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The 2026 Asian Games (2026年アジア競技大会), also known as 20th Asian Games (第20回アジア競技大会) and Aichi-Nagoya 2026 (愛知/名古屋2026), will be a multi-sport event celebrated around the Aichi Prefecture in Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.
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 event featured six titles – games for mobile and PC. [2] [3] Esports became a medal event in the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou, China in 2023 boosting the discipline's bid for recognition as a legitimate sport. [1] The event for the postponed games, featured seven titles. [4]
The 2023 Asian U20 Athletics Championships was the 20th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organized by the Asian Athletics Association. Athletes born between 2004 and 2007 competed in 45 events, divided evenly between the sexes, and one mixed event.
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 2026 Asian Para Games (Japanese: 2026年アジアパラ競技大会, romanized: 2026-Nen ajiapara kyōgi taikai), also known as the 5th Asian Para Games and commonly known as the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games, will be a multi-sport event that parallel the 2026 Asian Games which will be held for Asian athletes with disabilities in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan from 18 to 26 October 2026. [1]
India wins a gold and bronze in Asian Junior Athletics. Times of India (2010-07-02). Retrieved on 2010-08-29. China dominates Asian junior sports meet as RI finishes 17th. The Jakarta Post (2010-06-16). Retrieved on 2010-08-29.
Basketball is the regular Asian Games sport since the first edition in Delhi 1951. The Asian Games tournaments were the de facto Asian championships until the Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was founded in 1960 .