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Asiad 2026: Lakshya Sen crashes out after second-round defeat vs Loh Kean

The World No. 14 Sen went down 12-21 21-15 14-21 to the 2021 world champion, ranked 13th, in a battle lasting more than an hour at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium

Asiad 2026: India take team silver in women's 50m rifle 3P; Tilottama 4th

The Indian team aggregated 1763 to finish second on the podium. China claimed the gold medal with a games record 1773

Asiad 2026: India beat Iran 37-34 to defend gold medal in women's kabaddi

The victory also gave India their fourth women's kabaddi gold since the event was introduced at the Asian Games in 2010

Asian Games 2026HIGHLIGHTS Day 6: Gulveer, Baranica, Manpreet shine with athletics medals

India took their total medal tally to 23 with the help of 7 medals won on day 6, including one gold, two silver and four bronze medals

Asiad 2026 Sept 26: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India will have several confirmed medal opportunities on Day 7, with action across athletics, shooting, canoe sprint, squash and kabaddi

Asiad 2026: India women's hockey team notch fourth win with 3-1 win vs JPN

The Indians scored through Lalremsiami (5th minute), Ishika Chaudhary (30th) and Navneet Kaur (36th)

Asiad 2026: Diya Chitale, Manush Shah assure India of mixed doubles medal

Chitale and Shah defeated their opponents 3-1 (11-6, 13-15, 11-9, 11-5) to reach the semifinals, confirming the nation's first medal in table tennis at the ongoing edition

Asiad 2026: Three Indian swimmers reach finals, keep medal hopes alive

Prakash, competing in his last Asian Games, clocked 2:00.94 to qualify for the men's 200m butterfly final in sixth place

Asiad 2026: Indian shuttlers make winning start in individual events

Unnati defeated North Korea's Mi Song Yu 21-9 21-10 in a 30-minute contest to move into the second round

Asiad 2026: India's men's foil, women's epee teams exit in Round of 16

The men's foil team suffered a 27-45 defeat to Hong Kong, while the women's epee side went down 29-45 to Uzbekistan

Asiad 2026: Squash star Joshna reflects on playing at seventh Asian Games

Barely 10 days after turning 40, Joshna combined with Velavan Senthilkumar to be assured of a mixed doubles medal in the ongoing edition of the Asiad by progressing to the semifinals

Asiad 2026: Sachin reaches 60kg boxing quarterfinal; one win from medal

Sachin, now just one win away from a medal, will take on World Championships bronze medallist Shunsuke Kitamoto of Japan in the quarterfinal

Asiad 2026: Kamaljeet, Suruchi claim gold; India add 3P rifle silver

The Indian trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar then claimed the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team silver after logging 1762

Asiad 2026: India endure disappointing day in canoeing, medals unlikely

The men's kayak four qualified for the Final A but finished seventh, while the men's kayak double settled for third in Final B and the women's canoe double failed to qualify for the final

Asiad 2026: India's kabaddi teams storm into men's, women's finals

The women marched into the summit clash with a 48-24 triumph over Nepal before the men joined them with a 66-28 victory against Thailand in the last-four stage

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 5: Seema wins record bronze in women's 10000m; India medal tally- 17

India added five medals to their total tally on Day 5, including two silver and three bronze medals

Asiad 2026 Sept 25: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India will have seven confirmed medal opportunities on Day 6, with action across shooting, canoe sprint, weightlifting and athletics

Asiad 2026: Dipanshi set for senior leap with perspective beyond wrestling

The three-time Asian championship gold medallist will represent India in the 50kg category without experience

Asiad 2026: Anahat, Tanvi set up all-Indian q/f; Abhay, Veer advance

Junior world champion and medal favourite Anahat began her women's singles campaign with a 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-7) win over Singapore's Wai Iynn Au Yeong in just 19 minutes

Asiad 2026: Tough road for Lakshya, Sindhu; Satwik-Chirag eye another gold

India managed to secure back-to-back medals at the Asian Games after the men's team signed off with a bronze following a silver in the last edition at Hangzhou, China