Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah believes the Asian Winter Games beginning next week in Sapporo could mark the start of "unprecedented growth" in snow and ice sport across the continent.

Kim Il Guk has been elected President of the the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) following an Extraordinary Session.

Entry numbers for the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games have "surpassed all expectations", the Olympic Council of Asia have claimed with exactly one month to go until the Opening Ceremony.

Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, the President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), has sent a celebratory new years message to all members looking forward to a "groundbreaking 2017".

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has revealed the brand and mascot for the fifth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat in Turkmenistan next year. 

Thirty-one National Olympic Committees (NOCs) will send teams to the eighth edition of the Asian Winter Games in Japanese city Sapporo next year, it has been confirmed.

Surfing may yet be added to the programme for the 2018 Asian Games after organisers confirmed they were trying to "find a solution" to get the sport included at the event in Jakarta and Palembang.

Management solution firm Toppan Forms has signed on as an official sponsor of the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) signed a deal with the Indonesian Asian Games Organising Committee and Ssangyong Information and Communications Corp in 2018 co-host Jakarta.

The Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC) hosted representatives from both the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Olympic Solidarity programme and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

Rowing, for me, is a sport that conjures memories of wind, rain and early morning starts as I clumsily pulled my way down a weed infested river because I had been told I "simply had to give it a go while at university…"

Patricipating as guest athletes at next year's Asian Winter Games will help raise the standards of Australian winter sport, officials from the country have claimed.

In our line of work you find yourself in some fairly bizarre situations from time to time, and the last three days has certainly been up there in terms of the weird and wonderful.

A maximum of two athletes from each country will be allowed to compete in individual events at future editions of the Asian Games after a rule change approved here at the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly.

Ashgabat in Turkmenistan is set to host its second Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in three years after being named as host for the 2017 event.