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 10:16 AM IST
Cricket, India M v/s Sri Lanka Semis: India asked to bat first
Sri Lanka have won the toss and asked India to bat first in this semi-final at the 2026 Asian Games.
A very interesting combination from India, who are playing all three of Abhishek Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, and Sanju Samson.
They've sacrificed a pacer to do so with only Jasprit Bumrah in the starting XI.
Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, and obviously Shreyas Iyer all play as specialist batters.
- 1 Oct 2026 10:12 AM IST
Wrestling: No Repechage for Greco-Roman wrestlers Sumit (60kg) and Aman (77Kg)
Both Indian Greco-Roman wrestlers faced defeat in their quarterfinal matches against Iranian and Qatari athletes.
But they will not have a chance at a medal, as their opponents lost their respective semi-final bouts and ended their last hope of qualifying via repechage.
The other two Indian wrestlers, Mansi Ahlawat (62Kg WW) and Nitesh Siwach (97Kg GR), will fight in the bronze medal and gold medal bouts, respectively, later in the day.
- 1 Oct 2026 10:02 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound Individual: Ganesh Thirumuru moves into semi-finals
Ganesh Thirumuru advances to semi-finals of men's compound invidiual archery.
He beats Chinese Taipei's Chen Chieh-Lun 148-138 to move into the final four.
Ganesh is the only Indian compound archer to reach an individual semi-final in Aichi-Nagoya.
- 1 Oct 2026 9:59 AM IST
Wrestling: Mansi Ahlawat loses semifinal to olympic medalist; will fight for bronze medal
Mansi will fight for a bronze medal against Mongolia's Altjin Togtokh later in the day at 3:45 PM IST.
- 1 Oct 2026 9:41 AM IST
Sailing: Indian men’s skiff team wins silver medal after a strong finish
The Indian duo of Manu Francis and Prince Kurisinkal Noble had a poor start to the day and were dropped to 4th place after the 8th race.
But then, they put up an incredible performance and secured a second-place finish in the final race to take the silver medal with an overall score of 23 points.
China took the gold medal with 16 points from 9 races, while Hong Kong finished 3rd with 24 points.
- 1 Oct 2026 9:33 AM IST
Wrestling: Nitesh Siwach advances to men's 97kg Greco-Roman final
Nitesh registered a dominant 9-0 win on Technical Superiority against Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar in the semi-final to create history.
He is now the first Indian Greco-Roman wrestler to reach the Asian Games final since 1962.
Nitesh finished his semi-final bout in the first half itself, claiming two four-point throws on the parterre position after the passivity advantage.
He will next face the winner of the other semi-final between Japan and Iran.
- 1 Oct 2026 9:17 AM IST
Squash, Women's Team Semis: India win BRONZE!
Joshna Chinappa ends up as the second best. She can't ride the momentum Tanvi Khanna built in the previous match and loses out in straight games.
Chinappa goes down 4-11, 7-11, 9-11 after saving four match points.
IND 1-2 HKG
- 1 Oct 2026 9:00 AM IST
Sailing: Men's Skiff team further drops down to 4th place
The poor run continued for the Indian men's skiff team on the second day as they dropped out of the podium after 8 races.
Indian pair Manu Francis and Prince Noble finished 6th in race 8 and are now outside the top 3 and need a better outing in the last race.
They are actually tied in third place with South Korea but are trailing on tie-break, and it could be a straight shoot-off between the two teams in the final race.
After the 9th race, the medals will be decided.
