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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.
China’s Wang Li (centre, with short hair) receives one of the three gold medals she won at the Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2023. Photo: SCMP
Viral stories

China star posts explosive account of verbal, physical abuse after Games gold

Triple Asian Games champion Wang Li goes viral after video outlines sustained bullying after she refused to give Hangzhou winnings to boss.

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Cricket Hong Kong

Organisers want cricket at 2026 Asian Games despite Japan venue headache

Lack of cricket facilities in country leaves officials eying new facility, with only international ground 3½ hours from host city.

An Asian Games volunteer holds a sign warning spectators to beware of cricket balls being hit into the terraces during the quarter-final between India and Nepal in Hangzhou. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong teen Kao chasing chess master status after historic Spain victory

Jamison Kao believes he can reach candidate master ranking sooner than expected after winning Christmas event.

Video gaming

Video | The resurrection of China’s video gaming industry

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Chinese Basketball Association

Yao Ming jumps to defence of China basketball players after online abuse

Former NBA All-Star and now president of the Chinese Basketball Association says criticism of players after Asian Games failure has gone too far.

Chinese Basketball Association president Yao Ming watches the men’s Group B match between China and Chinese Taipei at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua
North Korea

Asian Games bosses fined HK$3.8 million for flying North Korea flag in Hangzhou

Olympic Council of Asian slapped with fine for allowing flag, despite anti-doping officials banning secretive country from doing so over testing breaches.

FIBA

Basketball fans in for treat with world-class 3x3 stars set for Hong Kong Masters

World No 1 team Ub Huishan NE and fourth-ranked Amsterdam will feature in final Fiba 3x3 World Tour leg.

Table tennis gold for Hong Kong at Asian Para Games as city shines on final day

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.

Hong Kong’s table tennis players added further medals to the city’s tally. Photo: China Hong Kong Paralympic Committee

Tearful fans celebrate China’s Asian Para Games wheelchair basketball gold

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.

China defeated Japan for their third consecutive wheelchair basketball gold. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong

Hong Kong wins more Asian Para Games medals as swimmer Chan breaks record twice

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.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Meet ‘Hong Kong’s Cristiano Ronaldo’ Matt Orr after his Asian Games triumph

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

Nepal

Nepal’s kabaddi medal at Asian Games shines light on ‘overlooked’ women athletes

Family restrictions, poor infrastructure and low wages often discourage many young Nepali women from pursuing sports as a career.

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Nepal’s kabaddi players compete against India during the women’s team semi-final at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong can lift athletes’ game with more targeted funding

The bulk of government spending on sports development now goes to community sports, while funding for the professionalisation of sports is also falling short. There is also a solid case for reviewing funding for popular sports like football, which inspired strong support during the recent Asian Games.

Hong Kong football players celebrate after winning the men’s quarter-final against Iran at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on October 1. Photo: Xinhua

Hangzhou transforms venues as first matches of Asian Para Games commence

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.

Taichi Kho

Hong Kong’s Games stars feted by John Lee but sport official vows funding review

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.

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Thailand

Thai breakdancer seeks hair growth sponsorship as headspins make him bald

Kantapon Rodsaart, known as T-Flow, is 29 and says he has thin hair and a ‘headspin hole’ bald spot.

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Many breakdancers are said to suffer from hair loss, due to headspinning. Photo: Shutterstock

Analysis | Can Hong Kong maintain Asian Games success? That is the HK$7 billion question

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.

Global Impact

Hong Kong enjoys series of firsts at best Asian Games

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.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Asian Games: Hong Kong’s story of triumph gives off all the right vibes

Our athletes haven’t just made history, they are telling the stories Hong Kong needs to hear about overcoming the odds and showing hard work pays off. John Lee’s promise of celebrations is good but it’s time to really support sports.

Supporters watch a broadcast of Hong Kong’s semi-final football match against Japan in the Asian Games, at Olympian City in Kowloon on October 4. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong

Curtain falls on triumphant Asian Games fortnight for China – and Hong Kong

Chinese Premier Li Qiang watches on as Olympic Council of Asia chief Raja Randhir Singh hails Hangzhou event an ‘unprecedented success’.

Hong Kong’s delegation enters the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium during the closing ceremony of the Asian Games. Photo: Xinhua

North Korea to let drug-testers visit, OCA says amid row over flag at Asian Games

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.

Asian Games officially declared closed in ‘romantic’ ceremony – as it happened

Olympic Council of Asia’s acting president thanks Hangzhou for being ‘perfect hosts’ and says ‘we will never forget this’.

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South Korean football gold brings military exemption but also ‘responsibility’

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.

Cho Young-wook celebrates his goal that put South Korea in front against Japan. Photo: EPA-EFE

Hong Kong miss chance of last podium spots in men’s kata and women’s kumite

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.

Tsang Yee-ting (left) exits Asian Games with a disappointing performance in the women’s -50kg kumite. Photo: SF&OC
Badminton World Federation (BWF)

Asian Games: An beats China’s Chen to badminton gold, both limp off court

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 gifted gold as rain finally exposes Asian Games cricket for farce it is

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.

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