Asian Games 2026 : Vithya Ramraj sets NR to win bronze; Gulveer, Sreeshankar win silver - Highlights

Shooting, Men's Trap Qualification: Shapath Bharadwaj in top 5 after day 2

Shapath staged a strong comeback on day two, shooting a perfect 50 to climb into the top five after managing only 45 hits on a disappointing first day.

With one final series left on Tuesday, he will be aiming to qualify for the 8-man individual final. The other two shooters, Kynan Chenai (91) and Ahvar Rizvi (87), didn't have a very good day.

Meanwhile, the Indian men’s team currently sits in fifth place with 273/300 hits, trailing the top three by five hits, and a strong final day could still see them push for a team medal. 

Squash, Men's Team Group stage: India lead China 1-0

Suraj Chand has given India a flying start in their opening men’s team tie against China, winning 3-0 (11-4, 11-2, 12-10).

Veer Chotrani is up next for India, followed by Velavan Senthilkumar.

Squash, Women's Team Group: India beat China 2-1

India opened their team group campaign with a 2-1 win over China. 

Shameena Riaz stepped up first but went down 2-3. Tanvi Khanna then levelled the tie with a 3-0 win, before Joshana Chinappa sealed the victory with another 3-0 win. Anahat Singh was rested for this tie.

The Indian team will next take on hosts Japan shortly.

Shooting, Women's 10m Air Pistol Qualification: Rahi Sarnobat misses a shot; India loses team medal

An unfortunate miss by Rahi Sarnobat in the first 5-shot Rapid series cost India a team medal, with India finishing fifth on 1727 points.

India was in contention for the gold medal with just 1 point behind China ahead of the final relay, which had one shooter from both countries.

But with that frame shot, India bowed out of medal contention. 

In the individual qualification, Esha Singh is the only Indian to make the Individual final, finishing 8th with a total of 580. Manu Bhaker finished 11th with 579, while Rahi Sarnobat finished 30th with 568.

Kurash, Women's 78Kg: Pincky Balhara confirms medal with a 3-0 quarterfinal win

India's Pincky Balhara defeated South Korea’s Garam Lim 3-0 to reach the women’s 78kg semi-finals, assuring India of a medal.

The 27-year-old found a good scoring throw late in the bout to score a 'Chala' and edge out the 2025 Asian Championship finalist.

This will be Pincky's second Asian Games medal, who won a 52kg Kurash silver in 2018.

She missed it last time, losing in the quarterfinals, but after 8 years, she will now return to the podium.

Volleyball, India M v/s Hong Kong: India win their second consecutive match

India beat Hong Kong 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-21) for their second successive win at the Asian Games. India had earlier defeated Vietnam in their first match on Sunday.

They will now face Qatar on Tuesday.

Sepak Takraw, Women's Doubles group stage: India lost to Japan 1-2

India’s women’s doubles team of Prity Langoljam, Menenu Tsukru and Leirenronbi Devi Elangbam went down 1-2 to hosts Japan in their Group B preliminary-round clash.

India lost the opening set 11-15 but fought back to take the second 15-9, forcing a decider. The third set was a close affair, but Japan held their nerve to win 15-13 and seal the match 2-1.

It was India’s third defeat in the group, having earlier lost 0-2 to South Korea and 0-2 to the Philippines yesterday.

Squash, India W v/s China: India trail 0-1

Shameena Riaz, entrusted with the responsibility of playing the first match in the Pool C contest against China, falters.

Riaz goes down 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 12-14 in a hard fought contest after being two games up against Yin Ziyuan.

IND 0-1 CHN

Volleyball, India M v/s Hong Kong: India start well

India have started their second volleyball match against Hong Kong well. They win the first set 25-22.

India had earlier defeated Vietnam in their first match on Sunday.

Surfing, Men's Shortboard: Kishore Kumar Anbarasu reaches Quarters!

Kishore Kumar Anbarasu keeps the Indian flag flying on surfing's Asian Games debut. He was the best Indian on display in the heats and it shows why.

Kishore edges out China's Ma Wen Song 9.76-8.80 in Round 3 to book his spot in the final eight, recording a score of 4.93 in wave 1 and 4.83 in wave 2.

Kishore will next face off against Philippines' Espejon Toby tomorrow.