KUALA LUMPUR - Asian Games organizers are poised to switch the quadrennial event from 2018 to 2019 to avoid clashing with the Commonwealth Games in the future.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia's (OCM) general secretary told Friday's Malaysian Star newspaper that the decision had been taken by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

"The council decided the Asian Games should not be held the same year as the Commonwealth Games because it did not benefit the athletes," Sieh Kok Chi said.