Asian Games
Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Kabaddi delivers twin gold, Tajinderpal wins silver – Highlights
Highlights from Asian Games 2026 on September 26, with India chasing kabaddi gold, while Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu, Anahat Singh and other Indian athletes compete across sports.
Indian women kabaddi team after winning gold. (Photo credit: PTI)
Asian Games 2026: India will have two major opportunities to add gold medals to its Asian Games 2026 tally on Saturday, with both the men’s and women’s kabaddi teams featuring in their respective finals against Iran.
The women’s team takes on Iran at 9:30 AM IST, followed by the men’s final at 2:30 PM, giving India a chance to finish the day with two kabaddi titles.
There is plenty more medal action on the cards. India’s women’s 50m rifle 3P final is scheduled for 9:30 AM, while squash has two major semifinal clashes. Anahat Singh faces Japan’s S. Watanabe at 10:30 AM, while Abhay Singh takes on Pakistan’s M. Irfan at 11:15 AM.
The badminton singles events also enter a crucial stage, with Lakshya Sen facing Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew at 6:00 AM. Unnati Hooda and PV Sindhu are also in women’s singles action, while Ayush Shetty and the Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand pair feature later in the morning.
India’s hockey team takes on Japan at 1:30 PM, while Indian boxers and fencers will also be in action.
The athletics programme features several finals, including the men’s shot put, men’s triple jump, women’s 400m and men’s 400m, alongside the continuing decathlon.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 26 Sept 2026 9:03 AM IST
Squash, Mixed Doubles Semi-final: Joshna-Velavan 1-1 Lee-Tang (HKG)
Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar are just one game away from a place in the final.
After losing a very close opening game by a narrow margin of one point, 10-11, the Indian pair made a solid comeback in the second and completely dominated with 11-2.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:54 AM IST
Fencing: Indian men's sabre and women's foil team exit in quarterfinals
Another medal-less day for Indian fencers, as both the men's sabre and women's foil teams missed out on a medal.
The Sabre team lost to South Korea, 24-45, and the women's foil team lost 14-45 to Japan in their respective quarterfinal matchups.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:53 AM IST
Table Tennis, Men's Singles: Manush Shah in action
The left-handed Manush Shah is in action in men's singles Round of 16. He is the lone Indian left standing in table tennis.
Not an ideal start for Shah, who won the bronze medal in mixed doubles yesterday, conceding the opening game 4-11 to world No 8 Lin Shi Dong of China.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:48 AM IST
Decathlon, Shot Put: Not an ideal event for the Indians
Not an ideal event for Tejaswin Shankar or Thowfeeq Noushad, is the shotput. The former throws 13.16m for 677 points to finish fifth.
While Noushad finishes last of the 12 athletes with 10.76m and earns just 531 points.
Tejaswin Shankar, who was leading after the first two events in Decathlon, falls to third after shotput.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:44 AM IST
Canoeing, Mixed Kayak Double 500m: India finishes 9th
India's Geetha Parvaty and Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash cross the line last in mixed kayak double 500m Final A. That brings an end to canoe sprint action for the day.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:38 AM IST
Athletics, Men's 200m: Animesh Kujur into the semis
Putting the disappointment of 100m behind him, Animesh Kujur returns to his pet 200m, easing to the semi-finals by winning Heat 5 with a timing of 21.10s.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:32 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions: SILVER for India
The Indian women's 50m rifle 3 positions team of Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod, and Ashi Chouksey clinch the silver medal, defending their medal from three years ago.
Sen (590) and Vidarsa (588), who had failed to advance in women's 10m air rifle, also make it to the individual finals of women's 50m rifle 3 positions.
Chouskey (585) finished 15th to miss out on the individual final.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:29 AM IST
Canoeing, Mixed Canoe Double 500m: India finish eighth
Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam finish eighth in the mixed canoe double 500m as India's wait for a medal continues.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:26 AM IST
Canoeing, Men's Kayak Single 500m: Harshwardhan Shaktawat wins Final B
Harshwardhan Shaktawat wins men's kayak single 500m Final B. He clocks 1:52.458 to win it. He finishes tenth overall.
- 26 Sept 2026 8:23 AM IST
Canoeing, Mixed Kayak Double 500m: India into the final
Finally something to cheer for in canoeing for India. The mixed kayak double 500m pair of Geetha Parvathy and Sathyaprakash Chempadiyil move into Final A.
They finished second in their semi-final a timing of 1:53.031.
