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 11:29 AM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Semi-finals: Anahat Singh stuns world no.6; Enters final
An amazing comeback from the 18-year-old, who stuns the home favourite Satomi Watanabe of Japan in five games: 9-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6, 11-3.
Anahat was two games down, and even in the third game she had to save three match points before forcing a tiebreak and then winning the third game.
After this survival, she just outshone Watanabe with some beautiful shots and won the next two games with big margins.
This win not only kept her gold medal chances alive but also her chances of winning an LA Olympics 2028 Quota spot, which will be awarded to the winner.
- 26 Sept 2026 11:25 AM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Semi-finals: Anahat levels the score at 2-2 with a beautiful fourth game
Anahat finds her touch and is playing some top-quality deceptive shots to rattle the world No. 6, who is looking a bit frustrated.
The young Indian dominated the last part of the fourth game to register a comfortable 11-5 win and force a decider.
- 26 Sept 2026 11:16 AM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Semi-finals: Anahat pulls back one game saving two match points
Anahat continued to showcase a strong fight against the much higher-ranked opponent and pulled back in the third game.
She was on the verge of exit, trailing 8-10, but then she found a late comeback and won the next four points on a trot to take the game, keeping her hopes alive.
- 26 Sept 2026 11:01 AM IST
Squash, Women's Singles Semi-finals: Anahat Singh 0-2 Satomi Watanabe
The India No. 1, Anahat Singh is trying hard but isn't able to find that sharp kill against the world No.6 Satomi Watanabe.
Anahat is trying to take the fight to Satomi, but her deceptive play is just proving to be good for Anahat, as she lost the first two games, 9-11, 11-13.
She will need to win the next game anyhow to keep her campaign alive and otherwise will just settle for the bronze.
- 26 Sept 2026 10:51 AM IST
Boxing, Men's 90Kg: Kapil Pokhariya advances to quarterfinals with a 5-0 win
Kapil starts his Asian Games campaign with a unanimous 5-0 win over Iran's Sam Estaki in the men's 90kg round of 16 bout
He dominated the bout throughout with his combination of punches while the Iranian couldn't find clean hits and hence was not awarded much by the judges.
- 26 Sept 2026 10:37 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: India defends the title
GOLD for India!
Indian women's kabaddi team beat Iran in a hard-fought final 37-34. There's cheers and celebration. But India played a tremendous game.
The Indian women’s team remain unbeaten and successfully defend the gold medal.
India had also defeated Iran in the 2023 Asian Games final to win the title.
- 26 Sept 2026 10:31 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: Last TWO minutes.
Iran now a three player team on the mat. Pooja gets the touch. Iran down to two now.
But Iran responds with a point and a bonus.
Score: India 35-30 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:31 AM IST
Badminton, Men's Singles: An easy win for Ayush Shetty to begin his individual event
It took just 20 minutes for Ayush to pack off his Kazakhstan opponent, Makhsut Tajibullaev in straight games, 21-7, 21-7.
He will now move to the Round of 16, where he will be up against Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei later in the day.
