Japan claimed their fifth consecutive Asian Games women’s softball title here today after registering a 7-0 mercy-rule win over Chinese Taipei.

History was made at the 2018 Asian Games here today as Alexey Lutsenko of Kazakhstan and Na Ah-reum of South Korea won the men’s and women’s time trial respectively to complete an unprecedented road cycling double.

Turkmenistani wrestler Rustem Nazarov has become the first athlete to fail a doping test here at the 2018 Asian Games and has been disqualified, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said today.

China claimed six of the eight golds on offer as the first rowing medals of the 2018 Asian Games were awarded on day five of competition here in Jakarta and Palembang.

Chinese Taipei won their first gold in artistic gymnastics in the history of the Asian Games today, as Chih Kai Lee topped the men's pommel horse with a score of 15.400.

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) panel has declined its jurisdiction to decide a case which has seen the Bahrain Olympic Committee challenge a decision of the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF), which has prevented its athlete Ali Munfaredi from participating in the 2018 Asian Games here.

Russian cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya has been deemed ineligible to compete here at the 2018 Asian Games after official letters approving and confirming her release to represent Uzbekistan were not provided.

China re-gained their Asian Games men's team badminton title after beating hosts Indonesia 3-1 here this evening in a five-hour epic encounter.

China have continued their irrepressible march towards final medal table glory today by winning eight more golds at the Asian Games including two in each of the team gymnastics finals.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad-Hoc Division here at the 2018 Asian Games has rejected the applications of six national golf associations challenging the decision taken by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) not to enforce the technical guidelines for golf preventing the participation of professional players in the event. 

Indonesia President Joko Widodo was among the spectators as home favourite Eko Yuli Irawan won the men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event here at the 2018 Asian Games today.

China's Xiang Liu topped off another incredible yet routine Asian Games night for her country in the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatics Centre today by setting a new world record to win gold in the women's 50 metre backstroke.