Hashimi, who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and is now settled in Italy, hopes her journey serves as an inspiration back home even as UNESCO estimates that 2.4 million Afghan girls have been excluded from secondary education since the change of guard.

Bangladesh's women's hockey debut at the Asian Games turned into a harsh reality as they suffered a 13-0 defeat to powerhouse China in their Pool A opener at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Kakamigahara, Japan, today.

IOC president Kirsty Coventry called the shipping container-style huts for Asian Games athletes "beautiful" on Sunday -- but conceded they were "a little tighter" than similar accommodation at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Japan's Takumi Hojo got host nation Japan off to a perfect start when he won the first gold medal of the Asian Games on Sunday in the men's individual triathlon.

The 20th Asian Games opened in Japan on Saturday with a message of unity following a troubled build-up to the multi-sport spectacular that has more athletes than the Olympics.

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The 20th Asian Games will open in Japan later Saturday with a glittering ceremony following a stuttering build-up to a multi-sport spectacular that has more participants than the Olympics.

Lined up before the match, the South Korean players looked around in confusion as the anthem rang out at Green Stadium in Gifu, Japan.

While the opening ceremony, which is the official start of the Games, will take place on September 19, events like basketball, football, volleyball, cricket and modern pentathlon have already been happening since September 10.

The event on Tuesday included a person dressed as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who led Japan's invasions of Korea in 1592-1598, and the ceremony prompted a backlash in South Korea.

Bangladesh will play their second match against Japan on September 22.

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The Housing and Public Works Ministry cancelled Abahani Limited’s 99-year lease of 10.96 acres of land at Dhanmondi Cricket Ground on May 11, 2026, and refused to reinstate the contract on August 3, citing outstanding fees and breaches of the lease conditions.

Asian Games organisers are bracing for possible weather disruption in the opening few days of the multi-sports gathering with the possibility of a typhoon hitting the Aichi-Nagoya coast on Monday.

NFL player Azeez Al-Shaair was fined more than $11,000 for wearing the name of a Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces on his face markings last weekend, a league spokesman said Wednesday.

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Retired Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal will return to the court in front of a crowd for the first time since retirement in October to celebrate his academy's 10th anniversary.

For Dhumketu Basketball Club’s women’s team, the recent trip to Nepal was about more than what was recorded on the scoreboard.

Olympic champions Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu and Wang Chuqin will lead China's campaign but the 10-strong team also includes seven players making their debut at the Asiad.