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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - The 2022 Asian Games in China is facing the "possibility" of being postponed, a senior official told Agence France-Presse on Thursday (April 22), after a rumour that it would be moved to next year. The Olympic-sized event is scheduled to be held in September in Hangzhou near Shanghai, which is grappling with a major coronavirus emergency. "No official decision has been taken by the committee until now, but there is a possibility that it will be postponed," said Kuwait's Husain Al-Musallam, director-general of the Olympic Council of Asia, the Games' governing body. Most international sports events...