Tokyo, Japan, December 24, 2018: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games needs 80,000 volunteers but more than double, 162,000, have applied, organisers revealed.

Volunteer recruitment for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games was well on track with roughly 162,000 people completing the initial online procedure to become “the face of the Games” , Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori said.

The online registration, which started in S....

Kuwait, December 25, 2018: The new edition of the OCA’s official magazine, Sporting Asia, is now available for download at www.ocasia.org.

The 43rd edition of Sporting Asia - December 2018 - looks at the performance of Asian athletes at the 3rd Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October, and highlights some of the rising stars around the continent.

We also profile two new IOC Members – HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchu....

Jakarta, Indonesia, December 21, 2018: Indonesia's national baseball team aims to win gold in the forthcoming 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines, reports Xinhua News.

The upbeat target was made based on the recent performance of the Indonesian team which, along with the Philippines, is among the strongest in the Southeast Asia region, said Dana Kusumo, head of sporting development of the country's baseball association.

&q....

Hong Kong, China, December 21, 2018: The election of 14 Officers of the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China was held at the Annual General Meeting on December 18, 2018.

The President, Mr Timothy Fok, was re-elected unopposed for another four years with a full house vote of 68 out of 68.

Mr Fok is OCA Vice President for East Asia and an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee. This year he rec....

Tehran, Iran, December 20, 2018: Iran and Croatia have agreed to foster stronger and closer links in sports, with the President of the National Olympic Committee of Croatia promising to send technical support, including coaches, to Tehran.

Zlatko Matesa met his Iranian counterpart Seyyed Raza Salehi Amiri in Zagreb last week to discuss ways in which both National Olympic Committees could increase sports cooperation between the two countries. ....

Beijing, China, December 20, 2018: China's sports industry will continue robust expansion in the next few years, with a growth pace much faster than the global average, a private report said.

The sector will see a compound annual increase of 15 per cent in the next five years in part due to more active mass participation, global accounting and consulting firm PwC said in a report on Wednesday.

The growth will outpace the global aver....

Incheon, Korea, December 20, 2018: The International Table Tennis Federation held its 2018 ITTF Star Awards at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Incheon, Korea, on December 12.

For an incredible fourth time in the last five years, Ding Ning was named Female Table Tennis Star, capping off yet another stellar 12 months.

Helping China to gold medal finishes at the Team World Cup and World Team Championships, the 28-year-old Ding also excelled i....

Beijing, China, December 20, 2018: Beijing 2022’s Executive Board convened its second meeting on Monday, December 17 and called on all parties involved to step up their work in Winter Games preparations in 2019.

Cai Qi, Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and President of Beijing 2022, presided over the meeting held at the Organising Committee’s headquarters in the Shougang Industrial Park.

The Executive Board meeting p....

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 20, 2018: A delegation of 24 members from the Perak State Sports Council, headed by Y.B. Howard Lee Chuan How, Perak State Executive Council of Youth, Sports and Human Development and State Legislative Assemblyman for Pasir Pinji, made a working visit to the Olympic Council of Malaysia HQ on Monday, December 17.

They were welcomed by Dato’ Mohd Nazifuddin, Secretary General of OCM, and Ms. Moira Tan Siew See, ....

Amman, Jordan, December 18, 2018: The sport of fencing is growing steadily in Jordan and its up and coming talent will be showcased at the Jordan Fencing Federation’s U15 National Championships for all weapons this week, reports the Jordan Olympic Committee.

The event is being held at the Federation’s state-of-the-art headquarters in Al Hussein Youth City, with the national team scouts in attendance to spot possible talent that can be develop....