Asian Games open in Nagoya with 469 medal events across 43 sports
The 20th Asian Games open in Nagoya, Japan on Saturday, running from Sept 19 to Oct 4 with about 17,000 athletes and officials from 45 countries. Organisers have struggled to sell tickets and faced friction with the Olympic Council of Asia over the scaled-back format, while the programme adds mixed martial arts, padel, surfing, virtual taekwondo and teqball.