Olympic Council of Asia
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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has today (Thursday) announced that Doha and Riyadh will contest the hosting rights for the 2030 Asian Games, setting up another battleground in the ongoing enmity between…
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Preparations for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China are back underway, after being halted due to the coronavirus outbreak
Multi-sport
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National Olympic Committees from Central Asia met in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan at the weekend and agreed to revive a regional games in 2021
Multi-sport
Governance

The president of the Olympic Council of Asia, HE Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah, said the Tokyo 2020 Olympics would "display the power and unity of Asia", in a New Year's Day message
Events

Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino has said the country will be bidding to host the 2030 Asian Games, one of the biggest multi-sport events in the world
Events

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will be holding two regional forums in Bangkok in November, focusing on next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo
Events

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has awarded the fourth edition of its Asian Youth Games in 2025 to Tashkent, with the capital of Uzbekistan, along with Doha, also expected to enter bids for the 2030…
Events

The Olympic Council of Asia has added karate, sport climbing, baseball and softball to the sports programme for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China
Cricket
Governance

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah has been re-elected as president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) for an eighth term, despite an ongoing forgery case in Switzerland

Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, one of the most powerful figures in world sport, has today (Monday) elected to temporarily stand down from his roles and responsibilities as an International Olympic…
Esports
Events

The Asian eSports Federation (AeSF) has named the titles that will contest esports’ first introduction at a major multi-sport event, with a number of leading games not making the cut for this year’s Asian Games.

Esports
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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has entered into a strategic partnership with the Alisports division of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba that will lead to esports featuring as a medal competition at the 2022 edition of its showpiece multi-sport event, the Asian Games.
Events

Indonesia faces “huge” challenges ahead of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, according to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
Business

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has opted to switch its Asian Beach Games multi-sport event to a four-year cycle and introduced a rule to cap the number of athletes from the same country that can compete in individual events.

Multi-sport
Business

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has voted to re-elect long-serving president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Farad Al-Sabah to the role for a seventh consecutive term.

Cricket
Events

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has delayed a decision over whether cricket will feature as part of the 2018 Asian Games multi-sport event in Jakarta.
Events

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has launched a process to find a new host for the 2017 edition of its Asian Youth Games after withdrawing the event from Sri Lanka due to ongoing problems regarding preparations in the country.
Business

Indonesia is set to retain its hosting rights to the 2018 Asian Games multi-sport event after the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) agreed to drop the use of the Olympic rings in its logo.