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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 Great Game was a rivalry between the 19th-century British and Russian empires over influence in Central Asia, primarily in Afghanistan, Persia, and Tibet.The two colonial empires used military interventions and diplomatic negotiations to acquire and redefine territories in Central and South Asia.
MAS: Athletes from Malaya (MAL) and North Borneo (NBO) competed as independent teams at the 1954, 1958 and 1962 Games. and Sarawak (SWK) also competed at the 1962 Games, prior to the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. MYA: Myanmar was known as Burma (BIR) between 1951 and 1982.
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 Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) selected Aichi prefecture and Nagoya city to host the Games at their annual general assembly session in Danang, Vietnam, on September 25, 2016. [3] The bid was initially in threat of falling apart after a budget dispute between Aichi Prefecture and its capital Nagoya, but was resolved, allowing the bid to be ...
Indonesia is a member of the Southeast Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has competed in all editions of the Asian Games since it was first held in 1951, one of only seven countries to do so.
On 5 October 2020, Riyadh 2030 unveiled its logo which depicting a map of Saudi Arabia enclosing several sport pictograms and its slogan, “Transforming The Future”. [22] On 14 December 2020, about 95% of Riyadh and 91% of Saudi population supported the city's hosting the 2030 Asian Games bid, according to a survey conducted by local market ...
Formerly the East Asian Games, it is a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.