China will host the 2022 Asian Games in 2023, organisers said on Tuesday, after postponing the event in Hangzhou because of Covid. The Games will now be held in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said. The OCA said on Tuesday that the new dates were chosen to avoid "conflict with other major international sporting events". The Asian Games typically attract over 10,000 athletes from across the region. The World University Games, scheduled to begin in June in Chengdu and already delayed from last year, have also been postponed again, until 2023.

Source: The Standard July 19, 2022 17:31 UTC