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The calendar for the Games has been updated on Wikipedia. Group stage, quarterfinal and semifinal matches in men’s basketball all take place before the opening ceremonies with the final match scheduled for the day after the Games opens.

From the official site of the 2026 Asian Games. Daily Schedule for the Games https://www.aichi-nagoya2026.org/files/common/0109競技スケジュール/アジア競技大会競技デイリースケジュール.pdf Session Schedule for the Games https://www.aichi-nagoya2026.org/files/common/0109競技スケジュール/アジア競技大会セッションスケジュール.pdf No English version available yet. Hopefully one will come out soon.

Malaysia pencak silat team attacks referee for favoring hosts Thailand at SEA Games https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/other-sports/malaysia-pencak-silat-team-attacks-referee-for-favoring-hosts-thailand-at-sea-games-4994556.html Thailand apologizes to Vietnam after SEA Games bowling replay controversy https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/other-sports/thailand-apologizes-to-vietnam-after-sea-games-bowling-replay-controversy-4994580.html Thai esports athlete expelled from SEA Games for cheating during Arena of Valor match https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/sea-games-thai-cheating-tokyogurl-naphat-warasin-expelled-arena-valor-video-game-esports-5614876 It’s the news items like these that really make the SEA Games so much more interesting.

SEA Games 2025: Where are the fans? Empty seats a bummer at events in Thailand https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-2025-where-are-the-fans-empty-seats-a-bummer-at-thailand-sea-games?ref=top-stories

Singapore hurdlers’ national records annulled after technical glitch https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/sea-games-2025-singapore-hurdlers-national-records-annulled-after-technical-glitch?ref=most-popular Bad news not only for the Singaporeans but also for the Thais. Joshua Atkinson’s time of 45.13 in the men’s 400 meters was the fastest in the event by a Southeast Asian athlete since 1984.

Puripol Boonson seizes home men's 100m sprint gold after going sub-10 seconds in heats https://www.olympics.com/en/news/sea-games-athletics-mens-100m-final-results-puripol-boonson First Southeast Asian to go under ten seconds in the 100 meters.

It’s the Southeast Asian Games. So it’s best to keep our expectations as low as possible.

Cambodia quits SEA Games in Thailand amid deadly border clashes https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3335854/cambodia-pulls-entire-delegation-sea-games-thailand

Jimmy Mariano basketball. 84 years old. Member of the Philippine men’s basketball team at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Flag bearer for the Philippine delegation at those Games.

Only saw this article today. Really getting rusty. 10 SEA Games events moved to Bangkok after Songkhla flooding https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sport/sea-games-songkhla-flood-hat-yai-events-relocated-bangkok-5495171

Cambodia pulls out of eight sports at Thai SEA Games over ‘safety’ as border row simmers https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/cambodia-pulls-out-of-eight-sports-at-sea-games-over-safety

The Singapore gymnast who competed in a world final while taking her O-Levels

They moved things around for Michael Johnson back in 1996 and I don’t recall anyone making a fuss about it in or outside the US.

You’re referring to the 2027 Winter University Games. For a while there, I thought the original host of the Summer Games, Chungcheong Province, Korea, had backed out.

That rule has been in place a long time. If you look at the results of previous Asian Games in bowling or shooting, you’d see third place athletes being deprived of their medals because of the no clean sweep rule.