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 9:43 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati levels score
Unnati Hooda levels score! Takes the second game 21-14 in 20 minutes.
- 27 Sept 2026 9:42 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati stealing the show
WOW! Tremendous play by Unnati! She is chasing down everything and refusing to let a single point go easily. Unnati has rattled off six straight points to take a commanding 19-4 lead in the second game!
- 27 Sept 2026 9:36 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati level at 11-all in second game
Unnati has won seven of the last nine points and has been active on court, briefly opening up a two-point lead.
But Yamaguchi returns after Unnati sends a cross-court smash wide, followed by an error into the net.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 11-11 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 9:32 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati takes lead
Unnati Hooda is level at 7-all and is trying to find her rhythm against a higher-ranked opponent.
A brilliant combination of shots helps the Indian move ahead as she wins five of the last six points.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 8-7 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 9:27 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati Hooda concede opening game
Unnati Hooda concedes the opening game 16-21 against Akane Yamaguchi.
Trailing 4-12, the young Indian mounted a brief fightback to close the gap to 16-18. But Yamaguchi proved too good and finished the game strongly.
Score: Unnati 16-21, 3-5 Yamaguchi
- 27 Sept 2026 9:22 AM IST
Athletics, Long Jump Qualification: Murali Sreeshankar in action
Murali Sreeshankar is in action for India in the men's long jump qualification along with P David. The automatic qualification standard for the final is at 7.90m.
Sreeshankar starts off with 7.67m, while David record 7.61m in their respective first attempts.
- 27 Sept 2026 9:20 AM IST
Athletics, Women's 400m Hurdles Heats: Vithya, Anu make final
India's Vithya Ramraj and Anu Raghavan both make final in women's 400m hurdles, finishing second in their respective heats.
While Vithya clocked 55.73s, Anu clocked 55.84s!
- 27 Sept 2026 9:19 AM IST
Equestrian, Dressage Individual Final: India finishes medal-less as Hriday ends up in 8th place
A disappointing campaign for Indian equestrian athletes, as they failed to win any medals this time, compared to two last time in Hangzhou.
Hriday Chheda and Jai Sud, the last two remaining athletes, also missed out on the podium, finishing 8th and 9th, respectively, in the Individual Dressage final.
Hriday scored 72.680 percentage points, while Jai ended up with 71.490, finishing outside the top 8. South Korea's Dongheon Nam won the title with 75.190 points.
- 27 Sept 2026 9:07 AM IST
Badminton, Women's Singles QFs: Unnati Hooda takes on Japan's A Yamaguchi
The young and promising Unnati Hooda takes on Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the women's singles quarterfinal.
Unnati is World No. 23 and Japanese shuttler Yamaguchi is World No. 3.
A big test awaits the Indian. Can Unnati rise to the occasion and pull off a major upset?
- 27 Sept 2026 8:56 AM IST
Surfing: All three Indian surfers win their Round -2 heats today; advance to last 16
Kamali Prakash, Sugar Gayen and Sivaraj Babu won their respective Round 2 heats and advanced to the last 16. They will join Kishore Kumar in Round 3, who has already earned his spot directly from Round 1.
Kamali defeated the Philippines surfer, while Sugar and Sivaraj got the better of the Chinese Taipei and Iranian surfers, respectively.
The women's round 3 will be in action later today, with Kamali taking on Indonesia's Michelle Struder and Sugar up against Japan's Minami Nonaka.
