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COR: A unified team of South Korea and North Korea competed under the title "Korea" in some sports at the 2018 Asian Games. IND: Athletes from India competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (AOI) at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and 2013 Asian Youth Games due to the suspension of the country's Olympic Committee.
The Asian Games motto is "Ever Onward" which was designed and proposed by Guru Dutt Sondhi upon the creation of the Asian Games Federation in 1949. The Asian Games symbol is a bright sun in red with 16 rays and a white circle in the middle of its disc which represents the ever glimmering and warm spirit of the Asian people.
The Asian Games-themed train in Hangzhou Metro Line 19. On 16 May 2023, the train number 19045 of Hangzhou Metro Line 19 named Asian Games (Chinese: 亚运号; pinyin: Yàyùn hào) started operation. The train displays the Hangzhou Asian Games Logo at the front of the train, and the whole train as well as seats and handrails are colored in purple.
The game is popular in South Asia, and is gaining global popularity in countries like South Korea, Iran and Thailand. [45] The national teams of these countries have competed in the Kabaddi World Cup. The Pro Kabaddi League of India is broadcast in many Asian countries. Kabaddi is also played at the Asian Games. [46]
In the most-recent 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia, Thailand ranked second in the medal tally behind Vietnam. Until today, Thailand was the only country that consistently ranked in the top 3 in every edition of the Southeast Asian Games. Thailand is set to host the 2025 Southeast Asian Games, after 18 years.
This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in Asia. It includes fully recognized states, states with limited but substantial international recognition, de facto states with little or no international recognition, and dependencies of both Asian and non-Asian states. In particular, it lists (i) 49 generally recognized sovereign states, all of which are members of the United ...
India vs Iran at the 2023 Asian Kho Kho Championship.Kho kho is South Asia's second-most popular tag game. After the British colonisation of the subcontinent which peaked from the 19th century to 1947, Western sports such as cricket, football, and hockey began to be followed to a greater extent, to the detriment of the traditional games.
3 – It was the first time that two cities co-hosted the games. 4 – Other locales that hosted the games are several cities within Metro Manila, Los Baños, Calamba, Cebu City, Bacolod, Angeles City, and Subic. 5 – Palembang is the main host for the games, Jakarta is the supporting co-host.