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Asiad 2026: Indian women sweep Iran 3-0 to reach squash quarterfinals

Anahat Singh, who won a silver in the individual event, then saw off Fereshteh Eghtedari 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-7) to give India an unassailable 2-0 lead

Asiad 2026: India to face Sri Lanka in men's cricket semifinals on Oct 1

Sri Lanka made it to the last four owing to their higher ranking. While they are placed ninth in the team rankings, Nepal are 14th

Asiad 2026: Bommadevara, Chauhan through to recurve archery quarterfinals

Bommadevara will face Uzbekistan's Amirkhon Sadikov, while Chauhan is pitted against Bhutan's Lam Dorji next

Athletics to Shooting: India's gold medal crisis deepens in Asiad 2026

India's medal tally rose to 45 after eight podium finishes on Monday, but gold remained at four. Athletics and shooting have won 31 medals between them and just one title

Asian Games 2026 Highlights: Murali, Yashvir shine as India add six athletics medals on Day 9

India won a total of eight medals on Monday to take their overall medal tally to 45 at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya

Asiad 2026: Yashvir wins silver, Rohit claims bronze in men's javelin final

Yashvir Singh set a personal best of 85.72m, and Rohit Yadav threw 84.35m as Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage won gold with 88.55m

Asiad 2026 Sept 29: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India will have several medal opportunities on Day 10, with shooting, boxing and athletics dominating the schedule

Asiad 2026: Esha Singh wins silver in 25m pistol; Manu finishes medal-less

The 21-year-old from Hyderabad, who is the reigning world number one, won three shoot-offs to be in contention for silver before being engaged in two more in the gold medal clash with China's Xiao Jia

Asiad 2026: Pincky Balhara claims bronze in women's kurash 78kg event

It is Balhara's second Asian Games medal, having won a silver in the women's -52kg category at the Jakarta Games in 2018 when this sports discipline made its debut at the Continental showpiece

Asiad 2026: Indian men and women teams make winning starts in squash

India's men were barely troubled as Suraj Chand, Veer Chotrani and Velavan Senthilkumar all registered comfortable wins to seal the tie in straight matches

Asiad 2026: Lovlina Borgohain advances to semifinal; assures medal

Competing in her first bout of the tournament, Lovlina out-punched Seong 5-0 to move into the last four stage and be assured of at least a bronze medal

Asiad 2026: India enters semis in cricket after rain washes out Q/F vs AFG

India will take on winners of the quarter-final between Nepal and Sri Lanka. If that match is abandoned, then Sri Lanka, by virtue of their higher ranking, will take on India in the semi-final

Asiad 2026: Parul wins bronze as India shines in athletics on Day 8

In the men's high jump, Sarvesh Kushare also led for a good part of the competition before surrendering the advantage to Chinese Taipei's Chao Hsuan-Fu

Asiad 2026: India remains unbeaten in women's hockey; to face Korea in S/F

Skipper Salima Tete (17th minute), Sunelita (22nd, 24th), Lalremsiami (26th), Rutuja Dadoso Pisal (29th), Nikki Pradhan (35th) and Deepika (55th) scored for India

Asiad 2026: Tejaswin Shankar bags bronze medal in men's decathlon

National record holder Shankar entered the second day at the top of the standings with 4,338 points after a strong opening day across the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m

Asiad 2026: Ancy Sojan bags long jump silver, Harita wins 200m bronze

Ancy recorded a best jump of 6.53m to finish behind Huang Yingying of China, who produced a late 6.55m jump to snatch gold

Asiad 2026: Anahat, Abhay finish with silver after Malaysian final defeats

Anahat, the first Indian to win the world junior title, was unable to mount a comeback like she did against world number six Satomi Watanabe of Japan on Saturday

Asiad 2026 IND vs AFG cricket: Nisshin weather & hourly rain forecast today

Rain and a soaked outfield have already washed out the first men's quarter-final at Korogi Sports Park. India's match faces a drier start but a wetter afternoon.

Asiad 2026 Sept 28 India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

Check India's Asian Games 2026 Day 9 schedule for September 28, featuring medal events, boxing quarter-finals, key athletes and complete timings in IST

Asian Games 2026 Day 8 highlights: India add seven medals, three more assured in boxing

India also confirmed three more medals in boxing, with Ankush, Parveen Hooda and Narender winning their respective quarterfinal bouts.