The Executive Board of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) at its meeting in Tashkent - Uzbekistan yesterday approved unanimously the formation and composition of the Asian Sport Federations Committee. Asian Sport Federations Committee Chaired by Chey Tae Won the OCA Vice-President Osama Al ...
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19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 postponed
OCA Press Release on Hangzhou Asian Games 2022 and Shantou Asian Youth Games 2021 Following detailed discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) and the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC), the OCA Executive Board (EB) today decided to postpone the 19th Asian Games, which ...
Thailand relishing sevens competition with Asia’s elite
Thailand women's sevens team were perhaps the surprise package at the recent Asian Games. Despite not winning a medal, they beat Hong Kong to reach the Cup semi-finals before losing to China 29-5. In the bronze medal match they lost 29-7 to Kazakhstan but their performances impressed many ...
Asian Games boosts Asia 1 Million project in Indonesia
Asia Rugby's commitment to growing the game across Asia got a boost from rugby sevens' recent participation in the Asian Games During the Games Asia Rugby and host union Indonesia ran an intensive training and education week delivering various World Rugby T&E courses as part of the Asia 1 ...
Rugby sevens shines in 18th Asian Games
With the dust settled on the Asian Games, rugby sevens was a fitting finale to the 18th edition in Jakarta. With the sport now firmly cemented in the Olympic family after its debut in Rio in 2016, the sport continues to go from strength to strength. This was another demonstration of that, this ...
Eight years of hurt undone with sensational gold in Jakarta
Hong Kong struck gold on an enthralling night in Jakarta, beating Japan 14-0 in the Asian Games final on Saturday. Tries from Yiu Salom and Alessandro Nardoni secured the historic gold, ending a run of two successive defeats to Japan in the last two Asian Games finals. For some players, ...
Hong Kong strike gold at the Asian Games
Hong Kong created yet more history at the 2018 Asian Games with a 14-0 win over Japan in the gold medal final in Jakarta. It was Hong Kong’s first-ever gold in the competition having finished as runners-up in 2010 and 2014, ending Japan’s run of three successive gold medals at the same ...
Historic victory for Japan women at the 2018 Asian Games
Japan women won an historic first-ever gold medal at the Asian Games with a 7-0 win over China in an enthralling final in Jakarta. Yume Hirano scored her sixth try of the Asian Games to give Japan a 7-0 lead and that was to be their only score of the match. Keyi Chen scored her 11th of the Games ...
Asian Games 2018 Rugby Sevens Live Scores and Updates
Asian Games 2018 Rugby Sevens Live Scores and Updates Day 3 1st September 2018 Asian Games 2018 Rugby Sevens Live Scores Day 3 Saturday 1st September 2018 All times are Indonesia Local time (+7GMT) Games are delayed by 2 ...
Asia Rugby statement: Asian Games
Asia Rugby wishes to apologise to all the rugby stakeholders for the very unfortunate turn of events at the Asian Games whereby there was a 3 hour suspension of play on the morning of Saturday 1st September. This resulted due to appeals being lodged to the event organisers, the Olympic Council of ...