Locations of the Summer Asian Games
Locations of the Summer Asian Games
Locations of the Summer Asian Games
Asian Games: The 2002 Asian Games, Busan, South Korea
One legacy of the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, was that for the first time a team from North Korea had participated in a games in South Korea.
Asian Games: The 1998 Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand, held the Asian Games in 1998, the fourth time since 1966 that the games were held in Thailand’s capital.
Asian Games: The 1994 Asian Games, Hiroshima, Japan
The 1994 games in Hiroshima, Japan, were controversial again for the Chinese, with eleven Chinese athletes suspended for performance-enhancing drugs.
Asian Games: The 1990 Asian Games, Beijing, China
One month after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August of 1990, the Asian Games opened in Beijing, China.
Asian Games: The 1986 Asian Games, Seoul, South Korea
Security was increased for the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea.
Asian Games: The 1982 Asian Games, New Delhi, India
In 1982 in New Delhi, police arrested more than seven hundred people three days before the games opened, fearful that Akali Sikh activists might try to disrupt the games.
Asian Games: The 1978 Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok,Thailand, once again stepped in to rescue the games in 1978 after Islamabad, Pakistan, pulled out as host.
Asian Games: The 1974 Asian Games, Tehran, Iran
In 1974 in Tehran, Iran, the Asian Games were especially controversial when the political issues of Taiwan and Israel again became hot topics.
Asian Games: The 1970 Asian Games, Bangkok, Thailand
South Korea had been selected to host the 1970 games but ongoing domestic problems forced the Koreans to decline.
Asian Games: The 1962 Asian Games, Jakarta, Indonesia
The games of 1962 were awarded to Jakarta, Indonesia, by a narrow 22–20 vote of the Asian Games Federation and with pessimism that Indonesia’s complete lack of facilities and experience in organizing events of this kind would doom the games.
Asian Games: The 1958 Asian Games, Tokyo, Japan
In Tokyo, Japan built for the 1958 Asian Games what was said to be one of the most modern and beautiful stadiums of its time in the world.
Asian Games: The 1954 Asian Games, Manila, Philippines
China declined to participate in the games of 1954, in Manila, Philippines, when the Taiwanese were invited to participate.
Asian Games: The 1951 Asian Games, New Delhi, India
New Delhi’s National Stadium welcomed athletes from eleven nations in March of 1951 to the first Asian Games.
The Ashes: The Ashes Tour CONTEMPORARY TOURS
In recent decades, fans have talked about England’s cricket performance in a way akin to Americans talking about the Chicago Cubs or the Boston Red Sox.
The Ashes: The Ashes Tour THE “BODYLINE” ASSAULT
Americans associate cricket with the English and a privileged, leisured way of life.
The England-Australia series was rechristened the Ashes tour and is played every two years, alternating between England and Australia.
The Ashes is cricket’s oldest international contest and has its origins in the third Australian tour to England.
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