Sports this week: 15th Sep - 21st Sep 2014

Srinivas and Rashmi Triumph
Reigning National champion K. Srinivas and Rashmi Kumari won the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively in the fourth World Cup carrom championship in Maldives. The Indian combination of P. Jayashree and Rashmi defeated another Indian pair Kajol and Kavitha Somanchi in the women’s doubles final.

Asian games started
The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad were started on 19th September. They will last till 19th October. The number of events are 439 events, and total number of disciplines are 36. The games are being held in Incheon south Korea.

All about Asian games:

The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a Pancontinental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.

The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, until the 1978 Games.

Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation.

The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.

In its history, nine nations have hosted the Asian Games. Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games after their last participation in 1974.

The last Games was held in Guangzhou, China from 12 November to 27 November 2010. The present games are conducting in Incheon, South Korea

Games held in Delhi in 1951, from 4th to 11th March, and second time, games were held in Delhi in 1982

India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. India has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games.