Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 7, 2018: The Olympic Solidarity/Olympic Council of Asia Regional Forum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, came to a close at 12 noon on Monday following a series of presentations on the second morning.

During its first day of meetings, the IOC Executive Board (EB) approved seven venues for the football competition at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Kuwait, April 28, 2018: The Olympic Council of Asia has welcomed the news that the two Koreas are planning future cooperation following their historic summit on Friday, raising expectations of unified teams at upcoming events. The OCA Director General, Mr Husain Al Musallam, said this encouraging development paved the way for further progress in relations between the National Olympic Committees of DPR Korea and Republic of Korea.

After three days of intense competition (23-25 April), the 7^th South East Asian Karate Championship officially concludes at the Bac Ninh Stadium, (Bac Ninh city, Vietnam).

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has produced a new and specially formulated mathematics drill that is being incorporated in a supplementary mathematics textbook set to be deployed in elementary schools in Tokyo's Shibuya ward. Around 1,000 students at 18 schools are initially expected to use the new materials, which aim to promote children's learning through an interaction with sport. To mark their release, Tokyo 2020 today hosted a class using the new mathematics drill in Yoyogi Sanya elementary school in Shibuya, with the help of several Japanese Olympians.

April 17, 2018, Bangkok, Thailand

The Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) and the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) have signed a landmark partnership agreement covering the organisation of editions of the World Beach Games after 2019.