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The Asian Games: larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports Below excerpt and title of this post reported by Wade. S. (2023, September 21). The Asian Games: larger than the Olympics and with an array of regional and global sports. AP News 'The Asian Games are an attention grabber. For starters, they involve more participants than the Summer Olympics. Organizers say more than 12,000 will be entered when the opening ceremony takes place Saturday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. This is more than the 10,500 expected for next year’s Paris Olympics.' 'The giant numbers are partly due to the staggering array of events with many regional specialties, sports, and games you won’t find in the Olympics. And there’s also cricket, which appears headed to the Olympics as soon as 2028 in Los Angeles, and certainly for 2032 in Brisbane, Australia.' 'And there’s squash, which has tried several times for Olympic recognition. The regional fare includes dragon … Read more
