The Jordan Olympic Committee (JOC) has used Olympic Day to promote next month’s Asian Games in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.
The Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) has marked the 50th anniversary of the country's first Olympic medals.
Afghanistan National Olympic Committee (A-NOC) held a series of activities to mark Olympic Day with several athletes and coaches among those participating.
Olympic silver medallists from The Philippines, Mansueto Velasco and Hidilyn Diaz, have been honoured at a ceremony in Manila.
A series of mass participation events have been held by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan to mark Olympic Day.
The Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) have held a special seminar in sports medicine and science with funding from the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Olympic Solidarity Commission.
The United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee has appointed Brigadier Talal Ahmed Al Shinkeeti as the organisation's secretary general.
Olympic Day has been has been celebrated by the Vietnam Olympic Committee (VOC) with a series of events, many of them targeted at youngsters.
A total of 269 student-athletes from 30 sports have received the Singapore Olympic Foundation (SOF) Peter Lim Scholarship, including Asian and Youth Olympic Games hopefuls.
Sanya City in China has been announced as host of the sixth Asian Beach Games in 2020 following an Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) inspection visit.
The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka will receive Chinese support as they prepare for next year's South Asian Games in Nepal.
Tan Chuan-Jin has been unanimously re-elected as President of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC).
The Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) heard proposals from two sports at its General Assembly in Manama.
Famous athletes from Kazakhstan have planted fir trees in the Alley of Champions in Astana.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has signed a deal with sports brand Li-Ning, which will run through to Tokyo 2020.
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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