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Asiad 2026: India bag silver in 10m air rifle team event; 3rd medal overall

India clinched a silver medal in the men's 10m air rifle team event at the Asian Games here on Monday, with shooters Rudrankksh Patil and Himanshu Dhillon also qualifying for the individual final. Rudrankksh, Himanshu and Parth Mane finished with a team total of 1890.1. China claimed the gold with a world record team total of 1899.0 points, bettering their previous mark by 0.6 points. South Korea produced a strong fightback but had settle for bronze with a total of 1884.2 points. Rudrankksh finished with a score of 631.8 points to occupy third place in the individual qualification standings, while Himanshu's 630.0 put himself in seventh. Parth, on the other hand, missed out on a place in the individual final after finishing 10th with 628.3 points. The silver added to India's medal tally in shooting, which had begun with another second-place finish in the women's 10m air rifle team. Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod combined to win silver for India in the women's

Asiad 2026 Sept 21 schedule, India medal events timings, live streaming

Suchika Tariyal resumes MMA campaign after assuring India a medal, while shooters, hockey teams, kabaddi sides, paddlers and shuttlers will be in action on September 21

Asian Games 2026 Day 1 Highlights: India medal tally - 2 Silver; Medals confirmed in cricket, MMA

India won two shooting silvers, reached the women's cricket final, swept Kazakhstan in badminton, opened hockey with big wins, while Suchika Tariyal assured an MMA medal

Asiad 2026, India medal winners: Elavenil wins two Silver on Day 1

Elavenil Valarivan won women's 10m air rifle silver with 252.4 after helping India take team silver on Day 1 of Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan

Asiad 2026: India's shooting contingent, full schedule and live streaming

After a record 22-medal haul in Hangzhou, the Indian shooting contingent will be looking for another record run on the podium at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya

Asiad 2026: India open shooting campaign with women's 10m air rifle silver

India began their shooting campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on a high, winning a silver medal in the women's 10m air rifle team event here on Sunday. Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod combined for a total of 1898.0 points to finish second behind China, who topped the standings with a world-record score of 1904.2. Hosts Japan finished third with 1897.1 points. This is India's first confirmed medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 20th Asian Games. MMA fighter Suchika Tariyal was the first Indian athlete to assure a medal, reaching the women's Traditional MMA 60kg semifinals. Sonam was India's top scorer with 634.1 points, followed by Elavenil with 633.5 and Vidarsa with 630.4. Elavenil and Sonam also qualified for the individual final, with their scores placing them among the finalists. Elavenil and Sonam will look for a double in the eight-woman individual final to be held later in the day. The silver is an encouraging start to India's shooting campaign after the co

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

India's women face next Indonesia Sep 21, Thailand Sep 23, Japan Sep 25 and Singapore Sep 27; men meet Sri Lanka Sep 22, Korea Sep 24, Japan Sep 26 and Bangladesh Sep 28

Asian Games 2026 Day 1 Schedule, India events live time (IST), streaming

India's focus shifts to the women's cricket semi-final vs Bangladesh, men's hockey opener vs Indonesia, badminton tie vs Kazakhstan and 10m air rifle final (individual)

Asiad 2026: Quimcy misses bronze, India suffer double Teqball heartbreak

India's Quimcy Dsouza's spirited campaign endured a heartbreaking double setback on Sunday, narrowly missing out on a women's singles bronze before returning minutes later to lose the mixed doubles bronze-medal clash alongside Mohamed Anas Beg at the Asian Games here on Sunday. The Mumbai girl pushed Japanese world No. 7 Yuina Sakamoto all the way in the singles bronze-medal match, going down 0-2 (11-12 11-12), before the physical toll of an intense battle caught up with her in the mixed doubles contest, where the Indian pair lost to Vietnam's Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh 0-2 (9-12 6-12). Playing in front of a partisan home crowd, Sakamoto may have won in straight sets but the scoreline did little justice to the fight Quimcy produced. The match is played in a best-of-three sets format, with the first player to win two sets taking the contest. Quimcy had a set point in the opening game and then raced to a 10-8 lead in the second as she looked to force a decider. She eve

Asiad 2026: Accommodation complaints 'down to zero', says Tayaab Ikram

Ikram defended the container-based accommodation, saying it is well-arranged and offers a good environment for athletes

Asiad 2026: OCA says 'don't politicise' Games amid organisational issues

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Friday dismissed the mounting concerns around organisational chaos in the build-up to the Asian Games, saying that every multi-sport event faces such challenges and attempts to "politicise" or "exploit" them on social media would not be allowed to succeed. Addressing a media conference on the eve of the Games opening ceremony here, 2026 Asian Games Coordination Committee Chairman Tayyab Ikram sought to downplay the controversies as temporary issues. The accommodation scarcity at the Games has become an international story and the excruciatingly long check-in process at hotels and long distance travel for training by the athletes is not doing any good to Japan's image as a host right now. "There are certain things which we can see in different media and different feedbacks ... we strongly condemn this ... any attempt to politicise our sporting event which is for athletes. That is something we would like to prevent," Ikram said. "... people are ..

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

The cricket action will commence with the women's event starting September 17, before the men's teams get into action on September 24

Asiad 2026: Will India win 30 medals? Athletics tally in previous edition

Athletics is India's largest discipline at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, with the AFI selecting 77 athletes, including 34 men and 43 women

Asiad 2026: Doha, Riyadh to host Games with dedicated Athletes' Village

The next two Asian Games in Doha and Riyadh will have dedicated Athletes' Village, Olympic Council of Asia Director General Husain Al Musallam declared on Friday but also defended this edition's host Japan's much-criticised decision to not have such a facility due to cost and sustainability considerations. The Aichi-Nagoya Games, which open tomorrow, have drawn heavy criticism for accommodation chaos as athletes and officials have been scrambling to get rooms at the container-style huts and a docked cruise ship along with limited hotel rooms. Al Musallam said the scale of the Games is massive with 17,000-plus athletes and support staff, along with another 5000 technical officials required to be accommodated. "Asian Games cannot be compared with events of any other continental federations," the Kuwaiti said. Asked if building an Athletes Village would have been a better idea, now that the lack of accommodation has kicked up a controversy, Musallam said, "First of all, we wish we hav

Asian Games 2026 Sept 20-21 schedule: Typhoon Dujuan may hit medal events

Japan's chef de mission Kosei Inoue said some competitions had already faced delays or postponements, with weather concerns around September 21

Asiad 2026: 30-35 Indian athletes faced lodging issues, says Sahdev Yadav

India's Chef de Mission for the Asian Games, Sahdev Yadav, said on Friday that he only learned after arriving in the city that organisers had removed around 30 to 35 Indian athletes from the accommodation list, forcing the contingent to book hotels for them. Several Indian athletes faced logistical and accommodation hassles after arriving in the city, with some forced to spend long hours waiting for rooms. "They (Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organising Committee) informed us that more players than expected had come (from India). But as far as India is concerned, that's not the case. We stuck to the number of players they had invoiced. But they removed some names, so we booked hotels for them... we faced difficulty with regard to 30-35 athletes," said Yadav on the sidelines of the flag-hoisting function here. "Our team quickly swung into action to get accommodation for the athletes as quickly as possible." Yadav acknowledged there had been mismanagement in handling the arrival of ...

Asiad 2026: India, other nations complete flag ceremony after disruption

The flag-hoisting ceremony at the Asian Games, involving India and five other contingents, was delayed for more than an hour before eventually taking place on Friday with "trouble" related to "miscommunication" between the Olympic Council of Asia and the local organising committee (ANAGOC) cited as the reason for the disruption. The ceremony, which was scheduled to commence at 1:30pm Japan time at Garden Pier, close to the container-style lodging for the athletes, initially began with a 20-minute delay. The ceremonial band took the stage, while performers dressed like Ninja warriors also waited to showcase their skills. India's chef-de-mission Sahdev Yadav and four deputy chef-de-missions -- A Sharath Kamal, Lijo David Thottan, Alaknanda Ashok and Anjali Bhagwat -- were present at the venue. But before the six contingents -- Yemen, North Korea, Palestine, India, Chinese-Taipei and Timor-Leste -- could step onto the stage, they were asked to stay put. After waiting for more than 15 .

Asiad 2026: India's shooting contingent hit by accommodation, travel woes

The shooting contingent arrived in Nagoya on September 16 after travelling from India, but the accommodation it found on the ground did not match the booking information provided to the IOA

Asiad 2026: Anahat Singh eyes medal after remarkable rise in three years

The stakes are incredibly high, and so are the expectations from herself, as India's transformed squash star Anahat Singh returns to the Asian Games stage. Squash is one of the few sports in the continental showpiece offering direct Olympic qualification for the singles gold medallist. This raises the stakes massively, especially since India has never won a singles gold in the competition. Anahat, now 18, was the baby of the team when she had travelled to Hangzhou for her maiden Asian Games appearance three years ago. She has come a long way since then. The recently crowned world junior champion and world number 20 (soon to be 17) is expected to win a medal as the third seed in the women's singles draw. And if that colour of the medal turns out to be gold, she would guarantee her presence in squash's long-awaited Olympic debut in couple of years time. "Of course, it's a lot different than the last Asian Games that I played. There's a lot more at stake. I've got a lot more experienc

Asiad 2026: Sports Ministry seeks diaspora support amid room crunch

Alarmed by the accommodation crisis at the Asian Games, the Sports Ministry has reached out to the Indian diaspora here to "help with the lodging" of athletes in case the shortage of rooms is not resolved during the continental showpiece beginning on Saturday. Several athletes, including those from India, have complained about delay in handing of their accommodation, which has been spread across container-style huts, a docked cruise ship and some hotels in the absence of a designated athletes village to save cost. India's Chef-de-mission Sahdev Yadav on Friday revealed that about 35 Indian athletes had to be shifted to hotels after not getting their designated accommodation from the organisers. With more athletes expected to land here as per their competition schedule, the situation could get aggravated. "The sports ministry has reached out to the Indian diaspora to be on standby to help it with the accommodation of its athletes in case there is shortage of rooms for them during the