An excellent year was capped off with a superb performance in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
But for many Southeast Asian sports fans, the Asian Games in December are still this year's main event.
Haider and Hamza have become the stars, winning several medals each in regional competitions like the Asian Games.
"I'm so happy and excited because this is the first medal for Iraq at the Asian Games, " he said.
And in December, the Asian Games are wowing crowds in Bangkok, again beating back the effects of the Crisis.
It was completed in 1984 and in 1985 staged the Asian Games as a shake down for the 1988 summer Olympics.
Indeed, Roel is the man to beat for the light-flyweight (up to 48 kilos) title at the Asian Games in Bangkok.
At the Asian Games, Korea's opponents may find out what that means.
Iraq's rowing success came after members of the Iraqi rowing squad spent a month preparing for the Asian Games in the United States.
DOHA, Qatar -- The Asian Games was struck by tragedy on Thursday as a South Korea competitor was killed during the three-day event equestrian competition.
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But now some officials are wondering if the boxing hero of 1996 can even get into shape for the Asian Games, let alone bring home a medal.
He has 14 days to request a 'B' sample and until 4 November to respond to the charges, and has pulled out of the Asian Games, citing injury.
The Scots have been warming up in the Dubai sunshine since 23 November, while Afghanistan reached the final of the Asian Games earlier this month, losing to Bangladesh.
This organisation is responsible for the Asian Games, and Sheikh Fand had promised financial support for Asian countries too poor to send teams to Beijing at their own expense.
The 19-year-old from China claimed victory having only arrived in England late on Friday night following his exploits at the Asian Games in Qatar, where he won three gold medals.
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Six veteran players have been dropped from the initial squad training for both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, and for the elite six-team Champions Trophy, in Lahore in October and November.
Private consultants, many of them British, have long worked on other globe-trotting events like the Commonwealth games, the Asian games, and football and rugby world cups, on contracts lasting from six months to years.
Some of the performance figures are subdued by comparison with the start of last year as Aggreko is not benefiting from the one-off gains from the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the build-up to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the Asian Games.
The city, however, lost its bid to organise the 2014 Asian Games and opted out of the race for the 2016 Olympics.
Fans are incensed that Indonesia hasn't won an international tournament since the Southeast Asian Games in 1991.
People who are intersex could also have the condition and not be aware of it, as was the case of Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan, who failed a gender test at the 2006 Asian games and was stripped of her medal.
But in the past few years, India's boxers have picked up medals at the Asian and Commonwealth Games and also at the World Championship, where Krishan won a bronze medal.
In modern times, skiing in China had been mostly invisible to the world until it hosted the Third Asian Winter Games in 1996 (well, even then).
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In addition to his Athens triumph, Taufik also won the 2005 world championships and 2006 Asian Games.
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Hockey has been an Asian Games staple since the first gathering in New Delhi, India, in 1951.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Udomporn Polsak became the first Thai woman to strike Olympic gold as Asian athletes enjoyed another medal-laden day at the Games.
She sees the Commonwealth Games - and possibly another Asian Games too - as run-ups to a full-scale Olympic bid, for which 2016 is the earliest date possible.
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