Comprehensive sports report: Future stars in the Asian Games, Ronaldo’s crisis, and Verstappen’s victory in Malaysia

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games brought the curtain down on Sunday on two weeks of competition that saw some record-breaking performances.

Agence France-Presse reviews five athletes who excelled at the Games and appear to be strong candidates to leave their mark at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Yu Zidi, Swimming (China): The 13-year-old Chinese prodigy took gold in all three of her individual events with ease, all with new Games records. She won the 200m (butterfly), 200m (medley) and 400m (medley), and her times were among the fastest in the world this year.

Zhang Junshuo, Swimming (China): The 19-year-old returned home with seven gold medals, the most by any swimmer in Asian Games history.

Shin Ohashi, swimming (Japan): The 17-year-old broke the world record in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes and 04.83 seconds.

Yan Ziyi, Athletics (China): Sweeps the Asian Games with a javelin throw of 70.46m, breaking the Games record.

Ri Sung-geum, weightlifting (North Korea): She set three new world records in the 49kg category and became the first woman to win three consecutive weightlifting golds at the Asian Games.

In another context, controversy is still raging in Portugal over Cristiano Ronaldo's crisis with coach Jorge Jesus. After Ronaldo left the national team camp, the discussion moved to the future of his international career, which spanned more than two decades. Attempts continue behind the scenes to find a way out to preserve the player's legacy.

In the world of Formula 1, Max Verstappen achieved his first victory this season in the Bahrain Grand Prix, which was held in Malaysia due to unrest in the Gulf region. The race witnessed difficult weather conditions and a long delay, but Verstappen was able to take the lead ahead of Kimi Antonelli and Lewis Hamilton.