Japan’s Shigeyuki Nakarai won the men’s gold medal battle for breaking, also known as breakdancing, while China’s Liu Qingyi claimed women’s gold at the Asian Games on Saturday. Their titles qualified the two dancers for next summer’s Olympics in Paris, where the sport is set to make its Olympic debut. Japan’s Shigeyuki Nakarai competes in … Read more
Japan’s second-half goal rush in the Asian Games women’s football final against rival North Korea came as a pleasant surprise from a youthful squad with relatively little international experience. In front of a crowd enthusiastically supporting North Korea, the Japanese up-and-comers pulled out an impressive 4-1 victory on Friday night in Hangzhou, China, including three … Read more
1. A day before the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in China’s Hangzhou, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur called off his trip to the country. The reason? This was done as a mark of protest against China denying three athletes (all of them wushu martial arts players) from Arunachal Pradesh accreditation cards and … Read more