Asian Games 2026: Ancy, Sarvesh win silver medals; Tejaswin, Parul Chaudhary bag bronze – Highlights

Kurash: Vishal loses in men's +90Kg quarterfinals as India ends day 1 medal-less

Vishal who was India's lone athlete in the quarterfinal today faced a 0-5 defeat to Thailand's Kunathip Yea-on.

The Indian athlete started the bout with a lead, implementing a Chala (a small throw), but then Kunathip levelled the score with his own Chala.

And then, the Thai player found one big side throw (Yonbosh), which awarded him 5 points, and he won the bout.

Fencing: India's campaign ends as the women's sabre team lost in quarterfinals

India's women's sabre team of C.A. Bhavani Devi, Shreya Gupta and Jefarlin Simla lost a close quarterfinal to Uzbekistan 35-45.

Bhavani Devi and Jefarlin scored the most points for India with 13 each, while Shreya chipped in with 9 points.

Earlier, the team had won against Indonesia to reach the last 8 but couldn't find an answer to the strong Uzbek team.

Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati exits

Unnati smashes in the net. Not the time to make that error. Hands Yamaguchi THREE match points. 

And a long rally ends in heartbreak for Unnati as she exits from the Asian Games. But the youngster can pat her back with the effort she put in to recover from one game down and to take a set from world no 3 followed by a really tight third game.

Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 Yamaguchi

Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati fighting on

Its exhausting! the rallies getting long, both players sending back the shuttle. Finally Unnati takes the point as Yamaguchi goes wide on backline.

Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 14-16 Yamaguchi

Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati holding on

A long long rally but Yamaguchi comes out winning. Unnati put in 100% efforts there but an error in judgement on the back line cost her the point.

Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 13-14 Yamaguchi

Boxing, Men's 80Kg Quarterfinal: Ankush Panghal confirms a medal wth a unanimous win

Ankush Panghal dominated his quarterfinal matchup against Tajikistan's Nekruz Salimov to register a win by unanimous decision.

Ankush had no pressure throughout the bout, as Nekruz had very lazy footwork, helping Ankush to use his reach and land some solid punches.

He won the first round with the score of 5-0 but slowed down in the final round, saving his energy for the coming match, and lost 1-4, which didn't affect the result of the bout.

This also confirmed India's first boxing medal at these games, as all four semifinalists will get a medal.

Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati trailing 8-10 in decider

Two baco-to-back solid points for Unnati. One Yamaguchi failed to pick and in the next the Japanese sends it wide. Very crucial points.

Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 8-10 Yamaguchi

Athletics, Men's Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar, P David reach Final

India's Murali Sreeshankar and P David have both done enough to qualify for men's long jump final. Only Uzbekistan's Anvar Anvarov hit the direct qualification mark of 7.90m, with a 8m jump.

Sreeshankar (7.84) and David (7.62) go through as the next best. They are placed second and seventh overall.

Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati on a roll!

Unnai was leading 5-4 and on the next shot the umpire called a foul for hitting the shuttle before it crossed the net. Score level at 5-all.