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Saudi Minister of Sports Holds Talks with Chinese Counterpart, IOC Vice President 

Saudi Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz awards the medals to the winners of the race. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz awards the medals to the winners of the race. (SPA)
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Saudi Minister of Sports Holds Talks with Chinese Counterpart, IOC Vice President 

Saudi Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz awards the medals to the winners of the race. (SPA)
Saudi Minister of Sports Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz awards the medals to the winners of the race. (SPA)

Saudi Minister of Sports and Chairman of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz held talks in Hangzhou on Monday with China’s Minister of Sports, Chairman of the Chinese Olympic Committee and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Hangzhou Asian Games Gao Zhidan.

The officials discussed issues related to the 19th Asian Games Huangzhou 2022 that are underway and ways to boost cooperation to serve athletes and youth in their countries.

Prince Abdulaziz is heading the Saudi delegation participating in the Asian Games.

The talks were attended by Vice President of the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed, Chairman of the Saudi Esports Federation Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Ambassador to China Abdulrahman bin Ahmed Al-Harbi, and other officials.

Prince Abdulaziz also held talks with Vice President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Ng Ser Miang.

They tackled the latest developments in international sports and the upcoming Olympic Games, in Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028.

Later in the evening, Prince Abdulaziz crowned the winners of the 200m freestyle relay race at the Asian Games.

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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
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South Korea Expresses Regret after Its Athletes Introduced as North Korea at Opening Ceremony

Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)
Athletes of South Korea travel by boat along the Seine river during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Friday, July 26, 2024. (AP)

South Korea expressed regret that its delegation of athletes at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday was introduced as from rival North Korea and has demanded assurances from organizers the mistake will not happen again.

As the boat carrying South Korean athletes passed on the Seine, the announcer introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - the official name of North Korea - in French and English.

The announcer used the same introduction when the North Korean delegation passed.

South Korea's vice minister for sports and culture, Jang Mi-ran, who was in Paris, had requested a meeting with International Olympics Committee President Thomas Bach, the ministry said in a statement.

"We express regret that the country was introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games when the athletes of the Republic of Korea were entering," it said.

South Korea's National Olympic Committee immediately referred the incident to the Games' organizers and requested that the error will not be repeated.

South Korea's delegation includes 143 athletes competing in 21 events. North Korea, which is returning to the Games for the first time since Rio 2016, has sent 16 athletes.