The Games in Guangzhou were filled with joy and tears, thrills and frustration. We won't remember everything about the Games, but there will be a few that we can never forget...
An "extraordinary" Asian Games on Saturday prepared to close after 15 days of thrills and spills that saw China reinforce its sporting credentials and Japan slip further behind.
Speed queen Chisato Fukushima of Japan isn't in it for personal glory. She would rather the whole team share the spoils.
Two years after suffering a huge public backlash following his injury-forced withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics, hurdler Liu Xiang can finally face his demons and is ready to move on.
Buoyed by his third 110m hurdles gold medal at the Asian Games, Liu Xiang, who flashed to the finish line in 13.09 seconds, believes he can reprise his role as the Olympic champ in two years' time.
Shouting "kabaddi, kabaddi" instead of their usual chants, a group of Japanese monks has now found itself compared to ancient Indian warriors at the Guangzhou Asiad.
Star hurdler Liu Xiang's first appearance at the Guangzhou Asian Games thrilled a huge crowd at Aoti Stadium on Monday night.
The gold medal winning Korean women's archery team used the daunting experience of handling snakes as part of its training methods.
With 24 gold medals, 16 silver and 14 bronze, the Chinese swimming team overwhelmingly beat archrival Japan (nine gold, 18 silver and 12 bronze) to claim supremacy of the pool at the Asian Games.
All the meat supplied to Asian Games venues has passed strict food quality tests to ensure it is free of clenbuterol, a prohibited anabolic agent that can have a short-term stimulant effect, Guangzhou's food and drug administration said on Friday.
Up to 100,000 security personnel were deployed for the Nov 12 opening ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Games, a local police chief revealed on Thursday.
The Asian Games will continue to grow and deliver higher standards of excellence until they become as widely respected as the Olympics, the head of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said.