Asian Games
Asian Games 2026: Ancy, Sarvesh win silver medals; Tejaswin, Parul Chaudhary bag bronze – Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the Asian Games on September 27 as Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh win squash silver, while PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda exit in badminton quarters.
The Asian Games 2026 enters another crucial day on Sunday, September 27, with India set for a packed schedule across multiple sports.
The biggest medal opportunities will come in squash, where Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh battled for gold in the women’s and men’s singles finals.
Abhay faced Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow at 12:30 PM, followed by Anahat’s final against Malaysia’s S. Subramaniam at 1:30 PM.
In badminton, PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda exited in the women’s singles quarterfinal. Sindhu, who beat Japan’s World No. 7 Tomoka Miyazaki 21-9, 21-13 in the third round, faced China’s Chen Yufei, while Unnati was up against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi.
Indian boxers were in action in four quarterfinal bouts, including Ankush Panghal in the men’s 80kg category, while the women’s 65kg and men’s 60kg and +90kg categories also featured Indian boxers.
The athletics programme included several finals, including the women’s and men’s 200m, women’s long jump, men’s high jump and women’s 100m hurdles. Tejaswin Shankar also concluded his decathlon campaign.
India’s women’s hockey team faced Singapore at 3:30 PM, while the women’s sepak takraw team took on South Korea and Japan in the group stage.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 27 Sept 2026 10:40 PM IST
27th September! Day Wrap
Athletics: Sarvesh Kushare (high jump) and Ancy Sojan (long jump) win silver; Parul Chaudhary and Tejaswin Shankar take bronze, Harita Bhadra adds bronze in the women's 200m. Murali Sreeshankar and P David through to the long jump final; the women's 4x100m relay reach their final too. Priyanka Goswami disqualified in the marathon race walk after four technical infractions; Manju Rani finishes sixth.
Squash: Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh settle for silver after singles final defeats to Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam and Eain Yow Ng respectively. Anahat becomes the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games singles silver.
Archery: Clean sweep of semifinal spots — compound and recurve teams across men's, women's and mixed events all through, keeping India in medal contention in all six.
Boxing: Parveen storms into the women's 65kg semis with a 5-0 win over world silver medallist Navbakhor Khamidova. Ankush Panghal also reaches the men's 80kg semis. Sachin loses his 60kg quarterfinal to Japan's Shunsuke Kitamoto.
Hockey: Women close out the group stage with a 7-0 win over Singapore, into the knockouts.
Badminton: Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand and Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto all fall in the quarterfinals. Men's team bronze remains India's only badminton medal.
Shooting: Esha Singh (290), Manu Bhaker (287) and Rahi Sarnobat (287) put India third in the team standings after the women's 25m pistol precision stage.
Volleyball: Men open with a straight-sets win over Vietnam, 25-23, 25-21, 25-20. Jerome Vinith top-scores with 15 points.
Surfing: Kamali Prakash and Sugar Shanti Gayen exit the women's shortboard in Round 3.
Sepak Takraw: Women's doubles lose to South Korea and the Philippines, face Japan next.
Weightlifting: Harjinder Kaur finishes ninth in the women's 69kg with a total lift of 204kg (94kg snatch, 110kg clean & jerk).
Equestrian: Hriday Chheda (8th) and Jai Sud (9th) end the individual dressage without a medal.
Fencing: Women's sabre team lose 35-45 to Uzbekistan in the quarterfinals.
Kurash: Vishal loses his +90kg quarterfinal to Thailand's Kunathip Yea-on; Yash Kumar Chauhan and Bharti also exit.
- 27 Sept 2026 6:33 PM IST
Athletics: Indian women's 4x100m team advances to the final with a time of 43.65s.
A brilliant run for the Indian relay team of Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS, Tamanna and Sudeshna Shivankar to qualify for the final with a time of 43.65s.
They topped their heat ahead of a strong Japanese side, and overall finished third, just 0.02s behind leaders China (43.63s).
Abinaya, on the anchor leg, was the star athlete as she gave her all to pip Japan at the finish line to win the heat by just 0.002s
- 27 Sept 2026 6:13 PM IST
Athletics, Men's High Jump: Sarvesh Kushare bags a silver medal on countback
India’s wait for an athletics gold continued in Aichi-Nagoya as Sarvesh Kushare settled for silver with a leap of 2.25m.
He finished level with Chinese Taipei’s Chao-hsuan Fu but lost on countback after needing two attempts to clear 2.25m, while Fu cleared it on his first try.
The silver, however, is historic for Sarvesh, ending India’s 56-year wait for a men’s high jump medal at the Asian Games.
- 27 Sept 2026 6:04 PM IST
Athletics, Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final: Parul Chaudhary wins a bronze medal with a national record of 9:08.67s
Parul Chaudhary claimed bronze in Japan, clocking a new national record of 9:08.67 to become the first Indian woman to break the 9:10 barrier in the steeplechase.
She also became the second Indian athlete after Sudha Singh to win two Asian Games medals in the women’s 3000m steeplechase, adding to the silver she won at the 2023 Hangzhou Games.
However, India could not repeat the double podium finish from last time, as Ankita Dhyani finished fourth and missed out on a medal but clocked a personal best time of 9:19.24s.
- 27 Sept 2026 5:51 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar wins a bronze medal with 7934 points
Not a very good outing for Tejaswin Shankar, who was defending his silver medal from the last Asian Games as he settled for a bronze in Japan with 7934 points.
He finished the 1500m race in first place, but it was not enough for him to pip the second-place China's Xinghua Chen, who scored 8012 points.
- 27 Sept 2026 5:15 PM IST
Full-time Hockey: India 7-0 Singapore!
India finish the group stage in emphatic fashion, with Salima Tete, Sunelita (2), Lalremsiami, Rutuja Pisal, Nikki Pradhan and Deepika on the scoresheet. After Singapore held India goalless in the first quarter, India exploded into action and scored seven unanswered goals.
The group stage is now over, and India move into the knockout stage.
- 27 Sept 2026 5:15 PM IST
Athletics, Women's Long Jump Final: Heartbreak for Ancy Sojan; loses gold to China's Huang; settles for Silver
Ancy Sojan settled for silver after China’s Yingying Huang leapt 6.55m on her final attempt, edging past Ancy’s best of 6.53m.
After that, the Indian jumper managed only 6.49m on her last jump and thus lost out on gold in a dramatic manner.
This is the second consecutive Asian Games silver for the Indian national record holder, following her silver at Hangzhou 2022.
Meanwhile, Shaili Singh also missed a medal on the final attempt as she finished 4th when China’s Mengyi Tan jumped 6.46m on her last attempt to overtake Shaili’s 6.42m.
- 27 Sept 2026 5:06 PM IST
55' Hockey: GOAL INDIA! Deepika with a stunning flick!
Deepika unleashes a brilliant flick from the penalty corner, giving Singapore’s defence and goalkeeper no chance.
India 7-0 Singapore
- 27 Sept 2026 5:03 PM IST
Athletics, Women's Long Jump Final: Shaili Singh enters top 3 after 5 attempts
Shaili Singh enters the top three with a 6.41m jump on her fourth attempt and then she bettered it with 6.42m on her fifth and is now in medal position heading into final attempts.
Meanwhile, Ancy Sojan also bettered her mark to 6.53m and is still in top place after 5 attempts.
- 27 Sept 2026 4:57 PM IST
Athletics, Women's 110m Hurdles: Nandhini Kongan finishes 6th with 13.45s
Nadhini Kongan clocks 13.45s in the final to finish in 6th place, where Japan's Mako Fukube won the title with 12.74s.
