The 20th Asian Games 2026 gets underway on 10 September in the Japanese city of Nagoya and the wider Aichi region \u2013 and beIN SPORTS (\u201cbeIN\u201d), the leading sports broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), will deliver more than 1,700 hours of live, exclusive coverage across a bouquet of 16 channels, spanning 25 consecutive days from first preview to closing ceremony.<\/p>\n
Up to 10,000 athletes will compete across 461 events in 43 sports at this year\u2019s Games, which officially run from 19 September to 4 October, with competitive action beginning nine days before the opening ceremony. Alongside traditional disciplines such as track and field, swimming, and gymnastics, five new sports join the line-up. Padel, mixed martial arts, surfing, freestyle BMX, and teqball will all make their Asian Games debut in Japan.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Al Bader, Managing Director of beIN Channels \u2013 MENA, said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThe Asian Games is the continent\u2019s largest sporting competition, and we are proud to provide MENA viewers with comprehensive studio and on-the-ground coverage once again. beIN SPORTS is fully committed to showcasing the very best of talent from across Asia. We look forward to broadcasting more than 1,700 hours of coverage over the next few weeks with a special focus on the 1,000-plus Arab athletes expected to take part.\u201d<\/p>\n beIN\u2019s live coverage begins on 10 September with select games featuring Arab teams, building towards the Opening Ceremony on 19 September, with studio coverage starting at 09:00 MECCA and broadcast free-to-air on beIN SPORTS.<\/p>\n From 20 September, beIN will deliver up to around 100 hours of live coverage each day across beIN SPORTS 1-9, beIN SPORTS XTRA channels, and beIN SPORTS English 1 and 2. This will be complemented by a daily live multi-sports studio programme that will run from 09:00 to 15:00 MECCA, broadcast free-to-air on beIN SPORTS and beIN SPORTS NEWS.<\/p>\n Four on-the-ground reporters across Aichi-Nagoya will bring viewers closer to the action, while a daily hour-long highlights programme and a feature-length review following the Games will round off the most comprehensive Asian Games coverage in the region.<\/p>\n Combining in-game coverage, exclusive interviews, and medal moments across the major sports, beIN will shine a spotlight on the 12 Arab nations and estimated 1,000 Arab athletes competing in Japan. Supplementary programming throughout September will include documentaries on previous Asian Games, profiles of Arab athletes, features from the beIN archives, and explainers on the rules and concepts of Asian sports.<\/p>\n On 4 October, as part of the official closing ceremony, Aichi-Nagoya will hand the hosting mantle to Qatar as attention turns to the Asian Games 2030. The multi-sport mega-event will return to Doha for the first time since 2006, with beIN broadcasting special features on both the country\u2019s celebrated first staging and preparations for the next.<\/p>\n beIN\u2019s digital platforms will elevate the experience further, with a dedicated Asian Games category on the network\u2019s official website and mobile app, daily posts, short-form videos, stories, and interactive content across its social channels, and timely alerts for key sports, Arab medals, and breaking news \u2013 ensuring fans never miss a moment.<\/p>\n For more information or to subscribe to beIN SPORTS, visit: bein.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 20th Asian Games 2026 gets underway on 10 September in the Japanese city of Nagoya and the wider Aichi region \u2013 and beIN SPORTS (\u201cbeIN\u201d), the leading sports broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), will deliver more than 1,700 hours of live, exclusive coverage across a bouquet of 16 channels, spanning […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26446,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26442\/revisions\/26446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}