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	FEI : Continental & Regional Games : Asia : Asian Games
		The Asian Games are organised by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) with headquarters based in Kuwait and are recognised by the International Olympic Committee.
		The Asian Equestrian Federation first came into being in 1978, and was recognised by the FEI as a body which would promote and ensure the growth of equestrian sports in the Asian region.
		Therefore, the Asian Games are subject to FEI rules as far as all for technical aspects are concerned, while the FEI ensures the technical control of all equestrian sports at the Asian Games.
	www.horsesport.org /cont_reg_games/asia/asian.htm?sub=contreggames&active=contreggames5 (522 words)

	Asian Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Asian Games, also called the Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.
		The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
		In the 1994 Asian Games, despite opposition from other nations, OCA admitted the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asian_Games (736 words)

	Asian Games: The Art of Contest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Asian Games: The Art of Contest has a broad chronological and geographical reach and is comprised of approximately 200 works of art of the highest quality.
		Included in the exhibition are spectacular examples of game sets dating from the 12th to early 20th century, Persian and Indian court paintings and illuminated manuscripts of the 14th to 18th century and Chinese and Japanese scroll paintings, screens and ceramics that depict game-playing.
		Asian Games is organized so as to suggest the impact of particular games as well as the cultural values of their players.
	www.asiasociety.org /pressroom/rel-asian_games.html (1976 words)

	Games, Contests, and Artful Play in Japan
		The Freer Gallery of Art extends and enhances the neighboring Sackler Gallery's three-month-long exhibition focusing on Asian Games with an exhibition of 14th–20th century paintings and objects illustrating the wide variety of games and contests played in Japan.
		Included among the paintings are illustrations of a picture matching competition and other court games from "The Tale of Genji" as well as other paintings of court stories, and a hand scroll that illustrates a poetry competition among artisans.
		A large ceramic dish, which doubles as a pictorial sugoroku gaming board, is decorated with the 53 stations of the Tokaido, a popular Japanese print theme.
	www.asia.si.edu /exhibitions/current/GamesJapan.htm (385 words)

	The 2nd West Asian Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Tehran games were considered the first of their kind, taking place every 2 years and including the competitive games for men.
		To reinforce the youths’ mental and physical values in the west Asian region throughout organizing competitive sports that aim at reaching a kind of friendship, understanding, and peace and in turn strengthen the relations between the people in the region.
		To assure the equality between the organizations members and to exclude all means of racial, religious, and political discrimination that may lead to deprivation, penalty or disturbance of a delegation, an employee or a sportsman regarding their participation in the games or the federation’s meetings or the committees’ membership.
	www.westasiangames.com /view/e_view.asp (462 words)

	Asian Games assume Olympic proportions for subcontinental athletes
		NEW DELHI (AP) -- Where the Olympic Games underscore some of the subcontinent's inadequacies in sports, the Asian Games have been fruitful for the region's athletes.
		The Asian Games field hockey final used to be a south Asian monopoly, featuring traditional rivals India and Pakistan, but the South Korean men crashed the party in 1986 to make the event a keenly watched contest.
		The reigning Asian Games men's doubles champions, and winners of several Grand Prix titles, Paes and Bhupathi no longer play together on the ATP circuit, but they are pairing up again for the Asian Games.
	slam.canoe.ca /CPSportsTicker/CANOE-wire.GAMES-Asian.html (777 words)

	Doha Asian Games 2006 Blog and Pictures/Photos
		In the beginning, the Opening Ceremony of the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006 focussed on the future, as Qatari youngsters were introduced into the stadium and spent an energetic and colourful 10 minutes creating a traditional Qatari sadu carpet on the stadium floor with huge pieces of billowing cloth.
		The Grand Opening Ceremony of Doha Asian Games 2006 is shceduled at 19:00 hrs at Khalifa Stadium.
		India win First Gold Medal in Doha Asian Games 200...
	doha-asian-games-2006.blogspot.com (511 words)

	What are the Asian Games?
		The Asian Games are overseen by the Asian Olympic Committee, which is partnered with the International Olympic Committee.
		The first Asian Games were held in 1951, although a variety of other multi-sport games had been held in Asia before.
		The Asian Winter Games were first held in 1986 in Sapporo, Japan, focusing on winter sports such as skiing, skating, hockey, curling, and snowboarding.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-are-the-asian-games.htm (504 words)

	2005 Southeast Asian Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (also known as the 2005 SEA Games) was a biannual multi-sport event held in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005.
		The Games were also considered both a spectacular event and a valuable opportunity for athletes to gain competition experience and preparation for the upcoming Asian Games and Olympic Games.
		The closing ceremony of the 23rd Southeast Asian Games was held at the Quirino Grandstand on December 5, 2005 which marked the end of the successful hosting of the Philippines for the biennial event.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_Southeast_Asian_Games (1627 words)

	CNN.com - Macau to raise curtain on East Asian Games - Oct 3, 2005
		What makes the East Asian Games distinctive from the much larger Asian Games is that the smaller teams such as Mongolia and Guam have a chance of winning medals.
		The East Asian Games will be completed in almost half the time -- nine days -- than the two-plus weeks needed for the Asian Games and the Olympics, making it less grueling for athletes, spectators and journalists.
		A few years ago the Games' budget was estimated to be around 2 billion patacas (around $250 million), but latest estimates put that figure closer to 5 billion patacas ($625 million).
	edition.cnn.com /2005/SPORT/09/26/easian.games.main (1102 words)

	An insider's guide to the Asian Games - CNN.com
		Major Asian nations like China, Korea and Japan have the largest squad of athletes -- in fact Japan is the only country with a representative in every single sport.
		Sadly, tragedy marred the Games on Thursday as a South Korea competitor was killed during the three-day event equestrian competition.
		The 47-year-old, a silver medal winner in the three-day team event at the 2002 Asian Games, didn't regain consciousness after the fall and died shortly afterwards.
	www.cnn.com /2006/SPORT/12/07/tbr.asiangames/index.html?eref=rss_latest (1022 words)

	South East Asian Games Federation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Attached is a photo of the SEA Games Flag being carried at the closing ceremony of the 2001 SEA Games.
		A large Federation Flag must fly in the Stadium during the SEA Games from a flagpole in the area where it shall be hoisted at the moment the Games are declared open and lowered when they are declared closed.
		The 23rd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) being held in the Philippines was officially opened on Sunday in Manila.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/int@seag.html (571 words)

	rediff.com: Sports: The Asian Games 2002
		However, the 1500 metres gold medallist at the Asian Games said she had been taking 'Liv52' every day for the past seven to eight months.
		The Asian Games gold medal-winning cueist said India were able to win the snooker doubles gold mainly due to the confidence of his partner Yasin Merchant.
		Beenamol and Binu's success in athletics at the Asian Games came on the heels of a silver and bronze medal won by brothers Nitin and Ashim Mongia in sailing.
	www.rediff.com /sports/ag/index.htm (860 words)

	AP Wire \| 12/13/2006 \| For athletes, Asian Games offers break
		For many athletes at the Asian Games, sport must often take a back seat to the bigger realities of life that include war and suicide bombings.
		The Asian Games, first held in 1951 with 11 nations sending teams to New Delhi, India, have never fallen prey to the large-scale boycotts that marred the Moscow or Los Angeles Olympics.
		Though surrounded by countries that are participating in the games, Israel hasn't competed at the Asian Games since the 1974 Games at Tehran.
	www.contracostatimes.com /mld/cctimes/sports/16231966.htm (763 words)

	XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98) Archives from Sadec.com
		This is the largest Asian Games to he held in this millennium, with 9,469 athletes and officials from over 41 countries participating.
		This is also the last Asian Games to be hosted this century.
		The next one, the XIV Asian Games at Seoul, South Korea will take place in 2002.
	www.sadec.com /Sports/asiad98.html (201 words)

	15th Asian Games
		But games like the Asian Games, requires a specific plan with concentrated efforts involving various governmental and non-governmental agencies.
		To steer these diversified activities, the Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) was formed on October 2001.
		The DAGOC under the patronage of the Qatar National Olympic Committee (QNOC) and the city of Doha, in close cooperation with the Qatar Government, is working diligently to meet the preparation schedules.
	www.ocasia.org /15AG.asp (241 words)

	Southeast Asian Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The games is under regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supervision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia.
		At the 8th SEAP Games in 1975, the SEAP Federation considered the inclusion of Indonesia and the Philippines.The two countries were formally admitted in 1977, the same year when SEAP Federation changed their name to Southeast Asian Games Federation (SEAGF), and the games were known as the Southeast Asian Games.
		Brunei was admitted at the 10th SEA Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, and East Timor at the 22nd SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southeast_Asian_Games (362 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: Truly Asian: Asian Games Offer Big Stage
		The Asian Games — a kind of mini Olympics for the world's most populous region — is a showcase of the best athletes Asia has to offer.
		The game dates back some 500 years, when the object was just to keep a rattan ball in the air as long as possible.
		For the Asian Games, Japan sent a bunch of Buddhist monks, who were attracted to kabaddi because of its meditation-like chanting.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /4/asian_games_truly_asian (782 words)

	LancasterOnline.com: Map Lines Obscured During Asian Games
		The Asian Games include former Soviet republics such as Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, but not the biggest country of the former Soviet Union — Russia.
		The last time the Israelis competed at the Asian Games was in 1974, when the event was held in Tehran, Iran.
		Sheikh Ahmed says Doha's hosting of the Asian Games, regardless of how far it is from the traditional countries of Asia, has been a pleasant turnaround for the "geopolitical problem" in the region.
	ap.lancasteronline.com /4/asian_games_moving_the_borders (703 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Athletics : Asian Games build-up begins for athletes
		The Doha Asian Games are not far away and it is time for the athletes to come out of the mediocre rut and post some top marks on the board.
		Seema had a season best 60.56m for the silver in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in March, but an unspecified illness kept her out of the first two legs of the Asian Grand Prix in May before she took the third place in the last leg at Pune with a run-of-the-mill 50.89m.
		A partial prelude to the Asian Games shot put competition, minus the Asian champion Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi of Qatar and the leading Asian this season, Saudi Arabian Sultan Mubarak Al-Hebshi (20.04), can be had here since Chinese Zhang Qi will be clashing for the fourth time this season with Navpreet.
	www.hindu.com /2006/09/29/stories/2006092901822100.htm (618 words)

	15th Asian Games Doha 2006
		The 15th Asian Games was not just about putting Doha on the map in a sporting sense, but Qatar acted as flag bearer for the whole of the region.
		In a fitting finale to the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006, the 428th and last gold medal was presented to host....
		The Games are over, but the legacy continues.
	www.doha-2006.com (428 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Football National Soccer Team Asian Games 2002
		Afghanistan's Asian Games soccer team pose for a group photo prior to their match against Iran at the 14th Asian Games, in Pusan South Korea October 28, 2002.
		Afghanistan's Asian Games soccer team coach Mir Ali Asghar (L) and his team listen to their nation's anthem prior to their preliminary match against Iran at the 14th Asian Games in Pusan, October 28, 2002.
		The first round of the Asian Games 2002 football tournament began with a match between Afghanistan and Iran.
	www.afghanland.com /entertainment/soccerasiangames02.html (221 words)

	Asian Games - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Asian Games - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Asian Games, area championship of the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) contested by men and women from all Asian countries...
		The first modern Olympic Games, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896, included swimming races.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Asian_Games.html (99 words)

	HindustanTimes.com - Asian Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Asian Games' double gold-medallist K M Beenamol has been chosen for the Samsung "Most Valuable Performance by an Indian" award.
		An apt reflection of Asia's growing prominence in the world sporting arena, the Asian Games bring together the best of athletes from all over Asia.
		For the first time in the history of the Asian Games, all the member nations are participating at Busan
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/18/5821_0,0034.htm (291 words)

	Sri Lanka satisfied with South Asian Games : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A top Sri Lankan sports official said on Wednesday he was "fully satisfied" with the just-concluded South Asian Games that passed off peacefully despite security fears.
		S Wirithamulla, secretary in Sri Lanka's sports ministry, said that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpakse was happy with the organisation of the games, held under the shadow of a bomb blast on the opening day on Aug 14 that killed seven people.
		"Even when we met the president after the games, he said he was very happy at the way the games were organised," said the 1978-batch official of the Sri Lankan Administrative Service.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1781560,00070007.htm (491 words)

	Asian Games Hockey
		In August 1948, during the 14th Olympic Games held in London, Guru Dutt Sondhi of India followed up with the leaders of the other Asian delegations the idea of holding an Asian Games.
		Men's hockey was first introduced in the 1958 Tokyo Asian Games, while women's hockey debuted in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games.
		Pakistan is the king of the Asian Games men's hockey scene.
	www.bharatiyahockey.org /asiad/asiad.htm (440 words)

	Past Exhibitions \| Freer and Sackler Galleries
		In addition to games familiar to Western audiences, the exhibition also examines the Japanese shell-matching game (kai-oi) and incense competition (jishu-ko).
		Asian Games: The Art of Contest is organized by the Asia Society, New York.
		Among the IMA's earlier Asian acquisitions were several works given by Charles Lang Freer, founder of the Freer Gallery of Art.
	www.asia.si.edu /exhibitions/past.htm (9678 words)

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