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Asian Games 2026
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.
Cheung Tsz-yuet claimed gold in the girls’ windsurfing event at the Asian Games. Photo: SF&OC
Wong Tsz-to

Asian Games: windsurfers’ golden double takes Hong Kong to record medal haul

Wong Tsz-ho and Cheung Tsz-yuet win respective boys’ and girls’ events to take number of golds won in Japan into double figures.

Coleman Wong Chak-lam

Asian Games: Coleman Wong claims historic tennis gold, earns LA Olympics spot

Nicholas Halliday

Asian Games, day 13: city’s sailors lead medal haul; Wong, rugby face gold chances

Alexandra Eala

Asian Games: China’s Wang Xiyu ousts Philippines top seed Alex Eala in semi-finals

World No 85 Wang will face compatriot Zhang Shuai after beating world No 18, who was aiming to become first woman from her nation to win gold.

China’s Wang Xiyu came from a set down against Alexandra Eala to win their semi-final in Nagoya on Thursday. Photo: Xinhua
Tomato Ho Tze-lok

Asian Games, day 12: city’s cyclists add track silvers to sailing, squash medals

Ceci Lee and Chloe Leung leave it late in women’s Madison, Chu Tsun-wai second in men’s omnium. Rugby sevens stars up and running.

Alexandra Eala

Asian Games: Eala takes on Wang with gold in her sights, Olympics in her dreams

Alexandra Eala says decision to head to Japan was a tough one, but representing her country ‘very close to my heart’.

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Taichi Kho

Asian Games, day 11: city’s squash teams guarantee bronze, Wong battles into last 8

Ceci Lee in action, start of the rugby sevens and Taichi Kho looking to improve on his first round could boost medal tally on Thursday.

Coleman Wong celebrates beating Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki and reaching the quarter-finals of the men’s singles. Photo: Robert Ng

Asian Games crowds ‘disappointing’ as 998 fans watch football in 50,000-seat stadium

Organisers in Aichi-Nagoya claim that more than one million tickets had been sold for the continent’s biggest sporting spectacular.

Chen Yuxi

China diving star Chen, 21, becomes oldest winner at Asian Games for 52 years

The 10m platform victory sparks comparisons online with compatriot Quan Hongchan, who is two years younger and missed event through injury.

Doo Hoi-kem

Analysis | City’s Asian Games mix of good, bad and ugly, but record medal haul still possible

Success will be judged on whether the 580-strong delegation surpasses the 53 medals won in Hangzhou three years ago.

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Siobhan Haughey won two golds and two silvers for Hong Kong at the Asian Games. Photo: Robert Ng

Asian Games: double cycling gold for China, Hong Kong take bronze, Wong on move

Team sprint medal is Hong Kong’s first on track at Games, squash teams march on and Coleman Wong breezes into third round of men’s singles.

Hong Kong cyclists (from left) Yung Tsun-ho, To Cheuk-hei and Mok Tsz-chun with their men’s team sprint bronze medals at Izu Velodrome. Photo: Sam Tsang
Sun Yingsha

Toxic online scrutiny affecting China table tennis star Wang, former player says

World No 1 admits he is ‘gradually losing the feeling of enjoying and loving the court’ after defeat in Asian Games singles final.

Hong Kong Sports Institute

‘Chill’ before storm for 7s captain as Hong Kong aim beyond Asian Games bronze

Chloe Chan is hoping to close gap with China and Japan, help grow the sport and spread positive messages to young girls.

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Squash chief looks ahead to Olympic debut, is not taking Brisbane 2032 for granted

Speaking at Asian Games, World Squash chief excited about sport’s rapidly expanding footprint across populous nations India and China.

Hong Kong’s Toby Tse (left, white) and Lai Cheuk-nam in the mixed doubles final against winners Lee Ka-yi and Tang Ming-hong. Photo: Reuters
Asian Games 2023

Opinion | The worst Asian Games ever? Japan has failed to raise the bar in Nagoya

Three years on from a celebrated edition in Hangzhou, athletes have been left bemoaning a ‘sad and mediocre’ experience.

Sparse crowds of spectators watching the athletics programme on Sunday as the Asian Games cauldron is seen in the foreground. Photo: AFP
Doo Hoi-kem

Asian Games, day 9: China’s remarkable diving streak, double bronze for Hong Kong

City’s athletes grabbed medals in esports and women’s table tennis, while China’s divers close in on 100 golds.

Ceci lee

Asian Games: Hong Kong star Ceci Lee hunting nemesis in bid for ‘biggest step’

Cyclist putting all her eggs in track basket in pursuit of omnium gold that would establish her as the continent’s best all-rounder.

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Cheng Yujie

Pereira makes history with stunning victory, Yan blows away field at Asian Games

Singaporean sprinter ‘brings fighting spirit’ to win gold, while China’s 18-year old javelin thrower only needs one attempt to set Games record.

Shanti Pereira’s successful defence of her crown makes her the first woman to win the event twice at the continental Games. Photo: Xinhua
Tomokazu Harimoto

China’s Wang beats Sun in women’s singles table tennis final at Asian Games

Men’s doubles players Huang Youzheng and Lin Shidong also claim gold after beating Japan’s Harimoto Tomokazu and Shinozuka Hiroto.

Yu Zidi

China’s Zhu wins street skateboarding – just the latest Asian Games teen winner

At 15, the women’s street skateboarding champion joins a growing list of medallists still in their teens in Nagoya – but there are concerns.

Chen Yiwen

Asian Games, day 8: gold for squash, but ‘fencing city’s No 1 sport’, Fong says

City’s Lee Ka-yi, Tang Ming-hong take mixed doubles squash title, while Fong Hoi-sun adds men’s team épée bronze to individual medal.

Hong Kong’s gold, silver and bronze medallists (from back row, left to right) Toby Tse, Lai Cheuk-nam, Chan Sun-yuk, Tang Ming-hong and Lee Ka-yi. Photo: Sam Tsang
Shaquille O’Neal

China’s ‘invincible’ Zhang helps women’s basketball team claim bronze at Asian Games

The 19-year-old is already taller than NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal and recently impressed WNBA star Caitlin Clark at the World Cup.

After helping China to a bronze medal at the Asian Games, coach Gong Luming said Zhang Ziyu had “improved a lot in terms of her mobility”. Photo: Xinhua
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North Korea’s weightlifters target Olympics after Asian Games world record haul

‘World records not enough,’ says Oh Kwang-ok after three world-best lifts on the way to 57kg gold – and she is not alone.

Chen Yuxi

Asian Games, day 7: Hong Kong guaranteed squash gold, China rule roost in diving

Two of city’s mixed doubles pairs win through to final, but women’s foil and men’s sabre fencers finish with bronze after semi-final losses.

Cui Chenxi

Japan esports whizz kid ‘feels a bit embarrassed’ after winning Asian Games gold

Yuki Kurihara, 11, did not even smile after beating South Korea’s 24-year-old Kang Dong-shin in the final of Puyo Puyo Champions.

Japan’s Yuki Kurihara is believed to be the youngest competitor at the Asian Games. Photo: AP
Swimming

Improved Zhang, rising Yu headline China’s swimming prospects for 2028 Olympics

Five-gold winner Li Bingjie also strong contender as influx of young swimmers cuts workload for decorated swimmers Zhang Yufei, Qin Haiyang.

Zhang Zhanshuo poses with his record haul of gold medals after the 400m freestyle final on Friday. Photo: Xinhua
Yu Zidi

Chinese teen titan Zhang counts out the golds after magnificent 7 at Asian Games

Zhang signs off with men’s 400m freestyle crown as China finish swimming programme with 30 golds from 41 medal events.

Uzbekistan gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, 51, defies the years in Asian Games final

Competing against women young enough to be her daughter, the athlete is appearing in her seventh continental multi-sport event.

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