15 November,2010 01:19 PM IST | | Agencies
Cricket was assured of its place in the 2014 Asian Games programme on Monday despite fears the sport would be axed.
"It has been discussed and it has been accepted that cricket will be part of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon," said Olympic Council of Asia president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah.
Cricket is making its debut at the Games here, but organisers of the Incheon event wanted it chopped from the programme, along with karate, as part of a drive to limit the number of sports to 35.
That would be made up of the 28 Olympic Games sports and seven which reflect the sporting culture of Asia's five zones.
