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Hangzhou Asian Para Games postponed due to concerns over COVID-19 in China

BEIJING: The Asian Para Games, which were scheduled to take place from October 9 to 15 in Hangzhou, China have been postponed due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers officially announced on Tuesday.

The Times of India

Rajesh Bhandari appointed boxing Task Force secretary for postponed Asian Games

NEW DELHI: Boxing Federation of India (BFI) vice president Rajesh Bhandari has been appointed as the secretary of the Task Force which will conduct the sport during the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games.

The Times of India

What is going to be the likely slot for postponed Asian Games next year? Maybe September 2023

NEW DELHI: The slotting of the postponed Hangzhou Asian Games is a matter of speculation but the decision-making is likely to be influenced by athletics' choc-a-bloc international calendar, weather and that it must not clash with another Continental showpiece.

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Asian Games the latest Covid casualty

The Asian Games in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou have been postponed because of Covid-19 with new dates to be announced “in the near future”, organisers said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Covid Delays 2022 Asian Games in China

The Olympic Council of Asia announces the event won’t take place as scheduled this September in the eastern city of Hangzhou

Caixin Global

Sports: Asian Games postponed amid COVID surge

The 2022 Asian Games, which were scheduled to take place in Hangzhou in September, were on Friday postponed amid a surge in COVID-19 cases in China. Read details on Dynamite News:

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Asian Games 2022 postponed amid COVID surge in China: OCA

TASHKENT/BEIJING: The Hangzhou Asian Games, which were scheduled to take place from September 10 to 25, were on Friday postponed indefinitely amid a recent surge in COVID-19 cases in China.

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Asian Games 2022 in China Postponed

The Asian Games due to take place in Hangzhou in September have been postponed indefinitely, organizers said Friday, as China battles a resurgence of Covid cases. No reason was given for the delay, but China is racing to extinguish its largest outbreak of Covid-19 since the early days of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Alibaba’s Shares Plunge 9% after ‘Name Confusion’

Alibaba lost $26 billion of its market value on Tuesday, due to name confusion, but recouped a part of its losses later. Alibaba’s shareholders were surprised after state broadcaster CCTV reported that authorities in the company’s home base of Hangzhou had imposed curbs on an individual surnamed Ma, the same…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rumors Of Alibaba Founder Getting Arrested Spread After Report Says China Put 'Curbs' On Person With Same Surname

Chinese authorities have placed an individual with the last name Ma under “compulsory curbs” in the city of Hangzhou, Bloomberg News

Benzinga

Madappa, Rashid among men, teenager Avani in women's category book Asian Games berths

BENGALURU: Viraj Madappa and Rashid Khan held their nerves to qualify for this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, after a gruelling five-round trial meet at the KGA course, which ended on Saturday.

The Times of India

Asian Games in China 'going ahead'

The 2022 Asian Games in China will go ahead, the Olympic Council of Malaysia said on Saturday, denying claims that the event faced the possibility of being postponed.

Bangkok Post

Yum China Launches KFC Green Pioneer Stores In Hangzhou & Beijing

Yum China Holdings Inc (NYSE:YUMC) has launched quick-service restaurant brand KFC's first Green Pioneer Stores in Hangzhou and Beijing. The move is part of Yum China's climate strategy toward reaching net-zero value chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Green Pioneer Stores utilize advanced low-carbon technologies in construction and daily operations and reduce…

Benzinga

Indian women's softball team to make its debut at Asian Games

NEW DELHI: The Indian women's softball team is set to make its debut at the Asian Games later this year after it received a wild card for the Hangzhou event, Softball Association of India said on Monday.

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Star women's hockey striker Vandana eyeing gold in Asian Games

NEW DELHI: Star Indian women's hockey team striker Vandana Katariya has set her eyes on wining the gold medal in this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China to help them directly qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The Times of India

After world championships, Lovlina Borgohain and Nikhat Zareen secure Asian Games selection

HYDERABAD: Olympic bronze-medallist Lovlina Borgohain and former junior world champion Nikhat Zareen were on Monday selected in the Indian women's boxing team for this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China after emerging victorious in the trials held here.

Benzinga

Mizuho Upgrades This Water Treatment Company - Read Why

Mizuho analyst Brett Linzey upgraded Pentair PLC (NYSE:PNR) to Neutral from Underperform and raised the price target to $62 (an upside of 7%) from $60. The company's purchase of Manitowoc Ice business for a net price of $1.38 billion strengthens its commercial water franchise and should be meaningfully accretive to margins, states Linzey. Pentair recently agreed…

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Indian bridge team for Asian Games named, no place for last edition's winners

PUNE: The Bridge Federation of India on Saturday picked a six-member team for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou with Debasish Ray as the coach-cum-non-playing captain.

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Caixin Global

Asian Games Host City Clamps Down on Imported Goods Amid Covid Flare-Up

Hangzhou officials say their most recent outbreak originated with a case linked to imported coffee machines

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Sports: Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian chess team for 2022 Asian Games

With eight months left for the Asian Games 2022 to start at Hangzhou, China on September 10, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is hopeful of a rich medal haul from their men's and women's team when the chess discipline returns to the Asian Games fold after 12 years.

The Times of India

Legendary Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian chess players ahead of Asian Games

NEW DELHI: Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand has been roped in as a mentor of the Indian players looking to break into the team for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, where the sport will make a comeback after a gap of 12 years.

The Times of India

Asian Games 2022: 40 sports to feature, cricket to be back after 11 years

MUMBAI: The 2022 Asian Games will take place from September 10 to September 25, 2022, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China and there will be five co-host cities.

Caixin Global

Former Party Boss of Alibaba’s Home Town Expelled Over Business Ties

Zhou Jiangyong, once in charge of the internet hub of Hangzhou, has been removed from official duties for ‘supporting the disorderly expansion of capital’

Reuters

China's Communist Party expels former boss of Hangzhou for graft

China's anti-corruption watchdog said on Wednesday it had expelled a former Communist Party secretary of the technology hub of Hangzhou from the party, five months after announcing he was being investigated for serious violations of the law.

Benzinga

Alibaba Affiliate Is Linked To Corruption Scandal: Report

China's state broadcaster has implicated Jack Ma's Ant Group in a corruption scandal,

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