In the latest development, the Asian Games 2022, to be held in Hangzhou, China in September, has been postponed to 2023 due to rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the Olympic Council of Asia announced on Friday. The Games were originally slated to be held from September 10 to 25.

Avani Prashanth, a fifteen-year-old amateur golfer, was named to the Indian team for the Asian Games 2022 after winning the women's trials at the Karnataka Golf Association in Bengaluru on Saturday. Viraj Madappa finished first in the men's trials, followed by Rashid Khan, a former silver medalist.

India striker Lalremsiami was one of the stars of hockey team's campaign in Tokyo Olympics. Even though the team missed the medal by a whisker, the Mizoram girl is determined to finish on the podium and fulfill her late father's dream and her immediate goal is to win gold in Asian Games 2022.