Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Indian hockey women eye gold, Sujeet, Ankush, Lovlina, Parveen win GOLD – Updates, Results
Boxing, Women's 65kg Final: SCORECARD
No 30 for either boxers in any cards. Sums up how tight it was!
Boxing, Women's 65kg Final: Parveen wins GOLD!
Both boxers eager to dominate in the third round. Good punches early on from both before they slow down.
Parveen jumps into Chen out of nowhere a minute into the contest and takes her by surprise. Very clean jabs to the face!
A wee bit of clinching as well as the boxers look to catch some breath.
As the clock winds down, both Parveen and Chen go haywire looking to impress the judges.
Both boxers have their hands up in the air as the bell rings. This'll be a very tight call.
Who've the judges got? It's the boxer in the blue corner!
PARVEEN HOODA HAS WON THE GOLD MEDAL VIA A SPLIT DECISION!
Boxing, Women's 65kg Final: Parveen loses Round 2
Chen comes out aggressively in the second round. A couple of clean punches landed, but Parveen is returning the favour as well.
Chen has been extremely effective from the Chinese Taipei boxer.
The clock winds down and I feel, this could very well go against Parveen.
And it does. She concedes Round 2 unanimously.
All to play for in the final round!
Boxing, Women's 65kg Final: Parveen wins Round 1
A very slow start to the contest. Neither willing to go all-out and trying to reach other out.
As a minute-and-a-half passes, both pugilists go beserk. A few blows exchanged very cleanly.
This looks very tight to me as the clock winds down.
But the judges don't feel so. Parveen Hooda wins Round 1 unanimously! A great start for the Indian.
Boxing, Women's 65kg: Parveen Hooda in action
Parveen Hooda had won a bronze at the Hangzhou Asian Games three years ago. She, however, was stripped off it after testing positive in a dope test.
Here she is now in Nagoya having served the ban, and has made it to an Asian Games final!
She goes up agianst Chen Nien-Chin of Chinese Taipei in the women's 65kg.
Golf: Pranavi Urs continues her good form; Ends day 3 at the top of standings
23-year-old Indian golfer Pranavi delivered another strong performance for the third consecutive day, carding a 4-under-par round to take sole lead at 15-under-par.
Singapore’s Shannon Tan is in second place at 12-under-par, followed by China’s Ruoning Yin on 11-under-par. An exciting final day awaits on Saturday, which will decide the medals.
Fellow Indians Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar are tied for 18th at 5-over-par and are virtually out of individual medal contention.
The Indian team currently sits second at 11-under-par, four strokes behind leaders China, and will be hoping for a strong final day to stay in medal contention.
Sepak Takraw: Indian men's quadrant team wins first-ever Bronze! Lost 0-2 to Japan in semis
India clinched its first-ever medal in the Men’s Quadrant Sepak Takraw event as the team could not get past the hosts in the semi-finals, losing 12-15, 13-15.
Japan had a strong lead in the same, but India bounced back, closed out the deficit, and saved the first of the two match points, but then failed to do so in the second and conceded the match.
This is India's third medal in Sepak Takraw, having won one each in the last two editions - Men's Team Regu (2018) and Women's Regu (2022) - keeping the streak going.
Sepak Takraw: Men's Quadrant Semi-final: India 0-1 Japan
Indian men's quadrant team concedes the first set of the semi-final against Japan by 12-15
The Indian team had confirmed a medal after reaching the semi-finals with three out of three wins in the group stage.
But now, will have to win the next set to confirm India's first-ever Sepak Takraw final at the Asian Games.
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