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 11:04 AM IST
Kurash: Vishal loses in men's +90Kg quarterfinals as India ends day 1 medal-less
Vishal who was India's lone athlete in the quarterfinal today faced a 0-5 defeat to Thailand's Kunathip Yea-on.
The Indian athlete started the bout with a lead, implementing a Chala (a small throw), but then Kunathip levelled the score with his own Chala.
And then, the Thai player found one big side throw (Yonbosh), which awarded him 5 points, and he won the bout.
- 27 Sept 2026 10:15 AM IST
Fencing: India's campaign ends as the women's sabre team lost in quarterfinals
India's women's sabre team of C.A. Bhavani Devi, Shreya Gupta and Jefarlin Simla lost a close quarterfinal to Uzbekistan 35-45.
Bhavani Devi and Jefarlin scored the most points for India with 13 each, while Shreya chipped in with 9 points.
Earlier, the team had won against Indonesia to reach the last 8 but couldn't find an answer to the strong Uzbek team.
- 27 Sept 2026 10:09 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati exits
Unnati smashes in the net. Not the time to make that error. Hands Yamaguchi THREE match points.
And a long rally ends in heartbreak for Unnati as she exits from the Asian Games. But the youngster can pat her back with the effort she put in to recover from one game down and to take a set from world no 3 followed by a really tight third game.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 10:03 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati fighting on
Its exhausting! the rallies getting long, both players sending back the shuttle. Finally Unnati takes the point as Yamaguchi goes wide on backline.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 14-16 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 10:00 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati holding on
A long long rally but Yamaguchi comes out winning. Unnati put in 100% efforts there but an error in judgement on the back line cost her the point.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 13-14 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 10:00 AM IST
Boxing, Men's 80Kg Quarterfinal: Ankush Panghal confirms a medal wth a unanimous win
Ankush Panghal dominated his quarterfinal matchup against Tajikistan's Nekruz Salimov to register a win by unanimous decision.
Ankush had no pressure throughout the bout, as Nekruz had very lazy footwork, helping Ankush to use his reach and land some solid punches.
He won the first round with the score of 5-0 but slowed down in the final round, saving his energy for the coming match, and lost 1-4, which didn't affect the result of the bout.
This also confirmed India's first boxing medal at these games, as all four semifinalists will get a medal.
- 27 Sept 2026 9:54 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati trailing 8-10 in decider
Two baco-to-back solid points for Unnati. One Yamaguchi failed to pick and in the next the Japanese sends it wide. Very crucial points.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 21-14, 8-10 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 9:54 AM IST
Athletics, Men's Long Jump: Murali Sreeshankar, P David reach Final
India's Murali Sreeshankar and P David have both done enough to qualify for men's long jump final. Only Uzbekistan's Anvar Anvarov hit the direct qualification mark of 7.90m, with a 8m jump.
Sreeshankar (7.84) and David (7.62) go through as the next best. They are placed second and seventh overall.
- 27 Sept 2026 9:50 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati on a roll!
Unnai was leading 5-4 and on the next shot the umpire called a foul for hitting the shuttle before it crossed the net. Score level at 5-all.
