South Korea's shooters got the better of their fierce rivals and neighbours North Korea to prevent them winning a first gold medal here at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

Head of the Afghanistan women's volleyball delegation Khushal Malakszai has been left furious at the quality of training facilities here at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games that has left the squad unable to prepare properly.

Triple Paralympic champion Sareh Javanmardi is one of ten candidates vying for a place on the Asian Paralympic Committee (AsPC) Athletes' Committee Executive Board for the next four-year term.

Olympic silver medallist Anna Prakaten captured her first major title since switching her allegiances from Russia to Uzbekistan as she struck women's single sculls gold at the Asian Games here.

China’s Zhang Mingyu and South Korea’s Jun Woong-tae sealed quota places for next year’s Olympics in Paris by capturing the respective women’s and men’s modern pentathlon titles at the Asian Games here.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh has defended the use of North Korea’s flag at the Asian Games here - but the decision is landing his organisation in hot water with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka secretary general Maxwell de Silva has commended the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games organisers for not using fireworks in yesterday's Opening Ceremony, claiming he is to be credited.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh has suggested that the door remains open for Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in events run by his organisation after they were denied the chance to compete at the Asian Games here.

China claimed the first gold medal of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games as they dominated rowing with six of the seven available titles.

Afghan athlete Kimia Yousofi has called on International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to ensure the organisation helps sportswomen in her country.

Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Acting President Randhir Singh saluted organisers’ "diligence" and "determination" to put on the Asian Games here despite being hit by a one-year postponement and is confident they will deliver a "magnificent" event.

A giant digital Torchbearer joined Olympic gold medallist Wang Shun to light the Cauldron at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Opening Ceremony here that showed fireworks could be a thing of the past.