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Asian Games: Neeru-Kynan team snares trap mixed team shooting gold

The Indian pair of Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai clinched the gold medal in the trap mixed team event of the Asian Games here on Wednesday, also smashing the continental record in the process. The Indian team shot a score of 34 in the final after qualifying in the fourth position. Qatar's Mohammed Al-Rumaihi and Ray Bassil took the silver with a score of 32. The previous Asian record of 30, which was in Qatar's name, was set only this year in January. China's Qi Ying and Sun Yunong ended with bronze after firing a score of 23. The medal marks a remarkable end to the Asian Games campaign of the 26-year-old Neeru, who became India's first woman shooter to claim an individual trap medal at the showpiece with her gold with an Asian record on Tuesday.

Asiad 2026: India win mixed compound gold, book Los Angeles Olympics berth

Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav beat South Korea 20-19 in a shoot-off after a 157-157 tie to retain the compound mixed team title and secure a berth at the Los Angeles Olympics

Asiad 2026: India women equal world record to win compound archery gold

India beat China 238-234 to retain women's compound archery team gold at Asian Games 2026, equalling the world record as Jyothi and Prithika shoot perfect 80s

Asiad 2026: India win women's 4x400m gold, extend athletics gold run

The result meant India continued a run of winning at least one athletics gold at every Asian Games since 1998; Hiroshima 1994 remains the last edition in which India did not win an athletics gold

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 10: Esha, Gulveer shine as India's medal tally rises to 53

India's Gulveer Singh became the first Indian athlete after 40 years to win three medals in track and field events in a single Asian Games edition

Asiad 2026 Sept 30: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India will have several medal opportunities on Day 11, with archery, wrestling, cycling, judo and boxing among the key events

Asiad 2026: India's wrestling contingent, full schedule, streaming in India

2024 Paris Olympics medallist Aman Sehrawat will once again be India's leading medal prospect at Asian Games 2026 at Aichi-Nagoya

Asiad 2026: Parveen Hooda, Ankush Panghal reach boxing gold bouts

Indian boxers Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal stormed into the gold medal bouts of their respective weight categories with semifinal wins at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. Parveen defeated China's Li Shu 5-0 in the 65kg semifinal, before Ankush came from behind to out-punch reigning 75kg world champion Uzbekistan's Fazliddin Erkinboev 4-1 to book his place in the 80kg summit clash. With the win, Parveen, whose bronze medal from the previous edition was taken away after the International Testing Agency (ITA) suspended her for 22 months for a whereabouts failure, has now surpassed her performance at Hangzhou. She has also become only the third Indian female boxer to reach the final after legendary MC Mary Kom, who won the title in 2014, and Lovlina Borgohain, who clinched silver in the previous edition. Indian boxers have already bettered their four-medal haul from the previous edition, with six pugilists securing medal-round entries here. Last edition's bronze medallist Narender

Asiad 2026: India secure women's trap team silver, men finish sixth

Indian women shooters bagged a silver in the trap team event, while the men endured a disappointing sixth-place finish at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The trio of Neeru Dhanda (118), Aashima Ahlawat (106) and Manisha Keer (104) finished with a combined total of 328 to finish second behind gold medallists China (346) in the women's event. The Chinese team comprised Liu Shanshan, Sun Yunong and Zhu Jingyu. Kuwait's trio of Alhawal Shahad, Abdulmalik Hajar and Alhawal Sarah bagged the bronze medal with a combined total of 325. Neeru also qualified for the eight-shooter final after finishing joint-top alongside Qatar's Ray Bassil with a score of 118, which was a Games qualification record. Ahlawat and Keer finished 16th and 23rd respectively in the individual event. The Indian men's trap team finished a disappointing sixth among 10 teams. However, Shapath Bharadwaj qualified for the final after finishing eighth. The 24-year-old from Meerut prevailed in a shoot-off for the last

Asiad 2026: Dhakshineswar, Sumit advance to tennis singles pre-quarters

Indian tennis players Dhakshineswar Suresh and Sumit Nagal made winning starts in their men's singles campaigns at the Asian Games, albeit in contrasting styles, securing places in the pre-quarterfinals here Tuesday. India's rising star Dhakshineswar got the better of Indonesia's Gunawan Trismuwantara 7-5 7-6(2) in his second round, while Nagal got past South Korea's Seongchan Hong 6-4 6-0 in his rain-interrupted match. Dhakshineswar, who received a bye in the opening round, held his nerve in a closely fought contest to seal the match in one hour and 25 minutes. It turned out to be a closer than expected contest as there is a huge gulf between the ranking of the two players. While the Indian is ranked 364, Trismuwantara is placed outside 2000. Dhakshineswar will also feature in the men's doubles later in the day, partnering Yuki Bhambri. Meanwhile, Nagal, who lost both his Davis Cup matches in Seoul, finally managed to beat a Korean. His match lasted three hours and four minutes,

Asian Games 2026: List of India's medal winners; updated medal tally

Check the full list of India's medal winners at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya across events here

Asiad 2026: Neeru becomes first Indian woman to win gold in trap shooting

Dhanda entered the individual final after finishing joint top of the qualification standings with Qatar's Ray Bassil. Both shooters recorded 118

Asiad 2026: Vithya breaks PT Usha's record to win 400m hurdles bronze

India's Vithya Ramraj clinched a bronze medal in the women's 400m hurdles event at the Asian Games here on Monday, clocking a personal best of 54.75 seconds to break a more than four-decade-old national record created by the legendary P T Usha. The 28-year-old from Coimbatore finished behind UAE's Mariam Kareem, who won gold with a Games record 54.31 seconds, and Kazakhstan's Adelina Zems, who took silver with a personal best of 54.58sec. Ramraj bettered Usha's 55.42sec effort that came in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Usha is currently heading the Indian Olympic Association and is in attendance at the Games. It was the second medal at this edition of the Games for Ramraj following the silver in the 4x400m mixed relay event. India's Anu Raghavan finished fifth. She recorded a personal best of 55.88 seconds. Earlier, Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Seema Kaliramna's personal best effort was not enough as she finished fourth in the women's discus throw final. Seema produced

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

The Indian women's squash team blanked Iran 3-0 in its last group-stage match to progress to the quarterfinals at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. Starting the proceedings, Tanvi Khanna was declared the winner after her opponent Narges Soltani retired while trailing 5-11, 0-3 in the first singles. 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. In the third singles, veteran Joshna Chinappa, who also won a bronze in the mixed doubles event, prevailed 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-9) over Najmeh Boushehrizadeh to complete the 3-0 win. India had defeated both China and Japan in their first two matches of Pool C. India thus finished at the top of the table. They will face Singapore in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

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

The Indian men's cricket team will face Sri Lanka in the semifinals of the Asian Games after the island nation's quarterfinal against Nepal was abandoned due to inclement weather here on Tuesday. 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. There has been consistent rain in Nagoya over the past few days, leading to all four quarterfinals, including India's, being washed out. The second semifinal will be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Both semifinals are set to take place on Thursday. The Indian men's team, led by Shreyas Iyer, is yet to play a game at the Korogi Sports Park, which also hosted the women's competition won by Harmanpreet Kaur and Co.

Asiad 2026: Bommadevara, Chauhan through to recurve archery quarterfinals

Indian archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan progressed to the men's recurve quarterfinals with impressive wins at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. While Chauhan stunned South Korea's 22-year-old Kim Je Deok, a three-time Olympic gold medallist, 6-4 (30-28, 29-29, 29-30, 29-29, 29-27) in the men's individual 1/8 elimination round, Bommadevara outwitted Chinese Taipei's Cheng Hsiang-Hui 6-2 (29-27, 27-28, 30-28, 29-28) in the other pre-quarterfinals. Bommadevara will face Uzbekistan's Amirkhon Sadikov, while Chauhan is pitted against Bhutan's Lam Dorji next. Earlier, Bommadevara defeated Girvin Cullen Nigel Garcia of the Philippines 6-0 (30-26, 29-28, 28-26) in the elimination 1/16 round, while Chauhan beat Indonesia's Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla 6-4 (28-29, 28-29, 30-27, 26-25, 28-27). In women's recurve individual, Kirti and Kumkum Mohod Anil will be in action later in the day.

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