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The 2023 Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8. Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.
The results were achieved against the odds and now there is a need for more support from the government, the private sector and the community.
With an unprecedented haul of at least 52 medals in the bag, the city can once again be proud of its athletes and ensure those glory days continue.
The time has arrived for nearly 12,000 athletes, including a record 680 from Hong Kong, with the opening of the Hangzhou event that promises excitement, thrift and sustainability.
Sport in Hong Kong from young athletes to professional teams was hit hard by the impact of Covid-19. Now that the outbreak has eased and sport is returning, plans must be put in place to ensure training and competition can continue should there be another surge in cases.
- Lack of cricket facilities in country leaves officials eying new facility, with only international ground 3½ hours from host city
- But Olympic Council of Asia is keen to include sport, despite its poor showing at previous Games in Hangzhou
Jamison Kao believes he can reach candidate master ranking sooner than expected after winning Christmas event.
Former NBA All-Star and now president of the Chinese Basketball Association says criticism of players after Asian Games failure has gone too far.
Olympic Council of Asian slapped with fine for allowing flag, despite anti-doping officials banning secretive country from doing so over testing breaches.
World No 1 team Ub Huishan NE and fourth-ranked Amsterdam will feature in final Fiba 3x3 World Tour leg.
Women’s doubles pair Ng Mui-wui and Wong Ting-ting win gold, city takes bronze in the same event and women’s team sabre fencers also win bronze, with Hong Kong poised to finish ninth in medal table.
The hosts defend their title with their third consecutive gold, having met Japan in the final of each of the four editions of the Games.
Badminton’s men’s singles semi-final sees Chu Man-kai oust compatriot Wong Chun-yim but the Hongkongers pair up to reach doubles final, after Chan Yui-lam helps take the city’s podium tally to 30.
The 26-year-old has emerged as one of Hong Kong’s top footballing talents in recent years, but recently left his boyhood club to join China League One team Guangxi Pingguo Haliao
Family restrictions, poor infrastructure and low wages often discourage many young Nepali women from pursuing sports as a career.
With the wheelchair basketball tournament beginning on Thursday, athletes and spectators can now appreciate the accessible venues with elements including barrier-free showers and washrooms, guide dog rest areas, lifts and tactile paving.
City’s leader Lee hosts an event for Hong Kong’s record-breaking Asian Games athletes, even if celebrations are muted with the focus already switching to the Paris Olympics.
Kantapon Rodsaart, known as T-Flow, is 29 and says he has thin hair and a ‘headspin hole’ bald spot.
New stars joined the established likes of Siobhan Haughey in delivering medals, but there are questions for some generously funded sports that did less well.
In this issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we look back at events at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, which included a series of firsts, including esports making its debut as a medal event.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang watches on as Olympic Council of Asia chief Raja Randhir Singh hails Hangzhou event an ‘unprecedented success’.
Country’s flag has been on display at the Games, in defiance of a ruling by World Anti-Doping Agency, which found North Korean doping body to be non-compliant.
Olympic Council of Asia’s acting president thanks Hangzhou for being ‘perfect hosts’ and says ‘we will never forget this’.
Requirement for South Korean men to do 18 months in military is waived for an Asian Games gold medal, which the footballers clinched with 2-1 victory over Japan.
With only six teams competing in men’s team kata, Hong Kong were guaranteed to battle for bronze but left without a medal after losing to Iraq. World No 3 Tsang Yee-ting struggles in women’s -50kg kumite, losing in round of 16 and repechage.
World No 1 An Se-young hurts her knee and receives medical treatment before staging remarkable comeback to win gruelling final over Chen Yufei in Hangzhou.
India handed medal because of higher global ranking than opponents Afghanistan. Big four, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were placed straight into quarter-finals.
‘We are a small city with a small population, but I am very proud of the results we have had,’ chef de mission Kenneth Fok says.
Jorn Andersen’s side dealt 4-0 defeat by Uzbekistan and settle for a fourth-place finish at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
NBA legend, who is president of Chinese Basketball Association, fronts up to media in sobering address after Asian Games bronze medal win.
Many in the basketball-crazy nation of 110 million people were glued to television and mobile phone screens for tense win over Jordan.
