The Asian Games 2022, due 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 (OCA) announced.

• The Olympic Council of Asia, said it will announce the new dates for the 19th edition of the Games. 
• The Asian Games 2022 were originally scheduled from September 10 to 25.
• The host city of Hangzhou is less than 200km away from Shanghai, which is currently fighting another major COVID-19 outbreak and has strict restrictions in place, including a weeks-long lockdown.
• The OCA also announced that the third edition of the Asian Youth Games, scheduled to be held in Shantou in December, have been cancelled.