Asian Para Games: Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar, Bhavina Patel start with wins- Highlights

Para Table Tennis, Men's Singles Class 1: Jehan Madan beats Sandeep Dangi in all-Indian group match

Jehan clinched a 3-1 (11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 11-6) win over Sandeep in a hard-fought 36-minute match to begin their campaign at the Asian Games.

The two Indians are grouped with three more paddlers from Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and South Korea in a single-legged round-robin competition.

The five paddlers will face each other once in the group stage, and the top 3 in the final standings will earn medals.

Para Badminton, Men's Singles SL4 Group Stage: Suhas Yathiraj & Abhijeet Sakhuja start with straight-game wins

Suhas defeated Bangladesh's Joytu Dhar 21-8, 21-11 in just 26 minutes, while Abhijeet got the better of Chinese Taipei's En-chuan Yeh 21-17, 21-12.

Para Table Tennis: Baby Sahana Ravi and Subham Wadhwa start with wins in first group match

Sahana defeated Vietnam's Thi Hoa Nguyen in straight games, 11-6, 11-5, 11-4, in the women's singles Class 9 Group B match.

She will next face Chinese and Kazakh athletes, respectively, in the other group matches.

Meanwhile, Subham defeated Nepal's Keshav Thapa in the men's singles Class 3 Group D match, 11-6, 11-4,11-9.

He will next face Saudi Arabia's Ibrahim Alhassan in the final group match, and the win will secure his place in the quarterfinals, as the top two from each group progress.

Para Badminton, Men's Singles WH1: Prem Kumar Ale takes a fighting three-game win in the first group match

Prem came back from a game-down to defeat the Indonesian shuttler Agung Widodo 18-21, 21-15, 21-16 in 42 minutes to begin his campaign with a win.

This was the second meeting between the two, and with this win, Prem has levelled their head-to-head score at one each.

The 39-year-old will have two more group matches against the Malaysian and UAE athletes, respectively. The top two from the Group will advance to the quarterfinals.

Para Table Tennis, Women's Singles Class 4-5 Group Stage: Bhavina Patel starts with a comfortable straight-game win

Bhavina had a comfortable straight-game 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 win over Kuwait's Ahad Alrasheedi in the first group match of women's Singles Class 4-5.

She will next face Jordan's Faten Eleimat in the final group match on Saturday, and a win will secure a place for her in the round of 16.

Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SH6 Group Stage: Krishna-Nithya start with a win in first match

The duo of Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sivan claimed a comfortable 21-7, 21-7 win over Malaysia's Muhammad Bin Azmi and Nurzammiezatul Mohamad.

They will have two more group matches later against the Chinese and Chinese Taipei pair, respectively, with the two best pairs qualifying for the semi-finals.

Para Badminton, Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Group Stage: Manisha-Pramod & Thulasimathi-Nitesh start with wins; Manasi-Ruthick loses

Two of the three Indian mixed doubles pairs in the SL3-SU5 category start with a win in the group stage.

Manisha Ramadass and Pramod Bhagat defeated China's Li Tongtong and Lichuan Xiong in three games, 21-16, 19-21, 21-16.

While Nitesh Kumar and Thulasimathi Murugesan got the better of Thai pair Chanida Srinvakul and Siripong Teamarrom in straight games, 21-9, 21-7.

On the other hand, Manasi Joshi and Ruthick Raghupathi faced a straight-game 15-21, 4-21 defeat to world No. 3 Indonesian pair Khalimatus Sadiyah and Fredy Setiawan.

Para Badminton, Men's Singles WH2: Abu Hubaida faces a straight-game loss in first group match

Abu Hubaida didn't have a good start to his campaign, losing the first group match to two-time Paralympic men's doubles champion Mai Jianpeng of China, 11-21, 9-21.

He will next face Japan's Reo Oyama in the must-win second group match, where he will need to win to progress, as only two from the group will move to the quarterfinals.

Here is the schedule for the Indian Athletes on the day

India's star para shuttlers, Suhas Yathiraj, Krishna Nagar, and Manasi Joshi, will begin their group-stage action as India faces 26 para badminton pool matches on the day.

The action will also begin 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 will be starting their action in the blind football event, with the first group match against South Korea.

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya

The fifth edition of the 2026 Asian Para Games will begin on 16 October, with action starting in Table Tennis, Football, and Badminton at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Aichi, Japan.

India will be represented by a 168-athlete contingent competing in 11 sports: para athletics, para badminton, para swimming, para shooting, para archery, para table tennis, football 5-a-side, para powerlifting, para judo, boccia and para cycling.

The Indian campaign begins on 16 October with multiple group-stage matches in para badminton, para table tennis and football 5-a-side.