 2022.
Newly-crowned Asian Games champion Gwak Dong-han is among the 13 South Koreans who will join forces with their North Korean counterparts for the mixed team competition here at the World Judo Championships.
Mongolian reigning world champion Orkhon Purevdorj has been stripped of the gold medal she claimed in the women's 62 kilogram event at the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang after she tested positive for a banned substance.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo made a perfectly timed surprise appearance at the Asian Games taekwondo tournament, joining South Korean Prime Minister Nakyeon Lee and World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue.
South Korean taekwondo star Lee Dae-hoon has explained why he did not celebrate after winning his third Asian Games gold medal.
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.
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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