19th Asian Games will now take place from Sept 23 to Oct 8: Olympic Council of Asia.

LAHORE -- The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has rescheduled the 19th Asian Games which will now take place from September 23 to October 8, 2023 in Hangzhou, China.

Initially, the games were due to take place from September 10 to 25 2022 at the same venue, however, due to COVID-19 global pandemic the Games were postponed by the OCA Executive Board (EB) in May this year.

"The Task Force over the last two months held various discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee, Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC) and other stakeholders to find a window for the Games which did not conflict with other major international sporting events. The recommended dates by the Task Force were...