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Some of the best athletes in the world are in Japan this week for the 2026 Asian Games, a multi-sport competition held every four years for countries in Asia.
This year’s Asian Games take place in Nagoya, located in the Aichi Prefecture in Japan, and Aichi–Nagoya 2026 makes the 20th edition of the event. Almost 20,000 athletes will compete for medals across 43 disciplines in Nagoya, including Filipino tennis star Alexandra Eala, Chinese Olympic swimming champion Pan Zhanle, Filipino Olympic gymnastics champ Carlos Yulo and the Indian men’s cricket team, who are the current title holders of the Twenty20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and Asia Cup.
How to Watch Asian Games 2026
A number of Asian broadcasters are airing the Asian Games live on TV and online through their respective streaming channels, including CCTV5 in China, RTM in Malaysia, MeWatch in Singapore and KBS and SBS in South Korea.
You can access all of those livestreams for free via a virtual private network like ExpressVPN. Download ExpressVPN (starting at just $2.99) and set your location to any of the countries above to watch an Asian Games live feed online for free.
Here in the U.S., viewers can also watch the Asian Games online and on television through Willow TV (available on Sling or Amazon Prime Video for just $10). Willow TV is best known for its international cricket coverage, but the streamer will also have hours of live coverage of the other sports as well. You can also access replays of past events.
Willow is available on its own through Prime Video, or as part of the Sling Desi Binge Plus package, which also includes access to Desi-themed series and movies on SonyLIV, Jio Cinema, Simply South and more. Sling has the package marked down to $10 for a limited time.
Both Sling and Prime Video let you watch the Asian Games online through Willow on your phone, tablet, computer or smart TV.
The 2026 Asian Games kicked off on Sept. 19 and run through Oct 4. For those wanting to watch Eala play, the women’s tennis tournament runs from Sept. 27 to Oct 3. Cricket, diving and athletics (track and field) are also among the sports still being contested this week.
The Asian Games come on the heels of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, which were held in July for athletes from nations across the British Commonwealth — I.e. countries that are currently or were formerly part of the British Empire.
