Japan won four out of the five gold medals on offer here today as judo action continued at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) President Kenneth Fok has expressed his confidence that esports will become an official medal event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, despite Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) director general Husain Al Musallam warning it needs a single International Federation before it can be included.

Japan won three of the four gold medals available as the first skateboarding competition in the history of the Asian Games concluded here today at Jakarta Palembang 2018.

Bahrain's Nigerian born sprinter Edidiong Odiong won the women's 200 metres here at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium to complete the Asian Games sprint double, as Japan's Yuki Kioke won an incredibly close men's 200m final.

Four members of the Japanese men's basketball team that were kicked out of the squad and sent home from the Asian Games here after they allegedly paid for sex have been handed 12-month suspensions.

Iranian weightlifter Behdad Salimikordasiabi has announced his retirement having made it three successive Asian Games gold medals in the men's over-105 kilograms category here at Jakarta Palembang 2018.

China claimed both gold medals on offer as diving action begun here this evening at the 2018 Asian Games.

It has been a day of clean sweeps at the Asian Games today as in three different sports - kurash, table tennis and diving - all of the gold medals on offer were won by the same country.

Hosts Indonesia increased their gold medal tally to 22 at the 2018 Asian Games after dominating the pencak silat and sport climbing events here in Jakarta and Palembang today.