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The 2003 Afro-Asian Games, officially known as the First Afro-Asian Games or I Afro-Asian Games and unofficially known as the Inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Hyderabad, India, [2] from 24 October (excluding football and hockey, which began on 22 October and 23 October respectively) to 1 November 2003.
The Afro-Asian Games were the series of inter-continental multi-sport competitions, held between athletes from Asia and Africa. These Games are one-of-a-kind, since no other sporting competition brings athletes from these two continents together for one event, excluding the Olympic Games. These Games are supposed to be held once every four ...
The first large-scale Asian–African or Afro–Asian Conference (Indonesian: Konferensi Asia–Afrika), also known as the Bandung Conference, was a meeting of Asian and African states, most of which were newly independent, which took place on 18–24 April 1955 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. [1] The twenty-nine countries that participated ...
The last edition of the Games was held in Hangzhou, China, from 23 September to 8 October 2023. Since 2010, it has been common for the host of the Asian Games to host the Asian Para Games held shortly after the end of the Games. This event is exclusive to athletes with disabilities, just like Paralympic Games. But unlike the Paralympics where ...
SRI: Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon (CEY) between 1951 and 1970. TPE: Chinese Taipei was known as Republic of China (ROC) between 1954 and 1970. VIE: Vietnam first competed in the Asian Games in 1954 as State of Vietnam, after the Partition of Vietnam only South Vietnam (VNM) as the Republic of Vietnam competed from 1958 to 1974.
Region. Africa / Asia. Current champions. Uzbekistan. (2003) Most successful team (s) Uzbekistan. (1 title) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, has been included Afro-Asian Games in since the first edition in 2003 as a men's competition sport.
The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games (Hindi: प्रथम एशियाई खेल), was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. [1] The Games received names like First Asiad, 1951 Asiad, and New Dehli 1951 (Hindi: नई दिल्ली 1951). A total of 489 athletes ...
The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa and the Association of African Sports Confederation. All of the competing nations are from the African continent.