Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Sindhu, Manu Bhaker, Shaili Singh in medal hunt

Ancy Sojan, who won the silver medal in women's long jump event at the Asian Games in Japan on September 27, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy

India’s Sarvesh Kushare and Ancy Sojan led for most of their respective men’s high jump and women’s long jump finals before settling for the silver medals, while Parul Chaudhary took home the women’s 3000m steeplechase bronze at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Sunday (September 27, 2026).

India’s squash campaign at the Asian Games ended with two silver medals, with Abhay Singh and teenage sensation Anahat Singh finishing runners-up in their respective singles finals. Abhay went down 3-0 to Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow in the men’s final, while 18-year-old Anahat also settled for silver after losing 3-0 to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam in the women’s title clash.

India endured a disappointing day in badminton at the Asian Games, with teenage sensation Unnati Hooda bowing out after a 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 quarterfinal loss to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi, while women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also exited after losing 18-21, 9-21 to Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan. Mixed doubles pair Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto completed the Indian exits, going down 14-21, 21-18, 18-21 to China’s world No. 1 Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping.

Ancy Sojan’s parents celebrate silver, cherish daughter’s Asian Games achievement

Joy and a touch of disappointment filled the home of long jumper Ancy Sojan on Sunday as her parents and a large gathering watched her win a silver medal for India at the Asian Games on a screen set up in Nattika, Thrissur.

The family had hoped Ancy would clinch gold, but the silver medal still brought immense happiness. As soon as she secured the medal, crackers were burst, and people gathered around to congratulate the family.

Rajya Sabha MP Jebi Mather was also present to watch the event with them.

“We have received a silver medal. We were expecting gold. The weather affected us very adversely. Even so, we are happy to get the silver medal; after all, we were able to win a medal for India. That is very gratifying,” Ancy’s father Sojan, told reporters.

Sojan, an autorickshaw driver by profession, said the family had worked and hoped for the moment for nearly 10 to 15 years.

Ancy’s mother Jansy said the family had been expecting gold but understood that the weather had made it difficult for her daughter to produce her best performance.

“I am very happy. Because of the weather, we were expecting a gold. But since the weather conditions were not favourable, we didn’t get the best performance we expected,” she said.

Shreyas wary of challenging surface as India meets Afghanistan

The rains in Nagoya continued for the second day and threatened to affect India’s quarterfinal against Afghanistan tomorrow as the men’s cricket team got a feel for the ground conditions with its only training session on Sunday.

The Korogi Sports Park, which also hosted the women’s competition, is a modified baseball field, and Harmanpreet Kaur & Co. gave positive feedback on the hybrid pitch and outfield. The men, coming after a one-off, five-over match against Japan in Sano, have had little time to acclimatise to Nagoya, while Afghanistan has already played two matches.

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Sarvesh Kushare wins silver in men's high jump

India’s Sarvesh Kushare led for most of the men’s high jump finals before settling for the silver medal at the Asian Games today.

After leading for a good part of his competition, Sarvesh slipped to second position after he failed to clear 2.25 on his very first attempt, while Chinese Taipei’s Chao Hsuan-Fu cleared the height on his first attempt.

Kushare, though, cleared it on the second attempt.

Parul Chaudhary bags bronze in women's 3000m steeplechase

Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary bagged a bronze medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event at the Asian Games today.

Chaudhary clocked a personal best of 9:08.67 to finish third on the podium.

Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi won gold in 9:04.36, while Kazakhstan’s Norah Jeruto Tanui took silver in 9:06.82.

Ankita, the other Indian in the field, finished fourth with 9:19.24, which is her personal best too.

Tejaswin claims bronze medal in men's decathlon at Asian Games

Star Indian track and field athlete Tejaswin Shankar claimed the bronze medal in men’s decathlon after he won the 1500m race - the last event of a highly taxing competition - at the Asian Games today.

Shankar won the bronze after finishing third with 7,934 points.

National record holder Shankar entered the second day at the top of the standings with 4,338 points after a strong opening day across the 100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m.

Across 10 events over two days, Tejaswin saved his best for last, winning the 1500m in 4:33.09.

Earlier this year, he won a bronze medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Ancy Sojan clinches long jump silver

India’s Ancy Sojan led for a major part of the competition before settling for the silver medal in the women’s long jump competition at the Asian Games today.

Ancy recorded a best jump of 6.53m, finishing behind Huang Yingying of China, who produced a late 6.55m jump to snatch gold.

There was, however, heartbreak for Ancy’s compatriot Shaili Singh, who missed out on a bronze medal in the women’s long jump final after China’s Mengyi Tan produced a 6.46m effort to move ahead of the Indian jumper.

Ancy recorded 6.53m on her fifth attempt, but Yingying had the last laugh, going past the Indian with a 6.55m.

Three Indian boxers storm into semis, assure medals in Asian Games

Indian boxers Parveen Hooda, Ankush Panghal and Narender Berwal assured the country of three medals with dominant quarterfinal wins at the Asian Games here on Sunday, while Sachin Siwach’s campaign ended in the last eight stage.

Parveen defeated world championships silver medallist Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan by a 5-0 margin to move into the women’s 65kg semifinals.

Narender (+90kg) added another medal to his bronze from the previous edition after forcing the referee to stop his quarterfinal against Thailand’s Adthapong Saengtep in less than two minutes.

The Indian super heavyweight unleashed a barrage of heavy blows on his Thai opponent, forcing the referee to give Saengtep three standing counts before stopping the contest.

Ankush, who won Commonwealth Games gold last month in Glasgow, notched a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Tajikistan’s Nekruz Salimov in the men’s 80kg quarterfinal.

It was, however, the end of the road for Commonwealth Games champion Sachin, who went down 0-5 to local favourite Shunsuke Kitamoto of Japan in the men’s 60kg quarterfinal.

Harita Bhadra wins bronze in women's 200m at Asian Games

India’s Harita Bhadra clinched the bronze medal in the women’s 200m at the Asian Games, clocking 23.20 seconds in the final today.

Bhadra finished third, just ahead of Japan’s Ido Abigeirufuka, who clocked 23.21 seconds.

Singapore’s Shanti Pereira won the gold with a season-best 22.78 seconds, while China’s Chen Yujie took the silver in 22.93 seconds.

The other Indian in the final, Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland, finished sixth with a timing of 23.48 seconds.

400m hurdler Yashas Palaksha pulls up midway through the heat race

The list of injured Indian track and field athletes at the ongoing Asian Games grew longer after 400m hurdler Yashas Palaksha pulled up midway through his heat race, raising questions about how these athletes were selected in the first place, and who will be held accountable.

Yashas did not start in the Indian Athletics Series Final held on September 10 in New Delhi where almost all the Asian Games-bound members participated. There was speculation that Yashas was carrying an injury.

Woman 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and triple jumper Praveen Chithravel, who also did not take part in the New Delhi meet, pulled out on Saturday due to injuries. Yarraji was carrying knee stress, while Chithravel was struggling with a calf muscle pull.

Anahat Singh won silver in squash

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Anahat Singh won the Silver Medal in the squash event after losing in the final match against Malaysia. Photo credit: R.V Moorthy

Anahat, Abhay end with silver each after losing to the mighty Malaysians

Anahat Singh settles for silver at Asian Games 2026 after losses to Malaysia’s Yow Ng and Subramaniam.

Joshna-Velavan clinch squash mixed doubles bronze

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Sreeshankar, Patturaj, Santhosh, Vithya, Anu qualify for athletics finals

Asian Games 2026: Indian athletes Sreeshankar, Patturaj, Santhosh, Vithya, and Anu reach finals in long jump, 400m hurdles.

Sreeshankar, Patturaj, Santhosh, Vithya, Anu qualify for athletics finals

Long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and David Patturaj Solomon, 400m hurdlers Santhosh Tamilrasan, Vithya Ramaraj and Anu Raghavan qualified for the finals of their respective events at the Asian Games on Sunday (September 27, 2026).

Sreeshankar produced a best effort of 7.84m to finish second in qualification, while Patturaj’s 7.62m placed him seventh as both qualified for the men’s long jump final.

In the men’s 400m hurdles, Santhosh finished second in the opening heat with a timing of 49.61 seconds to qualify for the final.

Squash stars Anahat, Abhay clinch silver for India

India’s squash campaign at the Asian Games ended with two silver medals, with Abhay Singh and teenage sensation Anahat Singh finishing runners-up in their respective singles finals. Abhay went down 3-0 to Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow in the men’s final, while 18-year-old Anahat also settled for silver after losing 3-0 to Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam in the women’s title clash.

Abhay Singh settles for squash silver as Anahat eyes gold

Abhay Singh secured a hard-fought silver medal in the men’s singles squash final at the Asian Games on Sunday (September 27, 2026), finishing runner-up to Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow after a 3-0 defeat, with the final game ending 5-11.

Abhay’s silver adds another medal to India’s squash haul at the Games, while 18-year-old Anahat Singh will now take centre stage in the women’s singles final, which is currently underway.

Sepaktakraw | India suffers two defeats in women's doubles group B

India suffered twin defeats in women’s doubles Group B of the sepaktakraw event at the Asian Games on Sunday (September 27).

The Indian team comprising Prity Langoljam, Menenu Tsukru and Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam went down 0-2 (8-15, 3-15) to South Korea in the opening match and then lost 0-2 (12-15, 6-15) to the Philippines in their second Group B match.

India will face Japan in their final group match on Monday (September 28).

Weightlifter Harjinder Kaur finishes 9th in Asian Games

Harjinder Kaur finished a disappointing ninth in the women’s 69kg event as India’s weightlifting campaign at the Asian Games came to an end on Sunday (September 27).

Kaur, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, had a combined effort of 204kg, lifting 94kg in the snatch and 110kg in the clean and jerk.

The 29-year-old from Punjab failed two of her three snatch attempts to fall out of medal contention early on in a 10-lifter field.

Kurash | Disappointing day for India

India endured a disappointing campaign in kurash on Sunday (September 27, 2026), with all four athletes from the country losing their bouts at the Asian Games.

Vishal, who received a first-round bye, went down 0-5 to Thailand’s Kunathip Yea-on in the men’s +90kg quarterfinal. Yash Kumar Chauhan lost his bout to Tajikistan’s Shakarmamad Mirmamdov in the men’s +90kg pre-quarterfinals. In the women’s events, Sangita went down 0-10 to the Philippines’ Charmea Quelino in the 57kg round of 32.

While Bharti, also competing in the women’s 57kg category, lost 0-3 to Iran’s Tahereh Azarpeivans in the round of 16.

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Ankush Panghal assures India of 1st boxing medal

Ankush Panghal assured the country of its first boxing medal at the ongoing Asian Games by defeating Tajikistan’s Nekruz Salimov by a unanimous 5-0 verdict in the men’s 80kg quarterfinal on Sunday (September 26).

Ankush, who won Commonwealth Games gold last month in Glasgow, put up a dominant display to outclass Salimov and book his place in the semifinals.

Making his Asian Games debut, Ankush thus moved into the last four and is assured of at least a bronze medal.

Badminton | Unnati Hooda bows out after hard-fought loss to Yamaguchi

Teenage badminton sensation Unnati Hooda bowed out of the Asian Games women’s singles event on Sunday (September 27), going down to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi in straight games in a hard-fought quarterfinal. Hooda battled throughout but lost 16-21, 14-21, 17-21 to bring her impressive campaign to an end.

India's Chheda and Sud finish 8th and 9th in the dressage final

India’s Vipul Chheda and Jai Sud finished eighth and ninth in the dressage individual final at the Asian Games on Sunday (September 27).

Chheda and Sud, riding Dono Di Maggio and Goofy La Perle respectively, produced scores of 72.680 and 71.490, leaving them well out of medal contention.

The gold was won by Dongheon Nam (75.190) of South Korea, Jiayi Yu (75.050) from China settled for silver and her compatriot Jiayi Rao (74.935) got the bronze.

Badminton | Treesa-Gayatri, Dhruv-Tanisha lose in doubles quarterfinals

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand’s impressive run at the Asian Games came to an end with a straight-game loss to Malaysian world No. 5 pairing of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the women’s doubles quarterfinals on Sunday (September 27).

The Indian pair, which won a maiden world championships bronze in New Delhi last month, looked competitive in the opening game but faded into errors, going down 18-21, 9-21 to Pearly and Thinaah, the 2025 world championships silver medallists.

At the adjacent court, the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto put up a gallant fight before losing 14-21, 21-18, 18-21 to world No. 1 China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping in another quarterfinal, as it turned out to be a dismal day so far.

Treesa-Gayatri, Dhruv-Tanisha lose in doubles quarterfinals

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand’s impressive run at the Asian Games came to an end with a straight-game loss to Malaysian world No. 5 pairing of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the women’s doubles quarterfinals here on Sunday (September 27, 2026)

The Indian pair, which won a maiden world championships bronze in New Delhi last month, looked competitive in the opening game but faded into errors to go down 18-21, 9-21 against Pearly and Thinaah, the 2025 world championships silver medallists.- PTI

Indian men's and women's compound archery teams enter semifinals

Indian men’s and women’s compound archery teams registered comfortable wins to advance to the semi-finals at the Asian Games here on Sunday (September 27, 2026).

The men’s team comprising Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav, and Ganesh Mani Ratnam defeated the UAE 235-215 in the round of 16 and got past Bhutan 235-232 in the quarter-finals.

The women’s side consisting of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi, and Prithika Pradeep beat Mongolia 238-223 in the round of 16, then edged Kazakhstan 233-230 in the quarter-finals.

Both teams will face the South Korea in the semifinals on September 30.- PTI

Indian compound archery teams reach quarterfinals

The Indian archery campaign at the ongoing Asian Games was off to a positive start on Sunday (September 27, 2026) as the men’s and women’s compound archery teams reached the quarterfinals in their respective categories at Aichi-Nagoya.

The men’s trio of Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam, and Kushal Dalal were up against the UAE, triumphing 235-215 to set up a quarterfinal clash against Bhutan later today, as per ESPN.

The women’s team, a trio of Chikitha Taniparthi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and Prithika Pradeep, were even better against Mongolia, beating them 238-223 to set up a quarterfinal clash against Kazakhstan. - ANI

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