Cricket, karate retained for Incheon in 2014
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November 14, 2010, Sunday
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AN Olympic Council of Asia official says karate and cricket will be among the non-Olympic sports retained for the 2014 Asian Games program at Incheon, despite not being on the wish list of South Korean organizers.
The official, who declined to be named, said the OCA general assembly made the decision during a meeting in Guangzhou yesterday. The number of sports is being cut from 42 in Guangzhou to 35 for the next edition.
Incheon's original list of preferred non-Olympic sports included baseball, bowling, kabaddi, sepak takraw, softball, squash and wushu.
The official did not identify the other five sports which were included for 2014.
On Friday, OCA honorary life vice president Wei Jizhong had backed cricket's inclusion at Incheon by describing the sport as "very popular and influential in Asia."
Cricket made its Asian Games debut at Guangzhou and despite claims from organizers that the stadium was sold out, only roughly 500 spectators turned up at the 6,500-capacity Guanggong Cricket Stadium to watch the Chinese women beat Malaysia in the opening match. China scored 116 for six wickets from its 20 overs and then bowled out Malaysia for 61.
Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda was in favor of karate's inclusion at the 2014 Asian Games and pointed out there were 178 countries in the international federation.
Shin Yong-suk, the OCA vice president from South Korea, earlier said he believed there would be little interest in cricket in his country even in four years' time.
The official, who declined to be named, said the OCA general assembly made the decision during a meeting in Guangzhou yesterday. The number of sports is being cut from 42 in Guangzhou to 35 for the next edition.
Incheon's original list of preferred non-Olympic sports included baseball, bowling, kabaddi, sepak takraw, softball, squash and wushu.
The official did not identify the other five sports which were included for 2014.
On Friday, OCA honorary life vice president Wei Jizhong had backed cricket's inclusion at Incheon by describing the sport as "very popular and influential in Asia."
Cricket made its Asian Games debut at Guangzhou and despite claims from organizers that the stadium was sold out, only roughly 500 spectators turned up at the 6,500-capacity Guanggong Cricket Stadium to watch the Chinese women beat Malaysia in the opening match. China scored 116 for six wickets from its 20 overs and then bowled out Malaysia for 61.
Japanese Olympic Committee president Tsunekazu Takeda was in favor of karate's inclusion at the 2014 Asian Games and pointed out there were 178 countries in the international federation.
Shin Yong-suk, the OCA vice president from South Korea, earlier said he believed there would be little interest in cricket in his country even in four years' time.
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