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 8:55 AM IST
Decathlon, Discus Throw: A major drop for Tejaswin Shankar
Oh no! Tejaswin Shankar with a below par discus throw and he has conceded his lead. Just 36.77m for the Indian, who gets only 599 points from the event.
Tejaswin falls to third spot behind China's Chen Xinghua (5919) and Japan's Yuma Marayuma (5914) with a cumulative total of 5869 points.
With only three more events left in pole vault, javelin throw, and the 1500m run, Tejaswin might have dug himself into a hole here.
- 27 Sept 2026 8:48 AM IST
Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles Heat 2: Yashas Palaksha DNF
- 27 Sept 2026 8:42 AM IST
Kurash, Men's +90kg & women -57kg R16: Yash, Bharti exit
Indian Kurash player Bharti lost 0-3 to Iran’s Tahereh Azarpeivand in the -57kg Round of 16 and Yash Kumar Chauhan, competing in the men's +90kg category, lost 0-10 to Tajikistan’s Shakarmamad Mirmamadov to end his campaign at the Asian Games.
- 27 Sept 2026 8:42 AM IST
Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles Heat 1: Santhosh Tamilarasan makes Final
Santhosh Tamilarasan with a good run in Heat 1 of Men's 400m hurdles. He finishes second with a timing of 49.61s and that is enough to send him through to the final!
Yashas Palaksha will be in action next in Heat 2!
- 27 Sept 2026 8:31 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 25m Pistol: Stunning from Esha Singh!
Esha Singh has managed to put the 10m air pistol disaster behind her, it seems. Starts extremely well in women's 25m pistol precision stage and shoots 290! That puts her at the top of the standings for now.
Rahi Sarnobat, yet to start.
- 27 Sept 2026 8:28 AM IST
Archery, Compound Mixed Team: Yet another semi-final for India
Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav follow suit in compound mixed team event. They take down Mongolia 160-146 in the 1/8 eliminations before beating Kazakhstan 159-154 in the 1/4 elimination.
A good start for India's archery campaign with 4/4 semi-finals made.
- 27 Sept 2026 8:23 AM IST
Archery, Mixed Recurve Team: India move to semi-finals
Encouraging results continue to flow in from archery. The pair of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod have made their way into the semi-finals of the Mixed Recurve event.
Bommadevara and Mohod took down UAE 6-0 in the 1/8 eliminations, before replicating the same score line against Vietnam in the 1/4 elimination rounds.
- 27 Sept 2026 8:21 AM IST
Sailing events delayed!
Sailing action at the Asian Games is delayed. We will continue to bring you updates as and when the action unfolds.
Indians in action in Girls' Dinghy Day 1 and Mixed Dinghy Day 2.
- 27 Sept 2026 8:14 AM IST
Decathlon, Men's 110m hurdles: Thowfeeq DNS
India's Thowfeeq Noushad doesn't start in men's 110m hurdles. He has a DNS to his name and we don't yet know why.
Meanwhile, Tejaswin Shankar clocks 14.33s to claim 932 points from the event. He continues to be in the lead, though with a slender 47 points after six out of ten Decathlon events.
