China to host Asian Games in September 2023 after Covid-19 postponement


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KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - China will host the Asian Games from September 23 to October 8, 2023, organisers said on Tuesday (July 19), after postponing the event in Hangzhou because of Covid-19. The new dates were announced by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The event was originally scheduled to be held in September this year, but organisers in May postponed it as China tried to stamp out a large Covid-19 resurgence in several parts of the country. Hangzhou lies less than 200 kilometres from the country's biggest city Shanghai, which endured a months-long lockdown earlier this year as part...