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Pakistan advance to Asian Games cricket semi-finals after rain washes out Hong Kong clash
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- Sep 28, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC
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Asian multi-sport event
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million residents in a 1,114-square-kilometre (430 sq mi) territory, Hong Kong is the fourth-most densely populated region in the world.
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Cricket heavyweights India and Pakistan advanced to the Asian Games semifinals without having to hit a ball on Monday after rain forced organizers to abandon two scheduled quarterfinal matches. Defending champion India advanced over Afghanistan, and Pakistan advanced over Hong Kong in results determined on the basis…
Rain washed out the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men’s cricket quarter-finals without a ball bowled, sending Sri Lanka and Bangladesh through to the semi-finals. Sri Lanka will face India; Bangladesh, missing Najmul Hossain Shanto due to fever and infection, will play Pakistan Thursday. A sports director lamented a year…