JK News Today
Jammu, May 06:
The 2022 Asian Games scheduled to be held in the mainland Chinese city of Hangzhou have been postponed until next year, the Olympic Council of Asia said on Friday.
Chinese state media first reported the news about the 19th edition of the multi-sports event, which is second in size only to the Summer Olympics, quoting a statement from the official Games website.
“The Olympic Council of Asia has announced that the 19th Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 25, 2022, will be postponed,” the statement said.
New dates for the sporting contest “will be announced at a later date”, the statement added. The decision to postpone the Games was taken at a OCA executive board meeting in Tashkent on Friday.
