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 10:28 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: India has six point breather
Sanju Devi is proving to be the woman of the match. She was tackled by Iran defenders but she manages to touch the line. SIX points lead for India.
Score: India 34-28 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:26 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: India bounce back
What a moment on the Kabaddi mat! Just one points away, India pulls off THREE points lead. A fitting final it is.
Score: India 31-27 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:22 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: ALL OUT India!
ALLLLL OUTTT India! India's first all out. EIGHT minutes of play left.
Score: India 27-26 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:19 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: Score: India 27-22 Iran
Empty raid by Iran. Pooja comes in for India and Iran tackles successfully!
Score: India 27-22 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:18 AM IST
Boxing, Men's 55Kg: Jadumani Singh loses to Tokyo Olympic medalist in R16
Jadumani Singh bows out of the competition wth a 2-3 defeat to Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the round of 16.
Jadu took the final round 4-1, but it was not enough, as he was already trailing big after two rounds on the three cards, which proved decisive
Paalam showed his class and counter-attacked the aggressive Jadumani with more effective punches.
- 26 Sept 2026 10:17 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: India back to TWO players
WOW! This is intense!
India back to a comfortable 5 points cushion. Madadi now claiming a touch, a video referral is taken. GIVEN!
India back to TWO players
Score: India 25-21 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:14 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: Iran fightsback
From 22-12, Iran has foughback to 23-20. India down to two players.
Score: India 23-20 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:12 AM IST
Kabaddi, Women's Team Final: Iran gets captain Pushpa down
Iran using do or die tacticks. The back-line bonus is gone. Its a do or die raid for India and Captain Pushpa Rana steps in.
But Iranian defenders get her.
Score: India 23-19 Iran
- 26 Sept 2026 10:11 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 50m Rifle 3 Final: Tilottama Sen finishes 4th!
Yet another final shot blunder from an Indian shooter. A mere 9.4 from Tilottama under pressure and the South Korean Kim Jieun has knocked her out.
India finish their women's 50m rifle 3 positions campaign with a fourth and a fifth place finish.
