Singapore is confident of outdoing their medal tally of the Busan Asiad, setting a target of top-10 medal tally ranking in Doha.
Kazakhstan vowed to win the third place in the medal tally in the upcoming 15th Asian Games, instead of the fourth they claimed four years ago.
North and South Korea are likely to march together at the start of this week's Asian Games and are planning to resume talks on forming a joint team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.
An esoteric team sport played mainly in Asia, Kabaddi is played on a field divided into two halves with seven-player sides taking turns raiding each other's side of the court.
A 244-strong South Korean contingent, led by Vice President of the (South) Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) Chung Hyon-suk, left for Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday to take part in the upcoming 15th Asian Games.
Bangladesh eyes on medals from the kabaddi and swimming competitions of the 15th Asian Games slated for December 1-15 in Doha.
The possible gold medal count for Japan is between 42 and 58 at the Doha Asian Games, a senior official from Japan delegation said here on Monday.
A major competition has already begun at the Asian Games, but it's nowhere near a stadium or arena. Tokyo and Doha are doing some advance lobbying at these regional games for a bigger prize, the 2016 Olympics.
Lebanon will show their strength in a few sports including weightlifting and basketball at the Doha Asian Games, a senior sports official said here on Monday.
Afghan athletes here all feel honored to represent their country at the Asian Games, said a young basketball player Monday after attending the South Asian delegation's flag raising ceremony in the Athletes' Village of Doha.
Organizers have prepared 21 venues in the Qatar capital and its surrounds to host the 39 events of the 2006 Asian Games.
The Philippine chess squad hopes to win at least a medal in the 15th Doha Asian Games slated December 1-15, local media reported on Monday.
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