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Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Indian hockey women eye gold, Sujeet, Ankush, Lovlina, Parveen win GOLD – Updates, Results
India chase hockey gold against China, while Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal fight for boxing gold on October 2.
Asian Games 2026 LIVE: India will have several major medal opportunities on Friday, with the women's hockey final against China at 3:30 PM the headline event of the day.
The defending champions will look to retain their Asian Games title, while three Indian boxers will also fight for gold. Lovlina Borgohain takes on China's Ziyi Bao in the women's 75kg final, Parveen Hooda faces Chinese Taipei's Chen Nien-chin in the women's 65kg final, and Ankush Panghal meets South Korea's Kim Jin-ho in the men's 80kg final.
India's recurve archers will also be in medal action across the women's team, mixed team and men's team events. Wrestling and cycling will provide further opportunities, while India will also compete in volleyball, sepak takraw, rugby and canoeing.
LIVE Updates:
Live Updates
- 2 Oct 2026 10:39 AM IST
Wrestling, Women's 50Kg: Dipanshi Phogat advances to bronze medal bout via repechage
She defeated her Cambodian compatriot comfortably 10-0 on technical superiority to confirm a place in the medal bout.
- 2 Oct 2026 10:28 AM IST
Wrestling, Men's 65Kg: Sujeet Kalkal upset Paris Olympic champion to reach final
Amazing victory for the reigning Asian Champion Sujeet Kalkal as he edged out reigning Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan 3-3 on criteria in the semi-final.
Kotaro started the match with two 1-pointers in the first half, but then Sujeet came from behind to win a point in the second half and then a 2-pointer to take the lead.
After leading 3-2 with 30 seconds on the clock, Sujeet defended for his life, nullifying Kotaro's attacks; despite giving up 1 step-out point, he won on the criteria of the bigger point.
- 2 Oct 2026 10:22 AM IST
Boxing, Women's 75kg Final: LOVLINA WINS GOLD!
Same clinching routine in the third round. Lovlina now looking to push the opponent back a bit as well.
Bao Zi Yi is looking to be aggressive. She is constantly throwing her hands, but not many have landed.
With less than a minute left, Lovlina is trying her best to slow it down.
The last few seconds and Lovlina intentionally tumbles on the ring. I feel she must have done just enough here.
A scrappy bout as always for the 2020 Olympics bronze medallist, has to be said.
And there it is. Lovlina Borgohain takes the gold medal via an unanimous decision. GOLD NO 12 FOR INDIA!
A FIRST IN WOMEN'S BOXING SINCE MARY KOM AT 2014 INCEHON ASIAN GAMES!
- 2 Oct 2026 10:17 AM IST
Boxing, Women's 75kg Final: Lovlina wins Round 2
An fiery start, this time from both boxers. It's been 30s and both boxers have just thrown their hands at each other.
Lovlina was trying to push the Chinese boxer a bit back to land her blows, but Bao wasn't having any of it. Feel those exchanges might have gone against the Indian with the Chinese showing such good initiative.
As always, a lot of clinching in this Lovlina bout, which makes it seem like hugging contest.
A final blow landed just before the bell rings. Has Lovlina done enough this time around?
She has. Wins it 4-1 on split!
A gold medal seems within reach for India.
- 2 Oct 2026 10:13 AM IST
Boxing, Women's 75kg Final: Lovlina wins Round 1 on split
Lovlina Borgohain starts off aggressively, landing a few punches rightaway. Don't remember when she was this hard this early on in a bout early on.
Bao Zi Yi has grown into this contest and the southpaw's combination of punches have been fairly effective.
Lovlina does manage to land a few towards the fag end of that round. We'll have to wait and see who the judges have got.
Lovlina gets the opening round 3-2 on split!
- 2 Oct 2026 10:10 AM IST
Sailing: Bronze for Nethra Kumanan in women's dinghy event
Coming into the final series as second best, Nethra had a bad start to the day as she finished 6th in Final Series race 1 and dropped out of the podium places.
But then, she put up a strong performance in Final Series 2, winning the race and finishing ahead of Hong Kong's Stephanie Norton and securing the bronze medal on tie-break criteria.
She ended with a cumulative total of 14 points, finishing behind Singapore (13) and Thailand (5).
- 2 Oct 2026 10:08 AM IST
Boxing, Women's 75kg Final: Lovlina Borgohain in action
India's Lovlina Borgohain is at the ring for her women's 75kg gold medal bout.
Lovlina will be in the blue corner, going up against China's Bao Zi Yi.
- 2 Oct 2026 9:49 AM IST
Wrestling, Men's 65Kg Quarterfinal: Sujeet Kalkal beats Abbas of Iran to reach semis
Sujeet starts the bout aggressively this time unlike his first bout, managing to find a big arm throw in the first 30 seconds to score two points.
He added another two points after pushing Abbas into a dangerous position and then finding a beautiful underhook to record a takedown for 2 points.
He then doubled it with another takedown just in the final seconds of the first half, going into the break with an 8-0 lead.
He didn't take much more time after the break and found a takedown to finish the match 10-0 on technical superiority against Iran's Abbas Ebrahimzadeh.
