Page 7 - Latest Updates on Asian Games 2026

Asiad 2026: India miss out on bronze in 10m air pistol team event

The Indian men's 10m air pistol team missed out on a bronze medal as it ended fourth but the mixed skeet team entered the finals of the Asian Games shooting competition here on Thursday. The trio of Kamaljeet, Balakrishna Kedarling Uchaganve and Aakash Bharadwaj finished with a score of 1730 across six series. To make it worse for India, none of the three managed to qualify for the individual finals. China won the gold on account of a higher inner 10 count (1743-70x), ahead of silver-medallists Indonesia (1743-57x) and bronze-winners Japan (1730). Kamaljeet finished ninth, while Akash and Kedarling were positioned at 11th and 35th spots respectively. But there was some good news as well when the duo of Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka qualified for the final of the skeet mixed team event. The Indian duo finished fourth in the qualification with a score of 138. Both Parinaaz and Naruka were a part of the respective women's and men's teams that clinched bronze medals o

"No hardship can hold you back": Aakash Bhardwaj eyes Asiad glory

Aakash was introduced to shooting in late 2021 after coming across an advertisement for a shooting academy, and five years later, he will represent his nation at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan

Asiad 2026: India kabaddi teams' full schedule, squads, match timings

India's men's kabaddi team have sealed a semi-final berth after three wins, while the unbeaten women's side face Japan on September 24 as both teams continue their Asian Games 2026 gold-medal defence

Asiad 2026 Sept 24: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

Rohibina Devi will present India with their first medal opportunity on Day 5 when she takes the mat for the wushu women's 60kg final at 6:10 am IST

Asian Games 2026 Highlights Day 4: Roshibina reaches final in wushu; India win bronze in badminton

India's start weightlifter Mirabai Chanu ended her wait of maiden Asian Games medal with a silver medal in Aichi-Nagoya

Asiad 2026: Manu Bhaker enters 10m air pistol final; India miss team medal

Double Olympic medallist shooter Manu Bhaker qualified for the women's 10m air pistol final after finishing third in the qualification round at the Asian Games here on Wednesday. Bhaker, who won two bronze medals at the Paris Olympics, shot 579 to finish third, while Esha Singh ended 15th with 572 and missed out on a place in the final. Suruchi Singh finished 26th with a score of 568. India also missed out on a medal to Vietnam in the 10m air rifle women's team event, finishing fourth on the basis of inner 10s after both teams were tied on 1719. India have so far collected five shooting medals -- four silver and a bronze -- but the elusive gold has remained out of reach.

Asiad 2026: Jay Meena makes history with India's first soft tennis bronze

Jay Meena secured India's first ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games, fetching a bronze after losing to Japan's Takuya Kurosaka in the men's singles semifinals here on Wednesday. Playing in his third Asian Games, the 26-year-old Meena produced a spirited fightback after falling three games behind but could not sustain the momentum, losing 2-4 (3-5, 1-4, 1-4, 4-1, 6-4, 1-4) to Kurosaka in the 45-minute clash. Meena, who hails from Madhya Pradesh's Dewas and is a 2022 National Games gold-medallist, struggled to find his rhythm early on as Kurosaka established an advantage, winning the first two games 5-3 and 4-1. The Japanese player then moved further ahead by taking the third game 4-1, leaving Meena with little margin for error. With his medal assured but a place in the final at stake, Meena mounted a strong fightback. He responded by taking the fourth game 4-1 and followed it up by edging a closely-contested fifth game 6-4 to reduce the deficit and keep his hopes of completin

Asiad 2026: India clinch twin skeet bronzes in men's and women's events

The Indian men's and women's skeet shooting teams picked up bronze medals but individual podiums eluded them as two of the three in final finished fourth in the Asian Games here on Wednesday. After three days of qualification rounds, the Indian trio of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal finished with a combined score of 331 to finish third behind gold medallists China (357) and Kazakhstan (336) in the women's team event. It was the first ever Asian Games medal in the women's team skeet event for India. Raiza and Parinaaz also made the individual finals but could not fetch a podium finish. While Raiza ended fourth after firing a score of 23, Parinaaz finished bottom of the heap with a total of 8. In the men's competition, Anantjeet Singh Naruka (119), veteran Mairaj Ahmad Khan (116) and Bhavtegh Singh Gill (111) snared the men's team bronze with a total score of 346. Of the three, Asian Championships gold-medallist Anantjeet, who was also a silver-winner at the

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

Athletics competition at the Asian Games will begin on September 23 with race walking, while the track and field programme will get underway on September 24 at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park

Mirabai Chanu's wait for Asiad medal ends with silver win in Aichi-Nagoya

Mirabai's silver also gives India a long-awaited return to the weightlifting podium at the Asian Games, 28 years after Malleswari's historic finish in Bangkok

Asiad 2026: India's eFootball medal hopes dashed by bizarre forfeit

That left India needing a strong result against Mongolia to keep their hopes of advancing alive. Instead, the decisive match was never played

Asiad 2026: India's weightlifting contingent, full schedule, streaming

India's last Asian Games weightlifting medal came through Karnam Malleswari, who won silver at the 1998 Bangkok Games

Asiad 2026: Madhavan's son Vedaant fails to qualify for final on debut

Vedaant Madhavan's Asian Games debut ended without a final berth as India missed out on the men's 4x200m freestyle relay medal race in Aichi-Nagoya on Monday

Asiad 2026: Toor targets historic hat-trick as India eye athletics glory

Star shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor would be gunning for a historic hat-trick of gold while the likes of long jumper Murali Sreeshankar and long distance runner Gulveer Singh aim to better the colour of medal they had won last time when India begins its athletics campaign at the Asian Games on Thursday. India is one of the athletics powerhouses in Asian Games and the country is expected to preserve that reputation this time also, though without superstar javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who has pulled out due to an injury. The 75-member Indian athletics team is aiming for 25 to 30 medals. It won 29 medals -- 6 gold, 14 silver, 9 bronze -- last time in Hangzhou, China. On Thursday, triple jumper Asha Ilango will be first up in a medal event involving an Indian, followed by Seema in 10,000m. In the 4x400m mixed relay, the other medal event on Thursday, India is a contender for a podium finish. Sprinters Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh will also run their 100m heat races. If Too

Asiad 2026: India miss EFootball quarterfinals in Esports competition

India's eFootball campaign in the Asian Games ended despite holding Uzbekistan for a draw and receiving a walkover from Mongolia in Group F matches of the esports competition here on Tuesday. Uzbekistan progressed to the quarterfinals after topping the group with four points from two outings. The top team from each group advances to the last eight round. India also logged four points but their tally came from the draw and a walkover from Mongolia, hence finishing second behind the Uzbeks. But Uzbekistan managed to beat Mongolia after the draw against India, and three points from that victory helped them progress to the round of eight. Earlier, the Indian team comprising Danial Patel and Chinmay Sahoo played out a goalless draw against the Uzbekistan pair of Abubakir Iminjonov and Farrukh Mirkhamitov in their first match However, in their second tie, India got a walkover from the Mongolian team consisting Munkh-Ochir Batmanlai and Khantamir Munkh-Orgil.

Asiad 2026: Jugraj, Abhishek, Dilpreet hat-tricks power India to 16-1 win

Dragflicker Jugraj Singh, strikers Abhishek and Dilpreet Singh scored a hat-trick each as the Indian men's hockey team hammered a lowly Sri Lanka 16-1 in its second Pool A match at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. India had earlier defeated Indonesia 13-1. Jugraj (10th, 22nd, 42nd and 53rd) scored four goals, while Abhishek (11th, 17th, 49th), and Dilpreet (30th, 38th, 55th) scored three field goals each. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (16th, 45th), Mandeep Singh (5th), Sukhjeet Singh (29th), Manpreet Singh (31st), and Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th) also found the net. Sri Lanka's lone goal -- their first against India in the Asian Games history -- was scored by Suresh Rathnayake in the 50th minute. India will next play South Korea on Thursday. The Indians were expectedly the dominant side from the onset as they controlled the proceedings against the unfancied Lankans. It took India just five minutes to break the deadlock when Mandeep scored from an assist from Abhishek. About five minute

Asiad 2026 Sept 23: India full schedule, medal events time, live streaming

India have seven confirmed medal events on September 23, with Mirabai Chanu chasing the Asian Games medal missing from her career and targeting gold in the 49kg final

Asian Games 2026 HIGHLIGHTS Day 3: India medal tally- 7 (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)

India's women's team beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs to successfully defend their gold medal in cricket; Badminton (men's team)- India beat Japan 3-0 in Q/F to assure India of another medal

Asiad 2026: India beat Korea, consolidate top spot in kabaddi Group A

The Indian men's kabaddi team thrashed South Korea 63-31 in a Group A clash to continue its dominant run at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. This is the second win for the defending champions and they sit on top of the group A. India will next face Bangladesh on Wednesday, before taking on Chinese Taipei on Thursday in their final group A fixture. India dominated from the outset, taking a 34-14 lead at half-time before extending their advantage in the second half, which they won 29-17. India collected 38 points through successful raids, 17 bonus points, six points from all-outs and two points from super tackles. They conceded 23 points through opposition outs and eight bonus points. India had begun its title defence with a resounding 49-24 win over hosts Japan in their opening group fixture. The women's team will face Iran in their second group A match on Wednesday. it had defeated Bangladesh in their opener on Monday.

Asiad 2026: Sakshi beats Olympic medallist Villegas to reach pre-quarters

Indian boxer Sakshi Chaudhary pulled off an upset by out-punching Paris Olympics bronze-medallist Aira Villegas of the Philippines 5-0 to storm into the women's 51kg pre-quarterfinals at the Asian Games here on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Bhiwani boxer used her height advantage and long reach quite well to keep Villegas at bay from the outset. After a cagey start by both boxers, Sakshi employed the jab to control the proceedings throughout the round-of-32 bout. She upped the tempo in the second round, unleashing a flurry of punches as Villegas struggled to cope with her pace and movement. The Filipino southpaw landed a couple of stinging left hooks on the counter and threw a flurry of punches in the final round, but it was too little too late as all five judges awarded Sakshi a perfect 10 in every round. Sakshi's win continues her impressive run in the 51kg category. She moved down from 54kg in May and defeated two-time world champion and previous edition's bronze-medallist Nikhat Z