South Korea edged out Japan 2-1 to defend their title in the Asian Games soft tennis women's team final here at the khalifa Soft Tennis Courts on Sunday.
Wong Kam Po claimed the men's individual cycling road race title for Hong Kong, China at the 15th Asian Games here on Sunday.
When Salim Al-Nabit and his friends went out to see beach volleyball for the first time, they left their wives at home.
They swept 16 out of 20 gold medals on offer on the first day, getting off to flying start towards its seventh consecutive feat of topping the medal tally since 1982.
Qatar has spent billions of dollars bringing the Asian Games to the Arab world for the first time. It hopes part of the return on its investment is an improved perception from the West.
North and South Korea marched together at the opening ceremonies of the Asian Games, but remained at odds over whether _ and how _ to field a joint team for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.
The "Iranian Hercules" should put a dent into an expected Chinese gold rush at the Asian Games weightlifting competition.
This Kazakhstan story is for real. When the equestrian team from the former Soviet republic realized it couldn't afford to fly its team and horses from its base in Germany to the Asian Games in Doha, it decided to drive nearly 7,000 kilometers to the Arabian Gulf
Japan's team at the Asian Games lost one of its biggest stars as Olympic gold medalist hammer thrower Koji Murofushi pulled out of the competition Friday with a leg injury.
The Japanese invented it, and they will be expected to take the lion's share of the judo gold at the Asian Games.
The Asian Games officially opened with a spectacle of pyrotechnics, animatronics and boundless enthusiasm Friday as the people of Doha welcomed their region's biggest ever sporting event.
World No.1 Lin Dan of China and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat headline an Asian Games men's badminton tournament that promises to rival any world championship.