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Commonwealth Games 2026 champion Preeti was eliminated from the Asian Games women's 54kg event after losing 0-5 to North Korea's two-time world champion Pang Chol-mi. Earlier, India's Sachin advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Jordan's Mohammad Abu Jajeh

Defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a first-round exit at the Asian Games, losing to Thailand’s Peeratchai Sukhphun and Pakkapon Teeraratsakul in three games. The defeat ended India’s men’s doubles title defence after their recent China Masters triumph.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India’s mixed 4x400m relay team after the quartet won silver at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya. India clocked 3:14.46, finishing just 0.08 seconds ahead of Vietnam in a thrilling final.

India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Patil won silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event at the Asian Games. Aishwary and Niraj also qualified for the individual final with strong qualification scores

India’s Suruchi Inder Singh and Kamaljeet won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team gold at the Asian Games with an Asian record score of 484.6. The duo also broke the Asian Games Qualification Record earlier with a score of 587

Indian paddlers Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured a table tennis mixed doubles medal at the Asian Games after beating Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-Ting and Doo Hoi Kem 3-1. They will face Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semifinals

India won silver in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2026 Asian Games, clocking 3:14.46 to finish behind Bahrain. Vietnam missed silver by just 0.08 seconds, while the result extended India’s medal-winning run in the event

ndia’s Asha Ilango missed out on a women’s triple jump medal at the Asian Games after finishing fourth on countback with a best effort of 13.83m. Niharika Vashisht finished 10th after failing to reach the final three rounds

India’s Sakshi Chaudhary exited the Asian Games after a 2-3 pre-quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova in the women’s 65kg category. Sumit also bowed out after conceding his men’s 70kg bout against Iraq’s Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan

Defending champions India completed an unbeaten Group A campaign in women’s kabaddi at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a 50-25 win over Japan. Captain Pushpa Rana led the side to its third straight victory and a place in the semifinals

India remained unbeaten in the men’s kabaddi competition at the 2026 Asian Games, defeating Chinese Taipei 37-21 to top Group A. India had already secured a semi-final berth and a medal after beating Bangladesh on Wednesday

Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won India's maiden Asian Games medal in men's double sculls, claiming bronze in Nagoya. Their achievement provided a bright spot for an Indian rowing team that endured one of its poorest continental Games campaigns

Dilpreet Singh scored a hat-trick as defending champions India thrashed Korea 8-2 for their third straight win in the Asian Games men’s hockey competition. India remained atop Pool A and all but assured their place in the semifinals

India’s Asian Games campaign continues on September 24 with medal events in rowing, shooting and wushu, alongside fixtures in hockey, kabaddi, boxing, squash and table tennis. Indian athletes will also compete in athletics, canoe sprint, swimming and e-sports

India won two shooting bronzes at the Asian Games on Wednesday, with Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmed Khan and Bhavtegh Singh Gill prevailing in a shoot-off for the men’s skeet medal, while Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won the women’s bronze

Mirabai Chanu ended a 12-year wait for an Asian Games medal by winning silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event in Nagoya. She totalled 198kg, while North Korea’s Ri Song Gum won gold with a record-breaking 215kg

Mirabai Chanu won a historic silver in the women’s 49kg category at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Wednesday. The medal fulfilled her long-standing dream and made her India’s first Asian Games weightlifting medallist since Karnam Malleswari’s 1998 silver

India’s women’s skeet team won bronze at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, combining for 331 hits. Raiza Dhillon and Parinaaz Dhaliwal contributed 111 each, while Maheshwari Chauhan added 109. Raiza later finished fourth in the individual final.

India’s Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Razia Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan won bronze in the women’s skeet team event at the Asian Games in Nagoya. Jay Meena also assured India of a soft tennis medal after reaching the men’s singles semifinals.

Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event at the Asian Games in Nagoya, ending India’s 28-year wait for a medal in the sport. She had finished fourth at the Hangzhou Games in 2023.