Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh bounced back from their individual setbacks to win gold for India in the mixed team 10m air pistol final at the Asian Games on Friday (September 25).
The Indian contingent’s schedule for Saturday (September 26) at the Asian Games (all times in IST): 🏃 Athletics 4.00 a.m.: Men’s Marathon Final — Sawan Barwal, Kartik Karkera 5.30 a.m.: Men’s Decathlon — Thowfeeq Noushad, Tejaswin Shankar 8.15 a.m.: Women’s Long Jump Qualification A & B — Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan 8.32 a.m.: Men’s 200m Heats — Animesh Kujur 4.04 p.m.: Women’s 100m Hurdles — Jyothi Yarraji 4.12 p.m.: Women’s 100m Hurdles — Nandhini Kongan 4.30 p.m.: Men’s Shot Put Final — Tajinderpal Singh, Karanveer Singh 4.33 p.m.: Women’s 200m Heats — Harita Bhadra 4.41 p.m.: Women’s 200m Heats — Unnathi Bolland 5.05 p.m.: Men’s Triple Jump — Praveen Chitravel, Karthik Unnikrishnan 5.21 p.m.: Men’s 1500m Heats — Yoonus Shah 5.31 p.m.: Men’s 1500m Heats — Gulveer Singh 6.15 p.m.: Women’s 400m Final — Prachi, Kiran 6.33 p.m.: Men’s 400m Final — Vishal TK 6.45 p.m.: Women’s 1500m Final — Pooja, Parul Chaudhary 🤼 Kabaddi 9.30 a.m.: Women’s Final — India vs. Iran 2.30 p.m.: Men’s Final — India vs. Iran 🏸 Badminton 6.00 a.m.: Men’s Singles Round 2 — Lakshya Sen vs. Loh Kean Yew (Singapore) 11.30 a.m.: Women’s Singles Round 2 — Unnati Hooda vs. Wong Ling Ching (Malaysia) 12.30 p.m.: Men’s Singles Round 2 — Ayush Shetty vs. Makhsut Tajibullayev (Kazakhstan) 1.30 p.m.: Women’s Singles Round 2 — PV Sindhu vs. Chiu Pin-chian (Chinese Taipei) 2.30 p.m.: Women’s Doubles Round 2 — Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand vs. Mayu Matsumoto / Yuki Fukushima (Japan) 🎯 Squash 8.30 a.m.: Mixed Doubles Semifinal — Joshna Chinappa / Velavan Senthilkumar vs. Tang Ming Hong / Lee Ka Yi (Hong Kong) 10.35 a.m.: Women’s Singles Semifinal — Anahat Singh vs. Satomi Watanabe (Japan) 11.15 a.m.: Men’s Singles Semifinal — Abhay Singh vs. Muhammad Irfan (Pakistan) 🎯 Shooting China’s Zhang, 19, scorched to the men’s 400m freestyle title in the pool in Tokyo in a Games-record 3 min 41.28 sec. Zhang also won individual titles in the 200m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle events, as well as three relays. – AFP India’s archers will begin their Asian Games campaign with a blend of proven form, youthful promise and a clear target to better their nine-medal haul from Hangzhou, when competition gets underway at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square, here on Saturday (September 26). The 25-year-old’s breakthrough comes after a strong run that also included his maiden World Cup gold in Antalya and the 2025 Asian Archery Championships title. – PTI Baranica Elangovan entered her name in the record books by winning a historic bronze medal for India in the women’s pole vault event at the Asian Games here on Friday (September 25, 2026). It was a joint bronze medal for the 29-year-old Baranica along with Kazakhstan’s Polina Ivanova as they remained tied, with a best clearance of 4.15m each and the same number of failures at 4.25m. Misaki Morota of Japan won the gold with a personal best effort of 4.55, while China’s Chunge Niu bagged the silver with 4.50. – PTI A malfunctioning match button on his firing station disrupted Aishwary Pratap Singh’s concentration at a crucial stage of the 50m rifle 3-position final, costing the Indian valuable points in prone and derailing his bid for an individual medal at the Asian Games here on Friday (September 25, 2026). Unable to operate the match button properly, he had to turn away from the firing line and alert the match referee, breaking the rhythm he had built in the opening stage of the final. – PTI Gulveer, who had won bronze at the previous edition of the Asian Games in Hangzhou, finished second behind Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew, who claimed the gold in 28:27.51 minutes. Bahrain’s Albert Kipto completed the podium with a time of 28:34.18 minutes. – PTI Chitale and Shah won 3-1 (11-6 13-15 11-9 11-5) to reach the semifinals, securing India’s first table tennis medal of the ongoing Games. Seema, who fetched a surprise bronze in the women’s 10,000m race by clocking 32:50.05 seconds, says she has a protective mother, who worries excessively whenever she travels. I have my mother but she is quite old, around 78. I was born very late, when she was 45. India had earlier thrashed Indonesia 13-1, Sri Lanka 16-1 and South Korea 8-2 in their opening three pool matches. – PTI Indian squash players assured themselves of three medals as Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar entered the mixed doubles semifinals, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh advanced to the last four in singles at the Asian Games on Friday (September 25, 2026). India’s first-ever junior world champion and medal favourite Anahat breezed past compatriot Tanvi Khanna 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 in the women’s singles quarterfinals to stay on course for a coveted Olympic berth. Anahat will next face world No 6 Satomi Watanabe, a bronze medalist from Hangzhou. The former world No.1 and two-time world championship bronze medallists, Satwik and Chirag won the opening game but were eventually stunned by Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Peeratchai Sukphun 12-21, 21-19, 21-14 in a one-hour-eight-minute contest. The unfancied Thai pair fought back to take the second game 21-19 before completing the upset with a 21-14 win in the decider. Tanisha and Dhruv, on the other hand, began their campaign with a comfortable 21-8, 21-7 win over Maldives’ Nibal Ahmed and Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq in 21 minutes. – PTI Asian Games – Aichi-Nagoya 2026 – Swimming – Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Koto, Tokyo, Japan – September 25, 2026 China’s Qin Haiyang celebrates after winning gold medal in Men’s 50m Breaststroke Final with bronze medallist Japan’s Shin Ohashi REUTERS/Manami Yamada The Indian trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar then claimed the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team silver after logging 1762. China won the team gold with 1766 while Korea bagged bronze with 1751. Tomar (589) and Niraj (588) also made the individual final of the 3P event in third and fourth place respectively. Rudrankksh could not make it as only two shooters from a country can enter individual finals. – PTI It was Ohashi’s second gold of the Games, having won the 100m breaststroke gold after a dead heat with China’s Dong Zhihao. – AFP Indian surfers Sugar Shanti Gayen and Kamali Prakash finished at the bottom in their respective heats in women’s shortboard round 1 as surfing made its Asian Games debut. Gayen finished last among three athletes in heat three with a score of 3.84, while Kamali scored 3.74 in heat 5 which featured one more participant in Japan’s Mirai Ikeda PTI Hong Kong has won the toss and elected to bat first against Oman in the men’s cricket event. – The Hindu I was encouraged to quit, but here I am: Joshna The following is the medal tally of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games after the fifth official day of the competitions. Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 80 30 20 130 2 Japan 20 34 37 91 3 South Korea 10 12 28 50 4 Kazakhstan 8 8 9 25 5 Uzbekistan 6 12 8 26 6 Iran 6 10 4 20 7 Thailand 5 4 7 16 8 Hong Kong 4 10 9 23 9 DPR Korea 3 3 3 9 10 Bahrain 3 2 0 5 11 Malaysia 3 1 5 9 12 Kuwait 2 1 2 5 13 Qatar 2 1 1 4 13 Tajikistan 2 1 1 4 15 India 1 7 9 17 16 Indonesia 1 4 15 20 17 Macao 1 4 1 6 18 Chinese Taipei 1 3 11 15 19 Singapore 1 3 2 6 20 Vietnam 1 1 15 17 – PTI
He sat on the lane divider after the race and slowly counted off on his fingers all seven gold medals he had won. It is India’s second mixed doubles medal at the Asian Games after Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra won bronze in Jakarta eight years ago. – PTI History-making long-distance runner Seema did not want her septuagenarian mother to fret over her whereabouts when she headed to Japan for the Asian Games. Leading the charge will be Dhiraj Bommadevara, who arrives in Japan fresh from a landmark World Cup Final triumph in Saltillo last week, becoming the first Indian male recurve archer to win the season-ending title. It is India’s first-ever medal in the pole vault event. Aishwary was sitting comfortably in fourth-fifth position after a strong kneeling series and appeared well placed to challenge for a podium finish when the problem surfaced as he began his prone sighters. So, she figured a simply solution — fly away without telling her about the biggest assignment of her career. But over the years, she has made peace with Seema being at Bengaluru for lengthy training stints and this is exactly the assumption she left her with while heading to Nagoya. “My father is no more. Whenever I go out, she gets very tensed. The Indians, who had a disappointing FIH World Cup campaign recently by finishing a lowly eighth, looked to have found their mojo at the right time by registering three wins from as many games and are atop the pool with nine points ahead of Japan.
So, I did not tell her that I am going to Japan for Asian Games,” Seema said after winning her medal. – PTI In-form defending champions India will look to continue their unbeaten run and seal a semifinal berth when they take on hosts Japan in a men’s hockey Pool A match at the Asian Games here on Saturday.
The men’s and women’s singles gold winners will directly qualify for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics where squash is set to make its debut. – PTI Defending men’s doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a shock opening-round exit but the mixed pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila advanced to the quarterfinals with back-to-back wins in the Asian Games badminton competition on Friday (September 25). India will round off their Pool B campaign against Singapore on Sunday. – PTI Seasoned Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash, Rishabh Das and Utkarsh Patil qualified for the finals of their respective events at the Asian Games on Friday (September 25). India’s wait for a shooting gold from the Aichi General Shooting Range finally ended on the sixth day of the competition. Suruchi Phogat and Kamaljeet combined to not only win the 10m air pistol mixed team event but also set a new Asian Games record in the process. The Indians scored through Lalremsiami (5th minute), Ishika Chaudhary (30th) and Navneet Kaur (36th). Japan’s lone goal was scored by Shiho Kobayakawa in the 46th minute.
Asian Games 2026: Persistence and drama as India’s mixed relay team, Seema win medals
6.30 a.m.: Women’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual Qualification & Team Final — Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod 9.30 a.m.: Women’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual Final (If qualified) — Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod 🥊 Boxing 10.15 a.m.: Men’s 55kg Round of 16 — Jadumani Singh vs. Carlo Paalam (Philippines) 10.45 a.m.: Men’s 90kg Round of 16 — Kapil Pokhariya vs. Sam Estaki (Iran) 2.15 p.m.: Women’s 60kg Round of 16 — Priya vs. Oh Yeonji (South Korea) 🏑 Hockey 1.30 p.m.: Men’s Pool A — India vs. Japan 🏹 Archery 4.30 a.m. Onwards: Recurve & Compound Individual/Team Qualifications — Dhiraj Bommadevara, Jyothi Surekha Vennam, and others 🚣 Canoe Sprint 6.30 a.m.: Men’s Kayak Single 500m Semifinal 1 — Harshwardhan Shaktawat 6.35 a.m.: Men’s Kayak Double 500m Semifinal 1 — Parvathy Geetha, Prasanna Kumar 8.20 a.m.: Mixed Canoe Double 500m Final — Raju Rawat, Neha Devi Leichonbam 🤺 Fencing 6.00 a.m.: Women’s Foil Team Round of 16 — India vs. Indonesia 7.00 a.m.: Men’s Sabre Team Round of 16 — India vs. Philippines 🏄 Surfing 3.58 a.m. Onwards: Men’s & Women’s Shortboard Heats — Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen, Sivaraj Babu 🏇 Equestrian 6.00 a.m.: Dressage 2nd Individual Qualifier — Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora, Jai Sud India wins 10m air pistol mixed team gold and sets Asian Games record at Nagoya; China dominates men’s 50m 3-position team silver. It took a long time coming, but Indian shooting finally had a gold from the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Friday (September 25, 2026), the sixth day of competition. Suruchi had endured a disastrous women’s 10m air pistol qualification on Wednesday, missing out on both the individual and team medals after shooting 20 points below her average. – PTI Indian long-distance runner Gulveer Singh upgraded his Asian Games medal from bronze to silver in the men’s 10,000m as he clocked 28:29.38 minutes, continuing his impressive run on the international circuit. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) The Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams stayed on course for a successful defence of their gold medals as they logged facile wins to enter the finals of their respective events at the Asian Games on Friday (September 25). The women marched into the summit clash with a 48-24 triumph over Nepal before the men joined them with a 66-28 victory against Thailand in the last-four stage. The men’s match followed a similar script as the Indians went up 37-18 in the first half and maintained the supremacy in the next half as well. – PTI Indian boxer Sachin Siwach advanced to the men’s 60kg quarterfinals at the Asian Games 2026 after defeating former Asian champion and World Championships bronze medallist Mohammad Abu Jajeh of Jordan 4-1 in a split decision. He eventually secured a 4-1 split-decision victory to book his place in the quarterfinals.The Indian boxer will next face Japan’s Shunsuke Kitamoto in the quarterfinal. – ANI India suffered a 0-2 loss to South Korea in their opening Group C fixture of the Pokemon UNITE esports event at the Asian Game on Friday (September 25). India, South Korea and Japan comprise Group C. – PTI The Indian women’s kabaddi team stayed on course for a fourth consecutive Asian Games gold after marching into the finals with a 48-24 triumph over Nepal on Friday (September 25, 2026). India established a sizeable 31-17 lead in the first half, including four all-out and four bonus points. Barely 10 days after turning 40, Joshna combined with Velavan Senthilkumar to be assured of a mixed doubles medal by progressing to the semifinals. Joshna said her longevity is also down to a dedicated team that takes care of every need whether in training or nutrition. – PTI India suffered a double setback in the fencing events at the Asian Games on Friday (September 25), with both the men’s foil and women’s epee teams knocked out in the round of 16. The men’s foil team suffered a 27-45 defeat to Hong Kong, while the women’s épée side went down 29-45 to Uzbekistan. The Indian trio of Aditya, Hemash Singh Sanasam and Sachin fell behind early and could not close the gap as Hong Kong opened up an 18-point gap by the end of the seventh relay to seal it in their favour at the Aichi Sky Expo Hall F. However, the Indian women’s team of Taniksha Khatri, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer and Mitva Jesangbhai Chaudhari stayed within striking distance at 14-17 after relay four but they struggled to keep pace as Uzbekistan pulled away from the fifth relay to seal the win. – PTI The Indian women’s hockey team continued its unbeaten run, beating hosts Japan 3-1 to register its fourth consecutive win and virtually seal a semifinal berth at the Asian Games on Friday (September 25). India bags silver in mixed 4x400m relay and bronze in 10,000m as Seema makes Asiad history on dramatic day.
Suruchi Phogat and Kamaljeet, both in their maiden continental outing, propped each other up to break the golden drought, and both admitted their individual disappointments had made them desperate for this win. Suruchi Phogat and Kamaljeet overcome setbacks to win India’s first Nagoya Asian Games shooting gold, highlighting resilience and team spirit. Both had gone to bed with their Asian Games campaigns threatening to slip away. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini congratulated Indian shooters Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet, who fired their way to the gold medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the Asian Games Misugu Okamoto of Japan rcompetes during the women’s park skateboarding final at the Asian Games in Tokoname, Japan, Friday, Sept. Sachin grew increasingly effective as the round progressed and maintained his composure in the closing stages. The Indian squad comprises Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Rudra Narayan Nayak, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath and Reuben Godfrey Fernandes. The comprehensive win also kept the defending champions’ unbeaten run in the ongoing edition intact. Naruka-Parinaaz win India’s first Asian Games mixed skeet bronze, while India’s pistol team disappoints with no finals or medals.
From “extremely sad” to “over the moon” in less than 48 hours, Suruchi Inder Singh and Kamaljeet completed a remarkable turnaround at the Asian Games, carrying the hurt of two disappointing outings before delivering India’s first shooting gold of the Games here on Friday.
The women’s team earlier claimed consecutive victories by defeating Iran, Bangladesh and Japan in the group stages. – PTI Her record-shattering seven appearances at the Asian Games have yielded six medals but Indian squash star Joshna Chinappa has no plans of slowing down even though she admits to being a bit surprised at her own longevity. India will take on Japan on Saturday. Hoping to be included in the Asian Games-bound Indian contingent in the last minute, Greco-Roman wrestler Deepak (67kg), who was removed from the squad after testing positive for banned substance Clomifene, on Thursday approached the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) seeking an expedited hearing of his case.
🏓 Table Tennis 6.30 a.m.: Women’s Singles Round 3 — Yashaswini Ghorpade vs. Miwa Harimoto (Japan) 🎮 Esports 6.45 a.m.: Puyo Puyo Champions Quarterfinal — Paritosh vs. Dongshin Kang 10.45 a.m.: Pokémon Unite Group Match — India vs. 4 Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting of Hong Kong in the mixed doubles quarterfinals to assure the country of a medal in table tennis at the Asian Games here on Friday. Prakash, competing in his last Asian Games, clocked 2:00.94 to qualify for the men’s 200m butterfly final in sixth place. However, there was disappointment in the men’s 400, freestyle event with both Dhanshan Shashikumar and Aneesh Gowda failing to make the final. – AFP Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi moved closer to a hat-trick of Asian Games breaststroke golds after qualifying for the 50m final on Friday (September 25), the morning after smashing the 200m world record. The 17-year-old clocked an astonishing 2min 04.83sec in Tokyo to slice more than half a second off the previous 200m breaststroke mark held by China’s Qin Haiyang.
India’s Manush Shah and Diya Chitale stunned world No. The duo of Das and Patil, on the other hand, made the 200m backstroke final. Japan Towering teenager Zhang Zhanshuo became the first swimmer in history to win seven golds at a single Asian Games on Friday, as young Thai and Chinese sprinters powered to victory on the track in the 100m in record times.