Asian Para Games
Asian Para Games: Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar, Bhavina Patel start with wins- Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the Indian contingent at the Asian Para Games on October 16th.
Suhas Yathiraj and Krishna Nagar will begin their campaign at the 2026 Asian Para Games on Friday.
The 2026 Asian Games officially begin on October 18, but India’s campaign gets underway two days earlier with the Badminton, Football, and Table Tennis action in Nagoya on Friday.
India's star para shuttlers like Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar, and Manasi Joshi began their group stage action as Indian shuttlers competed in 26 para badminton matches on the day.
The action also began in the para table tennis event with four group stage matches in singles, including Tokyo Paralympic medalist Bhavina Patel.
On the other hand, the Indian men's team started their campaign in the blind football event, with the first group match against South Korea.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 16 Oct 2026 4:00 PM IST
That's it from our coverage of the day from the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya
Tune in tomorrow as the action continues in Para Badminton and Para Table Tennis, while the Indian Boccia players begin their group stage action.
- 16 Oct 2026 3:06 PM IST
Para Badminton, Women's Doubles SL3-SU5: Manasi-Thulasimathi starts with a win; Mandeep-Shanthiya loses
Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan came back from a game down to beat the Indonesian pair Warining Rahayu and Qonitah Syakuroh, 18-21, 21-10, 21-12.
Meanwhile, Shanthiya Viswanathan and Mandeep Kaur faced a straight-game 14-21, 9-21 defeat to the Indonesian pair Leani Oktila and Khalimatus Sadiyah in their group match.
- 16 Oct 2026 2:20 PM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Doubles: Krishna-Sivarajan loses the first match; Abu-Prem starts with a win
In SH6 category, Krishna Nagar and Sivarajan Solaimalai could not convert their advantage and lost in three games, 21-12, 10-21, 12-21, to Hong Kong's Chu Man Kai and Wong Chun Yim.
Meanwhile, Abu Hubaida and Prem Kumar Ale dominated their first group match, 21-4, 21-2, in the WH1-WH2 category against Saudi's pair Essam Buayti and Mahdi Almakinah.
- 16 Oct 2026 1:45 PM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Nitesh-Ruthick starts with a win
Nitesh Kumar and Ruthick Ragupathi start with a straight-game 21-15, 21-12 win over Suhas Yathiraj & Abhijeet Sakhuja in an all-Indian Group C matchup.
Meanwhile, Umesh Kumar and Rakesh Pandey lost 20-22, 16-21 to China's Yuzhe Yi and Pengfei Chen in a Group A encounter.
All three Indian pairs will have one more group match each and will need to finish in the top two of their respective group to qualify for the quarterfinals.
- 16 Oct 2026 12:40 PM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna Nagar starts with a win; Sudarsan loses
Krishna Nagar made a dominating start to the Asian Para Games with a 21-5, 21-4 win over Chinese Taipei's Jia-siang Lin in Group C.
Meanwhile, Sudarsan Muthusamy faces a 15-21,15-21 defeat to Daesung Lee of South Korea in his Group B opener.
Both the shuttlers will have two matches each in their respective groups. The top two from each of the four groups will advance to the quarterfinals.
- 16 Oct 2026 12:09 PM IST
Para Badminton, Women's Singles SL3 Group Stage: Mandeep Kaur & Sanjana Kumari start with wins; Manasi Joshi loses
Mandeep Kaur came from behind to defeat Neeraj 18-21, 21-16, 21-17, in an all-Indian matchup of Group C to begin her campaign.
Meanwhile, Sanjana Kumari had a comfortable 21-4, 21-6 win over Hong Kong's Tsz Huen Zhang in Group B.
On the other hand, Manasi Joshi bowed down in three games to China's Yuemei Liu, 15-21, 21-14, 15-21, in a Group A encounter.
- 16 Oct 2026 11:52 AM IST
Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2: Abu-Pallavi loses the first group match
Alphia James and Prem Kumar Ale faced a three-game 7-21, 21-18, 10-21 defeat to Thailand's Jehauseng Pohloh and Amnouy Wetwithan in the first group match.
They will next face the tough Chinese pair in the final group match, which will be a must-win as only two from the group advance to the quarterfinals.
- 16 Oct 2026 10:45 AM IST
Blind Football: India faces a 0-2 defeat to South Korea in the first group match
Indian men's team faced a 0-2 defeat to South Korea in the first group match with a brace from Yeongjun Jang (15', 38').
India had taken 16 shots in comparison to South Korea's 8 but still couldn't find the back of the net and faced a defeat in the opener.
This is a six-team competition, where each team will play against the other five teams once, with the four best teams going to medal matches.
- 16 Oct 2026 10:35 AM IST
Para Badminton, Men's Singles SU5 Group Stage: Hardik Makkar starts with a win; Rakesh Pandey loses
Hardik Makkar came from behind to defeat South Korea's Jeongsoo Lee, 18-21, 21-19, 21-8, while Rakesh Pandey lost 15-21, 7-21 to Malaysia's Mohamad Azri.
Meanwhile, Sivarajan Solaimalai also began with a win and defeated Philippines' John Maclang 21-7, 21-16 in the SH6 men's singles group match.
- 16 Oct 2026 10:15 AM IST
Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2: Alphia-Prem loses the first group match
The pair of Alphia James and Prem Kumar Ale faced a straight game 15-21, 9-21 defeat to China's Menglu Yu and Jainpeng Mai in the first group match.
They will next face the Chinese Taipei pair in the final group match, which will be a must-win as only two from the group advance to the quarterfinals.
