Asian Games

Mayor apologises after wrong anthems played at Asian Para Games after mishap-marred Asian Games

The national anthem issues from the Asian Games have continued at the Asian Para Games, which is also in Aichi-Nagoya.

Start them younger: Feng Tianwei wants to get pre-schoolers playing table tennis

Former national table tennis player Feng Tianwei at the launch of Little Paddles, Big Potential, a two-year partnership between Preschool Market and the Feng Tianwei International Table Tennis Academy.

Wrong anthems played at 3 events during Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games

The Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya opened on Oct 18.

Toh Wei Soong bags second bronze at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games

2026 Asian Para Games - Para Swimming - Men's 100m Freestyle S7 Final - Nagoya City General Gymnasium [Rainbow Pool], Nagoya, Aichi, Japan - 20261020
Singapore's TOH WEI SOONG in action.
Mandatory Credit: SNPC/Dyan Tjhia

Aichi-Nagoya Asian Para Games kick off with record 45 countries, regions

Team Singapore, with para-sprinter James Ang as flag bearer, at the 2026 Asian Para Games opening ceremony.

South Korean FA condemns ‘personal attacks’ as rift rumours grow

South Korea’s Asian Games gold-winning football team has faced backlash from fans after the behaviour of some players who earned exemptions from mandatory military service.

No plans for female conscription, South Korean military manpower chief says

The South Korean government said it is not considering mandatory military service for women.

South Korea to scale back military exemptions for athletes

South Korean athletes at the closing ceremony of the Asian Games on Oct 4. There was public backlash after footballers celebrated military exemptions for winning gold at the Games.

Sporting Life

From jiu-jitsu fighter Noah Lim a lovely lesson: Grace after grit

Singaporean jiu-jitsu fighter Noah Lim (right) sitting down and putting a consoling arm around his defeated and emotional rival Elyas Zwawi Y Banjar of Saudi Arabia at the Asian Games.

It takes two: Parallel frames at the Asian Games

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