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After the dining hall, the video games room is proving to be the most popular spot in the Athletes' Village, as it provides a release valve for athletes between their competitions and training sessions.
Bikini-clad Asian Games beach volleyball cheer squads are proving too hot for some competitors who claim the scantily-clad dancers make it impossible to concentrate.
Bespectacled chess player Kim Tae-gyeong is a member of Republic of Korea's Asian Games team at the tender age of 11 - more than five decades younger than the oldest competitor in Guangzhou.
Thailand's women's sepak takraw team has a secret weapon. Before each game, the players exchange written notes of encouragement.
China's top gymnast, Chen Yibing, who won gold medals in the men's rings and team championship at the Guangzhou Asian Games showed a special way to profess his love for his girlfriend.
GUANGZHOU - Twelve giant pandas, which are predicting the results of the Asian Games' competitions, have become major attractions at the Xiangjiang Safari Park in Guangzhou's Panyu district.
While taking her career to a new level after capturing consecutive World Cup Final titles in 2003 and 2004, Chinese trapshooting veteran Li Qingnian regrets being unable to spend more time with her three-year-old son.
Until recently, Thailand was always a peripheral player in an Asian badminton community long dominated by traditional powerhouses China, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Republic of Korea.
The world triathlon chief wants to address the disparity between men and women in the sport at the continental level.
The Republic of Korea's Kim Kyun-sub realized his dream on Sunday of winning an Asian Games gold to honor his uncle who was killed at the last Asiad in Doha when his horse threw and crushed him.
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