NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — The opening ceremony of the Asian Games on Saturday marked the official start of the 16-day event — but in name only. Facing a packed schedule, competition in basketball started on Sept.

India endured another tough outing in Canoe Sprint, with Raju Rawat and Gyaneshwar Singh ending the men’s 500m doubles event in last place. The Indian pair clocked 1:56.121, finishing more than 15 seconds behind China’s Bowen Ji and Shengyue Wu, who took the gold.

Chasing a modest 130 in Nisshin, Japan were all out for 81 in the opening match of the men's cricket competition at the Asian Games

The mayor of Nagoya says athletes who’ve arrived early for the Asian Games were unharmed by extensive flooding that hit the central Japanese city.

September 24 marks the 6th day of the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games.While intense competition has continued in swimming, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, and more, the track and field events finally begin in earnest today.

At an Asian Games pool entranced by China's 13-year-old Yu Zidi, hosts Japan hailed their own teen prodigy on Tuesday as Yumeki Kojima powered to medley gold in a swim that made French great Leon Marchand sit up and take notice.

Two members of North Korea's delegation to the ‌Asian Games in Japan are looking to seek asylum, South Korea's Monthly Chosun magazine reported ‌on Tuesday. Citing a source it ⁠identified as an official ⁠from Japan's ⁠Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office,

I read an article stating that the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games have begun in earnest and Japanese athletes are winning medals one after another. In the men's triathlon, Takumi Hojo won, becoming the first Japanese gold medalist.