China’s Zhang Mingyu and South Korea’s Jun Woong-tae sealed quota places for next year’s Olympics in Paris by capturing the respective women’s and men’s modern pentathlon titles at the Asian Games here.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh has defended the use of North Korea’s flag at the Asian Games here - but the decision is landing his organisation in hot water with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka secretary general Maxwell de Silva has commended the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games organisers for not using fireworks in yesterday's Opening Ceremony, claiming he is to be credited.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh has suggested that the door remains open for Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in events run by his organisation after they were denied the chance to compete at the Asian Games here.

China claimed the first gold medal of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games as they dominated rowing with six of the seven available titles.

Afghan athlete Kimia Yousofi has called on International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to ensure the organisation helps sportswomen in her country.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh saluted organisers’ "diligence" and "determination" to put on the Asian Games here despite being hit by a one-year postponement and is confident they will deliver a "magnificent" event.

A giant digital Torchbearer joined Olympic gold medallist Wang Shun to light the Cauldron at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Opening Ceremony here that showed fireworks could be a thing of the past.

The first quota places for next year’s Olympics in Paris are set to be allocated when the Asian Games officially gets underway with the opening day of competition.

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has revealed its plan to ensure "fair and clean" competitions here as it looks to support an Asian Games anti-doping programme for the first time.

Indian Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has cancelled his scheduled visit to China following a visa dispute that has seen three wushu athletes left behind from the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

More than a fifth of Afghanistan's delegation for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games is set to be comprised of women.