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Indian boxers Kapil Pokhariya and Priya Ghanghas advanced to the Asian Games quarterfinals with unanimous victories, while Jadumani Singh was knocked out. Kapil defeated Iran’s Sam Estaki 5-0, Ghanghas beat Oh Yeon-Ji 5-0 and Jadumani lost 0-3

PV Sindhu defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Pin-chian 21-19, 21-14 to reach the women’s singles round of 16 at the Asian Games. She will face Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki next, while Unnati Hooda and Ayush Shetty also advanced.

Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa K Vinod narrowly missed individual medals in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions final at the Asian Games. Tilottama finished fourth after missing bronze, while Vidarsa placed fifth after India had secured team silver.

Anahat Singh fought back from two games down to defeat Japan’s world No. 6 Satomi Watanabe 3-2 and reach the women’s singles squash final at the Asian Games. The 18-year-old is assured of her maiden singles medal.

Sawan Barwal ended India’s 44-year wait for an Asian Games marathon medal by winning silver in Nagoya. He clocked 2:11:37 to set a national record, finishing behind Japan’s Ichitaka Yamashita and becoming the first Indian man to win the medal abroad.

HS Prannoy questioned the Asian Games 2026 badminton schedule after Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda were required to play twice on Saturday. Both reached the Round of 16 after morning matches before returning to court later in the evening.

Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet ended India's long wait for an Asian Games shooting gold, while Gulveer Singh won silver in the 10,000m. Baranica Elangovan also made history with pole vault bronze, but Satwik-Chirag suffered a shock exit

Baranica Elangovan created history by becoming the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pole vault. She cleared 4.15m to claim bronze in Nagoya, sharing the medal with Kazakhstan’s Polina Ivanova after an identical countback

Commonwealth Games champion Preeti lost 0-5 to North Korea’s two-time world champion Pang Chol-mi in the women’s 54kg round of 16 at the Asian Games. India’s Sachin advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Jordan’s Mohammad Abu Jajeh

: India’s Gurindervir Singh and Animesh Kujur failed to qualify for the men’s 100m final at the Asian Games. Pooja finished sixth in the women’s heptathlon with 5,368 points, while Anamika Kozhinjaparambil ended eighth with 5,234 points

Gulveer Singh won silver in the men's 10,000m at the Asian Games in Nagoya, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in the event. He clocked 28:29.38, finishing behind Bahrain's Birhanu Balew

Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar entered the mixed doubles semifinals, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh advanced to the singles last four, assuring India of three squash medals at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Friday

India's Diya Chitale and Manush Shah stunned Hong Kong's world No. 4 pair Doo Hoi Kem and Wong Chun Ting 3-1 to reach the Asian Games mixed doubles semifinals and assure the country of a table tennis medal

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