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OCA Award of Merit to Turkmenistan President

15-12-2005
ASHKHABAD, December 16 (Itar-Tass) - Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov was awarded the Order of Honor of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Thursday...

Samsung Signature Ceremony

12–12-2005
Samsung one of the biggest electronics manufacturers in the world reinforced their association with the Asian Games in a ceremony held in Doha on 12th of December 2005...

3rd West Asian Games

01–12-2005
The third West Asian Games (WAG) being held in Doha until the 10th of December, were opened with a parade of athletes and a spectacular music and fireworks ceremony at Qatar Club’s...

23rd SEA Games

27–11-2005
The 23rd SEA Games were inaugurate with great fan fare on 27th of November by the President of Philippines Mrs. Gloria Arroyo.  The tow and half hour Opening Ceremony festivities were held at...

New Members of OCA Executive Board

23–11-2005
Mr. Manuel Silverio has been nominated by the Macao Olympic Committee to be the Vice President of the OCA ...
Maj. Genl. Charouck Arirachakran, Secretary General of the...

Women & Sports Committee Meeting 

12–11-2005
OCA Women & Sports Committee met at Hotel Imperial Queens Park hotel, Bangkok on November 12, 2005 wherein H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah attended the opening ceremony...

Unified team for Doha Asian Games

02-11-2005
The efforts of President OCA has borne fruit when it was announced in Macau during the ongoing East Asian Games that a unified team from...

The 4th East Asian Games 

29-10-2005

The 4^th East Asian Games began in spectacular Opening Ceremony at Macau stadium at 08:00pm of Saturday, 29 October 2005.

The Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China, Wu Yi...

2014 Asian Games

27-10-2005

The deadline for the submission of Bid for hosting the 16th Asian Games in 2014 is elapsed on June 30, 2005.  The NOCs of India and Korea submitted their bid for...

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Seminar in Women & Sports

28-09-2005
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in cooperation with Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) organized a seminar on Women Sports at Amer Hotel, Lahore ...

Chefs de Mission meeting for the 1st Asian Indoor Games

26-09-2005
Chefs de Mission meeting for the 1st Asian Indoor Games held at Hotel Radisson Bangkok on September 26 & 27, 2005.  38 NOCs have already confirmed their participation in this first ever edition of...

24th OCA General Assembly

09-09-2005
The 24th OCA General Assembly successfully concluded in Guangzhou (China) on 9th of September 2005.   The Assembly was presided over by HRH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, President of OCA. Mr. Huang Huang...

44th OCA Executive Board & Secretary Generals meeting

08-09-2005
The 24th General Assembly was preceded by the Annual meeting of the Secretaries General with the Director of Olympic Solidarity and the 44th OCA Executive Board Meeting which were held on ...

OCA Finance Committee

08-09-2005
The OCA Finance Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Feng-Shu Chang was held in Guangzhou on 8th of September 2005.  Also present in the meeting were Raja Randhir Singh, Secretary General OCA and...

24th OCA General Assembly

07-09-2005
H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President of OCA arrived in Guangzhou in the evening of 7th of September 2005.  He was received at the airport by a high level delegation from the Chinese...

OCA Sports Committee

07-09-2005
The OCA Sports Committee was held in Guangzhou on 7th of September 2005.  The meeting was chaired by Mr. Wei Jizhong and Raja Randhir Singh, Secretary General OCA was also present during the meeting...

18th Official Asian Games Fun Run in Oman

19-08-2005
Over three thousand people sprinted to the finish line outside the Municipality Amphitheatre in Salalah, Oman on Friday 19th August as part of the Official Asian Games Fun Run which celebrated sport in Asia and highlighted the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006.

The fun run took place to coincide with the first week of the annual Khareef Festival in the southern Oman city of Salalah which attracted over 209,000 people last year...

2nd Asian Indoor Games Coordination Committee Meeting

29-07-2005
The 2nd OCA Coordination Committee meeting with the organizing Committees of the 1st and 2nd Asian Indoor Games was held at the Imperial Queens Park Hotel, Bangkok on July 29th and 30th, 2005 ...

PRESS RELEASE 2014Asian Games 

30-06-2005
The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of India submitted the bids to host the 17th Asian Games in the year 2014.  The deadline for the submission of the bids expired on 30th of June 2005 ...

PRESS RELEASE 2014 Asian Games 

29-06-2005
The National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of Republic of Korea submitted the bids to host the 17th Asian Games in the year 2014.  The deadline for the submission of the bids expired ...

17th Official Asian Games Fun Run in Indonesia

19-06-2005
Over five hundred children sprinted to the finish line at Jakarta National Monument Park on Sunday 19th June as part of the Official Asian Games Fun Run which celebrated sport in Asia and highlighted ...

16th Official Asian Games Fun Run in Myanmar

11-06-2005
Over six hundred children sprinted to the finish line at Youth Training Centre Stadium on Saturday 11th June as part of the Official Asian Games Fun Run which celebrated sport in Asia and highlighted ...

The 5th Coordination Commission Meeting

05-06-2005
The 5th Coordination Commission Meeting between the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and The Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC) was held in Doha on 5 June 2005, at the Doha Sheraton...

15th Official Asian Games Fun Run in Sri Lanka

04-06-2005
Over three hundred children sprinted to the finish line at Independence Square in Colombo on Saturday 4th June as part of the Official Asian Games Fun Run which celebrated sport in Asia and highlighted the...

14th Official Asian Games Fun Run

29-05-2005
Some 200 runners participated in the Asian Games Fun Run held at Lake Gardens, a beautiful, botanical park in the centre of Kuala Lumpur.  The run, which took place early Sunday morning, 29th May 2005, was ...

13th Official Asian Games Fun Run in Kuwait

28-05-2005
Hundreds of school children took part in a fun run held on Saturday the 28th of May 2005 at the Qadsiya Club organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and the Kuwait Olympic Committee to publicize ...

Press Conference

28-05-2005
President OCA also held a Press Conference immediately after the Fun Run.  The Press Conference was attended by Mr. Abdulla Al-Qahtani, Director General Doha Asian Games Organizing committee (DAGOC)...

Visit of BAIGOC delegation

28-05-2005
Maj. Genl. Charouck Arirachakran, Secretary General NOC of Thailand and Bangkok Asian Indoor Games Organizing committee (BAIGOC) led a high ranking delegation to Kuwait to discuss with the OCA ...

Visit of President Pakistan Olympic Association

28-05-2005
President OCA H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah and Mr. Muttaleb Ahmad, Director General OCA also met separately Lt. Genl. Syed Arif Hasan, President Pakistan Olympic Association and discussed with him the ...

12th Official Asian Games Fun Run in Mongolia

09-04-2005
Over three hundred children from Ulaanbaatar sprinted to the finish line at Chinggis Khan Camp as part of the Official Asian Games Fun Run which celebrated sport in Asia and highlighted the 15th Asian Games Doha 2006...

Marketing Meeting

30-04-2005
The OCA also held a joint Marketing Meeting in Kuwait with DAGOC and its Marketing Agents Dentsu/Promoseven/AMS.   The Marketing meeting was Chaired by H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah President OCA...

OCA HQ Visits

30-04-2005
Iraq NOC : H.H. Sheikh Ahmad, President OCA also welcomed in Kuwait the President of Iraq NOC Mr. Ahmed Al Sammarai and discussed with him the ongoing development of sports in Iraq...

OCA HQ Visits

30-04-2005
Raja Randhir Singh Secretary General, OCA visited the OCA headquarter in Kuwait on 30th April 2005, in one of his regular visits, and met with H.H. Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah...

Visit of President of Sakha Republic

16-04-2005
H.E. Mr. V. Shtyrov, President of the Sakha Republic visited the OCA Headquarters in Kuwait and met H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, President OCA and Mr. Muttaleb Ahmad, Director General OCA...

President KOC visits OCA HQ

16-04-2005
The newly elected President Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) Mr. Kim Jung-Kil along with the new Secretary General Mr. Kim Sang-Woo visited the OCA headquarters on 16th of April 2005...

Asian Indoor Games Coordination Committee Meeting

01-04-2005
The Meeting was held in Landmark Hotel Macao on 1st of April 2005, Chaired by Mr. Celso Dayrit, Vice President OCA. The other members of the Coordination Committee were ...

President OCA visits Doha 

29-03-2005
H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President OCA visited Doha, the site of the 15th Asian Games on 29th March 2005 and inspected the various venues and the Athletes Village for the Games...

OCA West Asian Regional Forum

18-03-2005
The West Asian Regional Forum under the auspices of the OCA and Olympic Solidarity was held in Beirut on 18th and 19th of March 2005. Representatives from Member countries of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait ...

OCA Central Asian Regional Forum

16-03-2005 
The Central Asian Regional Forum under the auspices of the OCA and Olympic Solidarity was held in Ashgabad (Turkmenistan) on 15th and 16th of March 2005... 

11th Official Asian Games FUN RUN 2005 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

16-03-2005
Over three hundred children from Ashgabat, ran for 1.6 km, around the Kopentag Sports Complex Stadium, on 16th March 2005, for the Eleventh Official Asian Games Fun Run ...

1st Asian Indoor Games Invitation Handover Ceremony

24-02-2005
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in coordination with the Organizing Committee of the Ist Asian Indoor Games Organizing ...

South East Asia Regional Forum

17-02-2005
The South East Asia Regional Forum under the auspices of the OCA and Olympic Solidarity was held in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) on 17th and 18th of February 2005 at the Taj Mansingh Hotel ...

10th Official Asian Games FUN RUN 2005 in Ho Chi Minh ,Vietnam

17-02-2005
Over three hundred children from Ho Chi Minh city, ran for 2.5 km, which started in front of the City Opera House built in 1898, taking the children down Nguyen Hue- city centre’s main street ...

9th Official Asian Games FUN RUN 2005 in Paro, Bhutan

15-02-2005
Over three hundred children from Paro, ran for 2.3 km through Paro’s town centre  on 14th February 2005, for the ninth Official Asian Games Fun Run.  The Fun Run celebrates Sport in Asia and highlights ...

South Asia Regional Forum

12-02-2005
The South Asia Regional Forum under the auspices of the OCA and Olympic Solidarity was held in New Delhi on 12th and 13th of February 2005 at the Taj Mansingh Hotel ...

8th Official Asian Games FUN RUN 2005 in New Delhi, India

12-02-2005
Over three hundred children from New Delhi, ran at the Nehru Stadium  on 12^th February 2005, for the eighth Official Asian Games Fun Run.  The Fun Run celebrates Sport in Asia and highlights ...

43rd OCA EB Meeting

05-02-2005
The 43rd OCA Executive Board Meeting under the Chairmanship of H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President OCA was successfully concluded in Kuwait on 5th February 2005 ...

OCA Medical COMMITTEE sub commission MEETING

01-02-2005
Meeting of the OCA Medical Committee Sub Commission, OCA Anti Doping Commission and Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee were held in Doha (QAT) from February 1 – 2, 2005.  Meeting was chaired by ...

OCA RULES COMMITTEE MEETING

29-01-2005
The OCA Rules Committee met in Kuwait on 29th July 2005. The meeting was Chaired by Sheikh Talal Fahad Al-Sabah and all the 10 members were present.  Various important issues including the amendments to the OCA ...

MARKETING MEETING

16-01-2005
A Marketing Meeting Chaired by Mr. Muttaleb Ahmad, Director General OCA was held in Dubai on 16th of January 2005 between the OCA, DAGOC and the Marketing Agents ...

CONGRATULATIONS

15-01-2005
Mr. John Herb Perez, a staff member of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) got married and tied the scared know with Madam Reina in Sanfrancisco on 15th of January 2005 ...

OCA Contribution to the Relief Efforts in Asia 

02-01-2005
H.E. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah, President Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) stated that though we have all entered into the New Year of new beginnings and hope, yet our mind still lingers on the enormous tragedy that struck South of Asia and has caused unimaginable devastation and loss of lives ...