By Duncan Mackay, Daniel Etchells and James Diamond in Jakarta
Four members of the Japanese men’s basketball team have been kicked out of the squad and sent home from the Asian Games after they allegedly paid for sex last Thursday night (Aug 16).
Australian Olympic Committee President John Coates has helped launch a new book on Cecil Healy, one of Australia's earliest gold medallists.
A total of 10 positive doping cases resulted from the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) in Turkmenistan's capital Ashgabat, it was revealed here today at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly.
Host City Contracts for both the 2020 Asian Beach Games in Sanya and 2026 Asian Games in Aichi and Nagoya were signed here today at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly.
The 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou will be the start of a new chapter for the city, officials claimed here today at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly.
The International Teqball Federation (FITEQ) has been officially recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at the governing body’s General Assembly here.
A new "Prime Minister's Sports Fund" has been launched in Sri Lanka to try help the country achieve more success at the Olympic Games.
Two key officials from GB Taekwondo visited the offices of World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) to discuss the sport in Britain.
As was widely expected, the GBK Aquatics Centre played host to a battle between China and Japan on the opening day of the swimming at the Asian Games, with China coming off just the better.
China’s Sun Peiyuan claimed the first gold medal of the 2018 Asian Games here after winning the men's changquan wushu event today.
Brazil’s Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda “Duda” Lisboa won $150,000 (£118,000/€132,000) - the biggest purse in beach volleyball history - as they defeated the Czech Republic’s Barbora Hermannová and Markéta Sluková in the women’s gold medal match at the Beach Volleyball World Tour Finals in Hamburg.
Israel’s Linoy Ashram celebrated overall victory at the International Gymnastics Federation World Challenge Cup in Minsk.
China’s Xu Xin and Ding Ning won the respective men’s and women’s singles titles today at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Bulgaria Open event in Panagyurishte.
Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič secured the overall victory at the BinckBank Tour, despite Australia's Michael Matthews winning the final stage of the race.
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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