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The 20th edition of the Asian Games will be held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. It will be the third time Japan has hosted the multi-sport event, after previously doing so in 1958 and 1994.
Fan Shuhan, here at the WTT Contender Taiyuan 2024, battled through rounds of internal trials to seal her place on the women’s team destined for Japan. Photo: Getty Images
ITTF

China looking to the future with young women’s table tennis team for Asian Games

The 5-player line-up features 3 paddlers in their early twenties, with Chen Xintong and Wang Yidi missing out due to their rankings and age.

Quan Hongchan

China diving star Quan in Asian Games scare after injury rules her out of trials

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Cricket Hong Kong

Hong Kong cricket’s ‘transformational’ chance after booking Asian Games ticket

Swimming

Hong Kong star Siobhan Haughey wraps up Mare Nostrum Swim Tour with gold, silver

Swimmer will finish off European leg of her ‘race as training’ preparations for Asian Games in late June before returning to Hong Kong.

Siobhan Haughey finished the nine-day Mare Nostrum Swim Tour in Europe in May with four gold medals and four silvers across three legs in Monaco, Canet-en-Roussillon and Barcelona. Photo: EPA

Teenager Kwong rewrites women’s record books with historic javelin throw

Sarah Kwong becomes first woman from city to break the 50m barrier during Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships.

Wu Yanni

China’s ‘teen beauty’ wins 100m hurdles at Asian U20 Championships in record time

Zhang Keyi falls short of her personal best, targets Asian Games later this year up against fellow high-profile hurdlers such as Wu Yanni.

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ITTF

Fans attack selection criteria for China’s Asian Games table tennis teams

Women’s criteria draw most flak, with fans questioning why top three men will qualify directly while only top two women will do so.

Wang Manyu (left) and Sun Yingsha will almost certainly fill the first two places in China’s women team for the Asian Games in Nagoya in September. Photo: EPA-EFE
International Cricket Council

Cricket bowls over fans as Japan warms up for Asian Games with minnows event

Japanese sports fans are likely to be stumped by the sport, but a purpose-built ground will now help them welcome star teams India, Pakistan.

Asian Games switch gives athletes ‘clear route’ to Olympics: city sports chief

Governing body in discussions with international federations about plan, while extra year could boost city’s chances of hosting event in 2039.

Hong Kong rower wins Asian gold, still thinks results ‘short of expectations’

Chiu Hin-chun wary of threat from China, Japan and Uzbekistan rivals at the Asian Games in Japan in September.

Chiu Hin-chun, here at the 2024 Olympics, won gold in the men’s lightweight single sculls A final in South Korea. Photo: Xinhua
IOC

Olympic Council of Asia to discuss holding Asian Games in odd-numbered years

Proposed move, which would start with 2030 Doha Games, would mean four-yearly Games are held the year before the Olympics.

The Olympic Council of Asia flag being raised during the opening ceremony of the 6th Asian Beach Games in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong China Rugby

Hong Kong women’s 7s team coach sees gains of Thai rivalry despite missing final

Andy Vilk says their close matches bring out ‘the best of both teams’, will help prepare for the Asian Games rugby in Japan in six months.

Swimming

Hong Kong’s Siobhan Haughey swims fastest 200m freestyle in 2 years in Norway

Olympic medallist wins Bergen Swim Festival race in meet record a week after four-gold haul in Sweden as she builds up for Asian Games.

World Table Tennis (WTT)

Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem gears up for world team table tennis event with 2 silvers

Head coach Li Ching says Doo and long-time mixed doubles partner Wong Chun-ting are ‘certainly going to give it a go’ at Asian Games.

Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi-kem and Wong Chun-ting lost in the mixed doubles final to China’s Shi Xunyao and Huang Youzheng at Taiyuan Binhe Sports Centre on Saturday. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong Sports Institute

Decorated Hong Kong swimmer Ho eyes Asian Games joy, but PhD defence comes first

Mechanical engineering student Ian Ho aiming to build on historic National Games gold when he travels to regional version in September.

In November, Ian Ho became the first Hong Kong man to win swimming gold at a National Games. Photo: Elson Li
World Boxing Organization

Chinese Taipei Olympic champion boxer Lin Yu-ting targets Asian Games gold

Her coach called winning bronze at Asian Elite Championships this week a ‘breakthrough’ after she stepped up to a new weight class.

International Cricket Council

Japan to host T20 World Cup qualifiers at new Asian Games cricket stadium

The biggest East Asia-Pacific tournament ever will see nine teams battling to reach the showpiece event in Australia and New Zealand.

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Badminton World Federation (BWF)

Hong Kong badminton star duo Tang and Tse considering a shot at LA Olympics

Mixed doubles pair considering keeping their careers going beyond Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya this year to reach the 2028 showpiece.

Tang Chun Man (left) and Tse Ying Suet, seen here at last month’s All England Open, were knocked out of the Badminton Asia Championships by China’s Chen Xing and Zhang Chi on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Ceci lee

Hong Kong’s Ceci Lee defends title at Asian cycling event as teammates also shine

The 24-year-old reaches podium in every event she enters while Law Ching-kiu, 16, emerges as a breakout star.

Swimming

Hong Kong star Haughey to use ‘race as training’ approach in Asian Games build-up

The 28-year-old Olympic medallist says she has been using the new method since returning from injury about six months ago.

Hong Kong China Rugby

Hong Kong sevens head has unfinished business, underlines world and Olympic aims

Welshman Paul John, city team coach of year, ‘hungry to achieve more’ as he approaches decade in role, prepares for Hong Kong Sevens.

Paul John won his award for the Hong Kong sevens team’s success at the National Games and in the Asia Rugby Sevens Series last year. Photo: Karma Lo
Armand Duplantis

Asian Games athletes to stay on cruise ship, in wooden huts for ‘unique experience’

Half of the 15,000 athletes and officials will live in the temporary quarters during the Games, which start in Aichi-Nagoya on September 19.

At least 4,000 Asian Games athletes and officials will stay on the Italian cruise ship Costa Serena, which will be docked at Nagoya Port during the event. Photo: AFP
Zhang Boheng

Hong Kong padel players eye Asian Games selection as FIP Bronze event gets under way

Sport will be a medal event at the multi-sport event in Japan later this year, adding extra motivation to this week’s tournament.

The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong boss hopes Asian Games nod helps usher in professional women’s game

Ricardo Rambo plotting to deliver performances in Japan that accelerate process of introducing full-time women’s football to the city.

Basketball Association of Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong basketball ‘not giving up’ on Asian Games spot, top official says

Governing body’s chairman Chan Chi-hung says they have written to organisers stating a ‘strong desire to participate’.

Hong Kong’s men have continued to slide down the regional rankings, meaning they did not automatically qualify for the Asian Games. Photo: Handout
The Football Association of Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong footballers given go-ahead for Asian Games in Japan

Fears over city teams’ participation quashed as local association reveals green light after successfully petitioning Olympic Council of Asia.

Hong Kong players celebrate their shock Asian Games quarter-final win over Iran in 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee
Fiba

Hong Kong players ‘sad but not surprised’ after learning about Games axe

Members men’s and women’s basketball teams react to news city will not be involved in the Asian Games in Japan later this year.

Fiba

Asian Games basketball axe leaves Hong Kong teams on the outside looking in

Number of men’s and women’s sides for 2026 Games in Japan cut to 12 with Fiba rankings to be used to select who will play.

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