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Asiad 2026: Archer Kumkum, 17, wins two golds and a silver in historic run

Two golds. One silver. All at 17. Kumkum Mohod's third medal at Asian Games 2026 is India's first-ever women's individual recurve medal - and it is gold, sealed with a 10-8 shoot-off win

Asiad 2026: India women end 44-year wait for hockey gold, beat China 1-0

Lalremsiami's 10th-minute strike and Savita Punia's penalty-stroke save helped India beat defending champions China 1-0, ending a 44-year gold drought and securing an LA 2028 berth

Asiad 2026 Oct 3: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India will have at least two confirmed gold-medal matches on Day 14 in the form of men's cricket and hockey finals

Asiad 2026: India wins 3 boxing gold medals; Sujeet claims wrestling gold

The six gold medals on day 13 also helped India move to 5th position in the overall medal tally

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 13: Six gold medals on the same day swell India's medal tally to 76

India won three gold medals in boxing and one gold medal each in archery, wrestling and hockey on day 13 of the Asian Games 2026

Asiad 2026: Parveen overcomes Chen in tense final to secure boxing gold

Parveen became only the third Indian woman boxer to win an Asian Games gold medal after MC Mary Kom and Lovlina Borgohain

Asian Games 2026: Lovlina joins Mary Kom with boxing gold on her birthday

Lovlina Borgohain beat China's Bao Ziyi 5-0 in the women's 75kg final on her birthday, ending India's 12-year wait for an Asian Games women's boxing gold since Mary Kom's 2014 triumph

Asiad 2026: Kumkum, Dhiraj win silver after tense recurve final vs China

Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara recover from a 0-4 deficit but lose the recurve mixed team final 3-5 as China's Li Mengqi strikes a 10 with the decisive final arrow

Asiad 2026: India stun South Korea for historic women's recurve team gold

India beat South Korea 5-3 to win their first Asian Games women's recurve team gold as 17-year-old Kumkum Anil Mohod seals victory with a perfect final arrow

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 12: Nitesh shines with silver in wrestling; India's medal tally- 64

India added five more medals to thier tally on October 1, including 2 silver and 3 bronze medals from sailing, wrestling, squash and archery

Asiad 2026 Oct 2: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India will have several medal opportunities on October 2, with archery, boxing, wrestling and hockey in focus

Hockey at Asiad 2026: Abhishek's late goal powers IND past PAK in s/f

Defending champions India survived a scare before Abhishek struck with just 45 seconds remaining to snatch a dramatic 4-3 victory over arch-rivals Pakistan and seal a place in the Asian Games hockey final here on Thursday. Harmanpreet converted two perfectly executed penalty corners in the 5th and 13th minutes, while Sukhjeet Singh scored a field goal in the 23rd minute. Abhishek scored the winning goal for India from a field play in the final minute of the game. Pakistan's goals were scored by Abu Mahmood (30th minute), Hannan Shahid (45th) and Waheed Rana (49th). The defending champions looked set for a comfortable semifinal win after captain Harmanpreet's brace and Sukhjeet Singh's field strike put them firmly in control. But a stunning second-half collapse allowed Pakistan to claw their way back as they scored three goals and push India to the brink of an embarrassing defeat before Abhishek's late strike rescued the contest. India, who had dominated the opening half, inexplica

India crush Sri Lanka by 124 runs, set up Asiad cricket final vs Pakistan

Ishan Kishan's unbeaten 80 powered India to 169/7 before Bumrah, Axar and Abhishek bowled Sri Lanka out for 45 in the semifinal

Asiad 2026: Ganesh Mani Ratnam wins bronze in men's compound archery

Indian compound archer Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru produced a commanding performance to win the men's individual bronze medal at the Asian Games here on Thursday. Ganesh, who was a part of the gold-winning men's team on Wednesday, defeated Vietnam's Cong Duc Dang 149-144 in the bronze medal playoff after bowing out of individual gold contention with a semifinal loss. It was perfect shooting from the 20-year-old Indian in the playoff as he was on mark in 14 out of his 15 shots. Ganesh had lost 144-148 to Kim Jongho of South Korea in the semifinal after he could not replicate his stupendous quarterfinal form. He trailed throughout in the last-four stage and eventually went down 29-30 29-30 29-28 29-30 28-30. Ganesh had defeated Chinese Taipei's Chieh-Lun Chen 148-138 in the quarterfinals earlier in the day at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square here. In that match-up, Ganesh won all the five series with scores of 29-28 29-28 30-29 30-26 30-27. He shot only two 9s, in the

Asiad 2026: Nitesh Siwach targets Greco-Roman gold, Mansi eyes bronze

Nitesh Siwach is now just one win away from giving India its first-ever Asian Games gold in Greco-Roman wrestling as he powered into the men's 97kg final with a dominant technical-superiority win, while Mansi Ahlawat will fight for a bronze in the women's 62kg here on Thursday. Sumit (60kg) and Aman Baroniya (77kg) were eliminated from the medal race, with both Greco Roman wrestlers falling in the quarterfinals. Nitesh, who has already secured India's best-ever Greco-Roman finish at the Asian Games, demolished Mongolia's Gankhuyang Ganbaatar by technical superiority (9-0) in the first three-minute period itself. The Asian championship silver medallist produced two four-point throws from the ground position to end the bout in emphatic fashion. No Indian has ever won a Greco-Roman gold at the Asian Games, and Nitesh now has the opportunity to achieve that feat. He will take on home favourite Yuri Nakazato. India have won only four bronze medals in Greco Roman style in Asian Games ..

Asiad 2026: India's Manu Francis, Kurisinkal Noble bag men's skiff silver

The Indian pair of Manu Francis and Kurisinkal Noble bagged the silver medal in the men's skiff opening race 9 of the Asian Games sailing competition here on Thursday. Francis and Noble combined for a total of 23 points after nine races and finished behind China, who totalled 16 points in the competition where the lowest total score wins the regatta. The Chinese team comprised Wen Zaiding and Liu Tian. Points in men's skiff sailing are decided by the finish position in each race and a first place brings in one point to the total. Skiffs are small light boats. The bronze in Thursday's competition went to Hong Kong, China's Akira Luke Sakai and Russel Aylsworth who ended with a score of 24.

Asiad 2026: India's women's squash team finishes with bronze medal

Tanvi Khanna scripted a stirring fightback but Anahat Singh's opening-match loss proved crucial as the Indian women's squash team signed off with a bronze medal after losing to Hong Kong 1-2 in the semifinals of the Asian Games here on Thursday. A lot rode on 18-year-old Anahat as India, already assured of a medal, hoped to better their Hangzhou 2022 show. However, the world No. 17 Indian squandered four match points to go down 2-3 (11-9 11-8 6-11 11-13 10-12) against world No. 25 Sin Yuk Chan in a thrilling opening match. World No. 73 Tanvi then scripted a fine comeback with a 1-3 (4-11 13-11 11-9 13-11) win over world No. 40 Ka Yi Lee to keep India's hopes alive in the three-match contest. However, veteran Joshana Chinappa, a former world top-10 player, suffered a straight-game loss to world No. 39 Ho Tze Lok. Up against Sin Yuk Chan, Anahat made a superb start, taking the first two games, and was leading 10-6 in the fourth game before squandering four match points to allow Sin t

Pakistan thrash India 3-0 in men's volleyball quarterfinal at Asiad 2026

Pakistan outplayed India 25-19, 25-23, 25-18 in the men's volleyball quarterfinal, dominating attack, block and digs to reach the semifinals

Asiad 2026 Oct 1 India full schedule, IND vs PAK match time, live streaming

India face Pakistan in volleyball and hockey knockouts, Sri Lanka in the cricket semifinal, while compound archers seek more gold after Wednesday's team sweep at Aichi-Nagoya

Asiad 2026: Gold rush for India! Archers win 3 golds, shooters 1 on Day 11

India win four golds on Day 11 of Asian Games 2026, sweeping compound archery team titles, securing an Olympic quota and setting an Asian record in mixed trap