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The 20th Asian Games are being held in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya City, Japan.
โ 20th Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games medal rankings (26th)
Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze 1 China 107 41 28 2 Japan 31 49 49 3 South Korea 16 21 36 4 Uzbekistan 8 17 9 5 Kazakhstan 8 8 19 6 Thailand 8 7 9 7 Iran 7 14 7 8 Bahrain 7 2 2 9 North Korea 5 5 4 10 India 4 12 14 11 Hong Kong 4 11 14 12 Malaysia 4 1 7 13 Taiwan 2 5 17 14 Indonesia 2 4 17 15 Philippines 2 2 6 16 Qatar 2 2 1 17 Kuwait 2 1 2 18 Tajikistan 2 1 1 19 Singapore 1 5 3 20 Macau 1 4 1 21 Vietnam 1 1 16 22 Jordan
Myanmar 1 1 1 24 Saudi Arabia 0 2 5 25 Kyrgyzstan 0 1 3 26 Afghanistan
Iraq 0 1 2 28 Lebanon
Oman 0 1 1 30 Sri Lanka
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates 0 1 0 33 Cambodia
Pakistan 0 0 4 35 Nepal 0 0 2 36 Bangladesh
brunei
mongolia
Syria 0 0 1

Park Si-hoon ranked 12th in the men's shot put at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games track and field competition. Meanwhile, Kim Seo-yoon broke the Korean record for the first time in 23 years by recording 53.38 seconds in the women's 400m final, but finished in 4th place.

South Korea added three gold medals to its tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, with wins in men's sabre fencing, women's basketball, and esports. The country now holds 16 gold medals with eight days of competition remaining.

South Korea secured a spot in the baseball gold medal game at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games by defeating China 9-2. After an early deficit, South Korea's offense rallied with 14 hits to set up a final rematch against Japan.

North Korea's coach Ri Gwang-cheon, who lost 0-1 to Japan in the 2026 Asian Games men's soccer quarterfinals, expressed strong dissatisfaction with the referee's decision. The North Korean team caused an uproar by claiming a foul during Japan's winning goal, and Coach Lee criticized it for violating the spirit of fair play.

At the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the Korean men's saber team won its fourth consecutive victory, and the e-sports and women's basketball teams won gold medals. Korea currently ranks third overall with 16 gold medals.

The German Olympic Committee (DOSB) has finally selected Munich as a candidate city to host the next Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games. Munich was selected after competition from Cologne and the Rhine-Ruhr region, and aims to host the Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044.