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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

At 17, Dipanshi is about to walk onto the biggest stage of her fledgling wrestling career after nailing the Asian Games squad without competing in a single senior-level tournament, but the teenager's perspective on life goes well beyond the mat. It was only after her selection for the continental event in March that she got a taste of senior-level competition at UWW Ranking Series in Budapest, where she finished 10th in July. The three-time Asian championship gold medallist will represent India in the 50kg category without experience, a leap that could appear daunting for most young wrestlers but one that Dipanshi is embracing with curiosity rather than apprehension. For her, wrestling is only one chapter of a much larger story. "Wrestling is a part of our journey. We have to face a lot of things in life. It is very important to be a good person in life," Dipanshi told PTI in an interview ahead of the Asian Games. "Our coach has taught us that wrestling is a part of life, it is a

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

India enjoyed a productive day on the squash courts at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games here on Thursday, with Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani advancing to the singles quarterfinals, while Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar also making the mixed doubles last-eight. 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. Tanvi then joined her teenage compatriot in the quarterfinals after beating Singapore's Wai Yhann Au Yeong 3-1 (5-11, 11-4, 11-5, 13-11) in 39 minutes. The results set up an all-Indian women's singles quarterfinal between Anahat and Tanvi. Unlike last edition, semifinalists are not assured of a guaranteed medal in the squash singles competition. There will be a third-fourth classification match between the two losing semifinalists for the bronze. In the men's singles, Abhay Singh produced a commanding display to beat Sri

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

Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu face a stern test after being handed challenging draws, while defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got a relatively favourable route to the semifinals as the focus shifts to the individual competitions following the team championships at the Asian Games, beginning here on Friday. 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. It was a 1-3 loss to China in the semifinals which saw India settle for a bronze on Wednesday. The loss can be attributed to the failure of the singles player as both Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty lost their respective matches. It was a similar story in women's team championships as PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda came a cropper against Japanese counterparts in the quarterfinals to return without a medal. The single stars will have to quickly recover from the disappointment and regroup as they trai

Asiad 2026: Dilpreet hits hat-trick as India extend win streak with 8-1 win

In-form striker Dilpreet Singh fired a hat-trick to hand the Indian men's hockey team a comfortable 8-2 win over Korea and all but assure its place in the semifinal of the Asian Games here on Thursday. It was India's third consecutive win, keeping them at the top of pool A. India had earlier thrashed Indonesia 13-1 and Sri Lanka 16-1 in their opening two pool matches. Dilpreet (10th, 26th, 32nd minutes) continued his impressive form and scored three fine field goals, while Abhishek (15th, 38th) struck a brace. Shilanand Lakra (4th), skipper Harmanpreet Singh (11th) and Rajinder Singh (60th) were the other goal getters for India. Korea's goals were scored by Kim Jae Ho (42nd) and Kim Yong Bok (52nd). Defending champions India will next play hosts Japan on Saturday. The Indians started on an aggressive note and never let Korea settle down. It took just four minutes for India to take the lead through Shilanand, who tapped in an incredible aerial ball into the box from vice-captain H

Asiad 2026: Anantjeet-Parinaaz deliver historic skeet mixed-team bronze

Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal gave Indian skeet another reason to celebrate on Thursday, shooting their way to a historic bronze - India's first-ever Asian Games medal in the mixed team event - after overcoming a nerve-wracking final made even trickier by gusty winds. The bronze completed a remarkable three-medal burst for Indian skeet in just two days, an unprecedented haul for a discipline that has long lived in the shadow of trap and double trap. It also brought some much-needed cheer to the shooting contingent on a day when the pistol campaign stumbled again, with the men's 10m air pistol team failing to put a single shooter into the final and returning empty-handed. For Anantjeet and Parinaaz, there was more to the medal than its colour. Anantjeet, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmed Khan had taken the men's team bronze on Wednesday before Parinaaz, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan added the women's team bronze later that day. Twenty-four hours on, Anantjee

Asiad 2026: Knee injury ends boxer Sumit's campaign in round of 16

Indian boxer Sumit suffered a heartbreak as he was forced to concede his men's 70kg pre-quarterfinal bout against Iraq's Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan following an injury at the Asian Games here on Thursday. The 23-year-old from Haryana was leading after the first two rounds but seemed to suffer a knee injury after coping a punch and falling awkwardly in the third round and was unable to continue. The referee stopped the contest, handing the win to his opponent. Sumit had beaten Thailand's Bunjong Sinsiri 5-0 in his opening bout. Among others in fray, Sakshi will face Kazakhstan's Alua Balkibekova in the women's 65kg round of 16, while Parveen will take on Tajikistan's Malika Nozimova in the same round.

Asiad 2026: India's Bhavani and Shreya bow out in fencing in round of 16

India's fencing campaign at the Asian Games ended without a medal as C A Bhavani Devi and Shreya Gupta were eliminated in the women's individual sabre event here on Thursday. Bhavani, India's first fencer to compete at the Olympics, advanced to the round of 16 after defeating Mongolia's Oulen Tugsjargan 15-8 in the round of 32. However, the 32-year-old Indian ran into a tough opponent in China's Rao Xueyi and went down 5-15 in the pre-quarterfinals. Rao, the silver medallist at the 2026 World Championships, took control early and led 8-2 at the end of the first period before completing a comfortable victory. Shreya, meanwhile, received a direct passage to the round of 16 after finishing third in Pool 2 but could not make further progress, losing to South Korea's Jeon Ha-young. Bhavani had finished fourth in Pool 4 to enter the knockout stage, while Shreya's third-place finish in Pool 2 also secured her passage. In the women's foil, Mina Devi Naorem and Ashitha Stalinraj Joys had

Asian Games 2026: YES Bank launches nationwide campaign for Team India

The bank's campaign for the Aichi-Nagoya Games includes a film airing in seven languages on more than 25 TV channels, alongside print, outdoor and digital advertising

Pune awarded hosting rights for UCI Road World Championships 2032

Pune will host the UCI Road World Championships 2032, bringing cycling's global showcase to India for the first time. The historic bid was a joint effort by the Government of Maharashtra and the Cycling Federation of India with the support of the Government of India, built around a shared vision to establish Pune as a global cycling destination. The decision was announced at the UCI Congress in Montreal, Canada, following Pune's final candidature presentation to the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). A senior delegation from the Government of Maharashtra was present in Montreal to champion Pune's candidature. Maninder Pal Singh, secretary general, Cycling Federation of India; and Onkar Singh former secretary general, Asian Cycling Confederation were also present. The candidature process culminated in a two-way race between Pune and Groningen/Drenthe, Netherlands, after Colombia and Mexico were eliminated. Pune's bid gained momentum following a three-member UCI inspection team's

Asiad 2026: Shafali says more medals, trophies will boost women's cricket

Star opening batter Shafali Verma believes Indian women's cricket is on an upward trend and will only grow with more medals and trophies. Shafali played an instrumental role in the women's team defending its gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan. Shafali was the top scorer at the Asian Games with 188 runs (an average of 188 and a strike rate over 200), which included a 49-ball century against Bangladesh in the semifinals. She played a useful innings of 40 runs against Japan in the quarterfinals and a sterling 48-run knock in the final against Sri Lanka. India decimated Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final, after crushing Bangladesh by 114 runs in the semifinals, and trounced Japan by eight wickets. "I am very happy that India won the gold medal and that the tricolour was flying high. The full team is so happy. The more medals we win and the more trophies we clinch, the more our women's cricket will grow. And that is why I am so happy about," Shafali told PTI upon return

Asiad 2026: Satnam-Salman secure India's maiden double sculls bronze

Rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan secured India's first ever men's double sculls medal at the Asian Games with a third-place finish here on Thursday, The Indian pair stayed in second place until the 1,500m mark before slipping to third in the final 500m, clocking 6:13.25 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course. China's Yi Xudi and Yide Nie won the gold medal with a timing of 6:09.37, while Uzbekistan's Pavel Sorin and Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov claimed silver after clocking 6:10.49. The Indian duo finished 3.88 seconds behind the gold medallists. Satnam, who had won a bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games in the men's quadruple sculls, thus added another Asian Games medal to his collection. Earlier, India narrowly missed out on another rowing medal when Balraj Panwar finished fourth in the men's single sculls final, clocking 6:54.80. Panwar stayed in second place at the 500m, 1,000m and 1,500m marks but slipped to fourth in the final 500m. China's Deng Zhiwei won the gold medal

Asiad 2026: Indian athletics mixed 4x400m relay team through to final

India qualified for the final of the mixed 4x400m relay at the Asian Games after finishing second in Heat 2 on Thursday. The Indian team comprising TS Manu, MR Povamma, Jay Kumar, and Kiran clocked 3:16.23 to finish behind China. The Indian quartet's timing was the fourth fastest time overall in the heats, behind Bahrain (3:15.73), China (3:15.97) and Vietnam (3:16.08). The eight-team final will be held later in the evening. The Indian team led second and third legs of the race but Kiran, who ran the anchor leg, was pipped by China towards the end. China finished on top, while UAE (3:17.00) managed third place. South Korea (3:18.66) also made it to the final from Heat 2. Bahrain, Vietnam, hosts Japan (3:16.52) and Philippines (3:19.68) qualified from Heat 1.

Asiad 2026: Joshna-Velavan through to mixed doubles quarterfinals

Veteran Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals at the Asian Games after beating fellow Indians Suraj Chand and Shameena Riaz in straight games, here on Thursday. The Asian Championships bronze-medal winning Indian pair defeated Suraj-Shameena 11-7 11-10 in the all-Indian last-16 clash. The Indian duo will next face the Philippines' David Pelino and Jemyca Aribado in the quarterfinals on Friday. Later in the day, Tanvi Khanna will take on Singapore's Au Yeong Wai Yhann, while Anahat Singh will face Singapore's Au Yeong Wai Iynn in their respective women's singles pre-quarterfinals. In the men's singles, Abhay Singh will face Sri Lanka's Ravindu Laksiri, while Veer Chotrani will take on Malaysia's Sanjay Jeeva.

Asiad 2026: India draw blank in canoe sprint as all four boats miss medals

India endured a disappointing day in canoe sprint at the Asian Games, here on Thursday with all four entries missing out on medals at the Miyoshi Lake Canoe Course near here. Raju Rawat and Philem Gyaneshwor Singh finished ninth and last in the men's canoe double 500m final, clocking 1:56.121s. The Indian pair finished 15.380 seconds behind gold medallists China's Wu Shengyue and Ji Bowen. Uzbekistan's Artur Guliev and Vladlen Denisov won silver in 1:42.878s, while Kazakhstan's Sergey Yemelyanov and Timofey Yemelyanov claimed bronze in 1:44.972s. India's men's kayak four finished seventh in the 500m final, with the quartet of Naocha Singh Laitonjam, Varinder Singh, Oinam Arun Singh and Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat clocking 1:28.982s. The Indians finished 6.395 seconds behind gold medallists South Korea, while China (1:22.842s) and Japan (1:25.909s) took silver and bronze respectively. In the women's kayak double 500m, Soniya Devi Phairembam and Parvathy Geetha failed to make the

Asiad 2026: Sreeja-Syndrela, Yashaswini-Diya, Shah advance in table tennis

Indian paddlers enjoyed a successful day at the Asian Games here on Thursday, with women's doubles pairs of Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das and Yashaswini Ghorpade-Diya Chitale advancing to the pre-quarterfinals. Manush Shah and Manav Thakkar also progressed in the men's singles. Sreeja and Syndrela cruised past Mongolia's Burenjargal Sanjaa and Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 12-10) in their second-round match. The Indians had a relatively comfortable outing in the opening two games before being pushed hard in the third. They eventually held their nerve to close out the match 12-10. In the last-16, Sreeja and Syndrela face a formidable Chinese combination in Kuai Man and Wang Manyu, who are World Ranked No. 2. The other Indian pair of Yashaswini and Diya also made comfortable progress, blanking Iran's Setayesh Iloukhani and Mahshid Ashtari 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-4). Yashaswini and Diya will next face China's Fan Shuhan and Chen Yi in their last-16. In men's singles, world number

Asiad 2026: India's shooting struggles deepen with no gold after five days

India's shooting struggles at the Asian Games deepened on Thursday as the men's 10m air pistol team, which is traditionally one of the country's strongest disciplines, drew a blank here. Kamaljeet, Aakash Bhardwaj and Kedarling Uchaganve all missed the eight-shooter final, leaving India empty-handed in an event in which the nation was expected to challenge for a medal. Kamaljeet came agonisingly close, finishing ninth with 580 -- just one point short of the qualification mark -- while Bhardwaj shot 579 to finish 11th. Kedarling endured a nightmare outing, finishing 35th with 568. India's combined score of 1727 was enough for fourth place, but Japan, who had trailed for much of the competition, seized their opportunity when Kedarling's scores began to dip sharply and surged into the bronze-medal position with 1730. It was another disappointing day for an Indian contingent that has now completed five days of shooting without a gold medal -- an unusual drought for the Asian powerhouse

Asiad 2026: Indian men's kabaddi team tops Group A to reach semifinals

Defending champions India stormed into the men's kabaddi semi-finals following a 3721 win over Chinese Taipei in their final Group A fixture here on Thursday. The victory was India's fourth consecutive in the group stage, where the side earlier defeated South Korea, Japan and Bangladesh to sign off unbeaten and be assured of at least a bronze . India dominated from the outset, taking a 2311 lead at half-time before maintaining their advantage in the second half, which they won 1410. India collected 28 points through successful raids, three bonus points and six points from all-outs. Since kabaddi became an Asiad sport in 1990, the Indian men's team has won nine medals, including eight gold, maintaining an unparalleled dominance in the sport. The record streak of golds was only disrupted in 2018 when the side ended with a bronze. The Indian women's team has also secured consecutive victories in the group stage, defeating Iran 3723 after beating Bangladesh in its opening match. The

Asiad 2026: Roshibina says selection controversy was not because of her

Elated that she could justify her controversy-mired inclusion with a second successive Asian Games silver, Indian wushu player Roshibina Devi refused to dwell on the accusations of unfair selection levelled by injured omitted player Divyanshi Choudhary, asserting that "what happened was not because of me". The 25-year-old Roshibina scored a hat-rick of medals at the continental showpiece as she had won a bronze in the 2018 edition. This time, her silver came following a 0-2 defeat to Zhang Xiaoyu of China in the women's 60kg final here on Thursday. "What happened was not because of me. It was the federation's decision. Whatever decision the federation (Wushu Association of India) took, I think it was a good decision," Roshibina said after the final bout. "I will ignore it (the accusation). I just want to focus on my goal," said the player from Manipur Divyanshi, who had beaten Roshibina in the Asian Games trials in Srinagar in June, was dropped from the squad after an ACL injury. S