Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Kabaddi delivers twin gold, Tajinderpal wins silver – Highlights

6' Hockey: India win another penalty corner!

India earn their second penalty corner of the match, which leads to another PC. Japan's goalkeeper is alert to the danger and makes the save to deny India.

India 0-0 Japan

5' Hockey: Early penalty corner for India, but Japan hold firm!

India earn an early penalty corner, but Japan defend it well to keep the scores level. Harmanpreet Singh calls for a referral, but the review goes against India.

India 0-0 Japan

Hockey: Men’s Group Stage – India vs Japan

India have made a bright start against Japan in the men’s hockey group-stage clash. The Indian side, in orange, are playing from left to right, with Japan defending in blue.

Badminton, Women's Singles: PV Sindhu advances to last 16

The Olympic medallist defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Pin Chian 21-19, 21-14 in straight games to begin her singles campaign in Japan.

Archery, Compound Men's: Sahil and Ganesh qualify for the Individual elimination

Sahil Jadhav (709) and T. Ganesh Mani Ratnam (704) finished the qualification round in 5th and 12th places, respectively, securing their spots in the individual elimination rounds, as only two archers per nation are permitted.

Together with Kushal Dalal (704), the pair earned the third seed in the men’s team event and will face UAE in the Round of 16.

Sahil, paired with Chikitha Taniparthi, who earlier topped the men’s recurve ranking round, secured the top seed in the mixed team event and will face Mongolia in the Round of 16.

Archery, Recurve Women's: Kumkum, Kirti qualify for Individual elimination

Kumkum Mohod (666) and Kirti (653) finished the qualification round in 9th and 16th places, respectively, securing their spots in the individual elimination rounds, as only two archers per nation are permitted.

Together with Ankita Bhakat (643), the pair earned the sixth seed in the women’s team event and will face Mongolia in the Round of 16.

Kumkum, paired with Dhiraj, who earlier topped the men’s recurve ranking round, secured the second seed in the mixed team event and will receive a bye in the Round of 32.

Squash, Men's Singles Semi-finals: Abhay Singh completes a straight-game win to reach final

A rather comfortable outing in the third game for Abhay, who claimed a straight-game 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 win over Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan in the semis.

Irfan tried some tricky shots throughout the match, but Abhay didn't lose his compsure and closed out the match in his favour.

He will now fight for a gold medal tomorrow and also a fight for the LA Olympics 2028 quota spot.

Esports, Pokemon Unite: India lose to Japan

India lose their second consecutive Group C match in Pokemon Unite, an esports title, losing out to Japan 0-2.

The team had earlier lost their opening match by the same margin against South Korea.

The Indian team comprising of Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Rudra Narayan Nayak, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath and Reuben Godfrey Fernandes, will now battle it out against the bottom placed team in Group B to secure the final spot in the play-offs.

Squash, Men's Singles: Abhay Singh doubles his lead to 2-0 over Irfan of Pakistan

Irfan showed a better fight in the second game with some side wall shots, but Abhay in the end held his compsure and won the game in the tiebreak, 12-10.

He is just a game away from the final.

Squash, Men's Singles: Abhay Singh takes a 1-0 lead over Irfan of Pakistan

Abhay started the semi-final with a solid 11-3 win in the first game against Muhammad Irfan of Pakistan to take a 1-0 lead in the match.