Asian Games
Asian Games 2026: Nitesh Siwach wins Greco-Roman silver after 64 years; Squash men's team wins bronze - Highlights
Follow India's October 1 action featuring hockey, volleyball, cricket, Sumit Nagal, squash, archery, wrestling and more.
Asian Games: India enjoyed its biggest medal haul of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, with the compound archers completing a sweep of all three team gold and Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai adding another gold in mixed team trap shooting.
The four gold medals, along with three bronze medals from boxing and wrestling, took India's tally to 60 medals: 10 gold, 21 silver and 29 bronze, moving the country up to seventh in the standings.
India's women's hockey team also booked its place in the final with a 2-0 win over South Korea, setting up a gold-medal clash against China.
The action continues on Thursday with several major medal and knockout events. India will face Pakistan in the men's hockey semifinal at 1:00 PM, while the men's volleyball team takes on Pakistan in a quarterfinal at 6:30 AM.
The men's cricket team will face Sri Lanka in the semifinal at 10:00 AM, while Sumit Nagal will play his men's singles quarterfinal against China at 6:30 AM. India's women's squash team faces Hong Kong in the semifinal at 7:00 AM, followed by the men's team taking on Malaysia at 1:00 PM.
There will also be medal opportunities in archery, shooting, wrestling, judo, canoeing, cycling, taekwondo and sport climbing, making it another packed day for the Indian contingent.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 1 Oct 2026 12:13 PM IST
Shooting: Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Final: Anish Bhanwala starts with 3/5 hits in the first series
Anish Bhanwala starts with 3.5 hits in the first series and is currently tied for 5th with two other shooters and needs a better second series to avoid elimination.
As he was the 8th-best shooter to qualify for the final, Anish will be the first to be eliminated in case of a shoot-off and hence needs to be at his best to avoid such a scenario.
- 1 Oct 2026 11:54 AM IST
Cricket, India M v/s Sri Lanka Semis: Ishan Kishan stars for India
Ishan Kishan blasts an unbeaten 80 off 46 deliveries to take India to a competitive total against a second-string Sri Lankan team.
IND: 169/7
- 1 Oct 2026 11:31 AM IST
Sailing: Indian Women's Skiff Team finished 4th; missed out on the podium
The Indian team of Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma started with a fourth-place finish, before notching two second-place and two third-place finishes and entering the podium positions.
But they could not hold on to their position and had four conseutive 4th place finishes on the final day, missing out on the podium and finishing fourth overall with a score of 26 points.
Japan bagged the gold medal with 11 points, followed by Hong Kong (16) and China (23) in silver and bronze positions.
- 1 Oct 2026 11:23 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound Bronze match: Ganesh wins BRONZE!
An eight to start off for Dang and that should be it for Ganesh Thirumuru, unless he self implodes completely.
He doesn't. 10-10-10 to finish it off.
Ganesh Thirumuru wins bronze with an extraordinary performance. 149/150 for him.
- 1 Oct 2026 11:20 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound Bronze match: First points dropped, Ganesh Thirumuru
Ganesh Thirumuru drops his first point in the match with his 11th arrow of the match. 10-9-10 for him, but Dang can't capitalise.
The Vietnamese shoots 9-10-9.
Ganesh leads 119-116 with just three arrows left!
- 1 Oct 2026 11:17 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound Bronze match: A perfect series!
10-10-10 for both Ganesh and Dang. He maintains his two-point advantage at 88-90 with six arrows to go!
- 1 Oct 2026 11:14 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound Bronze match: Ganesh extends lead
Another perfect 30 for Ganesh Thirumuru as he extends his lead to two points at 58-60!
- 1 Oct 2026 11:11 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound Bronze Match: Ganesh in LEAD
Brilliant start for Ganesh, who shoots a perfect 30 in End 1. Dang could only muster a 29 with 10-9-10.
Early lead for the Indian. Much needed after that disastrous semi-final.
