KUALA LUMPUR: With less than a week to go before the Asian Games come to an end on Oct 4, the medal standings show two very different pictures.

NAGOYA: The national track cycling squad will be looking to give long-serving John Beasley a special performance when they begin competing at the Izu Velodrome tomorrow.

NAGOYA: India badminton medallist H.S

NAGOYA: Asian junior champion Albert Delos Santos immersed himself in weightlifting after the death of his father-coach Alvin, turning to the sport they shared as a refuge from grief.

AICHI: A victory over Japanese duo Takuro Hoki-Yugo Kobayashi has injected confidence into national mens doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani as they continue their quest for a medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

NAGOYA: Japan have been progressing steadily near the halfway stage of the Asian Games, the hosts head of mission said, but they are also drawing inspiration from behemoth China, who breached the 100-gold mark at the Aichi-Nagoya Games on Saturday.

NAGOYA: Japanese wunderkind Shin Ohashi followed in the slipstream of Chinas Yu Zidi to become the latest teenage sensation to set the Asian Games pool alight on Thursday, shattering the mens 200 metres breaststroke world record.

NAGOYA: International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry called the shipping container-style huts for Asian Games athletes beautiful on Sunday but conceded they were a little tighter than similar accommodation at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

KUALA LUMPUR: Rachel Arnold's fine run at the Qatar Classic ended in the quarter-finals in Doha today.

KUALA LUMPUR: India's Abhay Singh, who has emerged as a threat to Malaysias defending champion Ng Eain Yow at next months Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, won the US$15,000 Tuanku Muhriz Trophy in Seremban today.