Saudi Arabia receives flag for hosting 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

New Delhi, Saudi Arabia has officially received the flag for hosting the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Riyadh in 2025 for the first time in its history. The announcement was made during the 44th Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly in India, attended by Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Musaed, Vice President of Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC), Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Baeshen, Secretary-General and CEO of SOPC, and other princes, ministers, and heads of national Olympic committees from Asia. The General Assembly approved the reappointment of SOPC President Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal as Vice President of the OCA for the Asian Games. It elected Prince Fahd bin Jalawi as Chair of the Education Committee for the second consecutive term. Also, the CEO of the Saudi Olympic Academy, Al-Batool Baroom, was appointed as vice chair of the Sport and Peace Committee, along with the appointment of other committee chairs within the OCA. Prince Fahd bin Jalawi, on behalf of Prince Abdulaz iz bin Turki, received the Games flag from OCA President Raja Randhir Singh, and a representative from Thailand. The assembly also saw Singh elected as OCA President for the next four years, making him the first official Indian president of the council after serving as acting president since 2021. The executive board, including the vice presidents and board members, were also elected. The General Assembly discussed several reports, most notably on the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (Riyadh 2025), the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, scheduled for February 2025, the 2025 Asian Youth Games in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya, capital of Japan's Aichi Prefecture, in 2026. Source: Bahrain News Agency