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 2:21 PM IST
Boxing: Parveen storms into the semifinals!
Parveen beats reigning world silver medallist Navbakhor Khamidova 5-0 in the women’s 65kg quarterfinal to qualify for the semifinals. A commanding win for the Indian, who had her Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medal stripped after a 22-month WADA suspension for three whereabouts failures.
What a comeback for Parveen!
- 27 Sept 2026 2:15 PM IST
Boxing: Parveen takes Round 2!
Parveen wins the second round on all five judges’ scorecards, with the scores reading 10-9 across the board. She now leads on four cards and is level on one heading into the final round.
Parveen leads 20-18, 20-18, 20-18, 19-19, 20-18.
- 27 Sept 2026 2:12 PM IST
Boxing: Parveen leads after Round 1!
India’s Parveen has made a strong start against Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova in the women’s 65kg quarterfinal. She takes the opening round on all five judges’ scorecards, with scores reading 10-9, 10-9, 10-9, 9-10, 10-9 in her favour.
- 27 Sept 2026 2:05 PM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Final: Anahat Singh loses 0-3 to Sivasangari Subramaniam; Settles for Silver
Sivasangari Subramaniam proved to be a mighty task for the 18-year-old Anahat as she conceded a straight-game, 4-11, 4-11, 7-11 defeat in 25 minutes.
The world No. 5 Malaysian defended her title and became the first female squash player to ever win an Olympic quota.
Meanwhile, Anahat became the first Indian to win an Asian Games women's singles silver medal and will have to depend on other qualifying scenarios to qualify for the LA Olympics.
- 27 Sept 2026 1:57 PM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Final: Anahat Singh 0-2 Sivasangari Subramaniam
Anahat has no answers to the drop shots of the Malaysian as she conceded her second consecutive game without much fight, 4-11.
She is now just a game away from losing her chance at the gold medal as well as the LA Olympics Quota.
- 27 Sept 2026 1:47 PM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Final: Anahat Singh 0-1 Sivasangari Subramaniam
Subramaniam is showcasing her class and is not giving any chance to the youngster to pull an upset on the second consecutive day.
Anahat is trying to be with her in the rally, but her deceptive play is just too big an ask at the moment, as Anahat concedes the first game 4-11.
- 27 Sept 2026 1:43 PM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Final: Anahat Singh in action
18-year-old rising star Anahat Singh has already made history, becoming the first Indian women's singles player to reach the Asian Games final and is now fighting to be the first-ever gold medalist.
She is, however, up against one of the top players in the world, the world No. 5 and defending champion Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia, in the final.
- 27 Sept 2026 1:32 PM IST
Volleyball, Men's Group Stage: India 2-0 Vietnam
India doubled its lead with a much stronger second-set win, 25-21 as Vietnam couldn't continue their good start, made a lot of errors and even their blocking percentage went down.
India is now just a set away from making a winning start to their Asian Games campaign.
- 27 Sept 2026 1:21 PM IST
Squash, Men's Singles Final: Abhay Singh loses 0-3 to Eain Yow Ng; settles for silver
Ng proved to be just too good for Abhay Singh as he closed out the win in straight games, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, as the tired-looking Abhay Singh made a lot of unforced errors.
Ng made the Indian play a lot of big rallies and forced him to run away wth both corners using his wrist work and smooth footwork.
This loss also meant that India's quest for a first-ever singles gold in squash continues. So does India's search for an Olympic quota, as Abhay will now have to depend on other ranking quotas and events.
- 27 Sept 2026 1:10 PM IST
Squash, Men's Singles Final: Abhay Singh 0-2 Eain Yow Ng
After a tiring first game, Abhay looked physically drained and made a lot of unforced errors and the defending champion took full advantage of it and dominated the second game, 11-5.
Abhay will have to find some afterburners and take the third game to keep his hopes alive.
