Asian Games 2026 LIVE Updates, India In Action On Day 8: Sitting on 30 medals, India aims to add to its tally as action continues on Day 8 of the Asian Games. Squash takes centre stage with two gold medals on the line: Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh feature in their respective men’s and women’s singles finals, guaranteed silvers with a strong chance to upgrade the medal colour. Meanwhile, Ankush Panghal secured another assured medal for India after advancing to the men’s 80kg boxing semifinals. Elsewhere, Tejaswin Shankar targets the podium in decathlon, while archery sides feature in the semifinals, with the women’s team matching a world record in qualification. In shooting, Manu Bhaker sits in 16th place following the precision stage of the women’s 25m pistol qualification, while Esha Singh looks to mount a challenge. In badminton, PV Sindhu’s campaign comes to an end as she falls in the quarterfinals, ending her pursuit of an individual medal. (Asian Games 2026 Medals Tally)
Asian Game 2026, September 27 Results:
Surfing: Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen qualify for round 3 of women’s shortboard.
Surfing: Sivaraj Babu qualify for men’s shortboard Round 3 with victory over Davoud Khadir of Iran.
Archery: India beat UAE and Bhutan in Round of 16 and Quarterfinal respectivley to qualify for semifinals in men’s team event.
Archery: India beat Mongolia and Kazakhstan in Round of 16 and Quarterfinal respectively to qualify for semifinals in women’s team event.
Sepaktakraw: India were beaten by South Korea in women’s double Group B match.
Kurash: Sangita was handed a defeat by Charmea Quelino of Philippines in women’s -57kg round of 32 bout.
Badminton: Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly beaten in women’s doubles quarter-finals.
Badminton: Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila were knocked out in mixed doubles quarter-finals.
Athletics: India’s Manju Rani finished 6th in Women’s Marathon Race Walk event while Priyanka was disqualified.
Kurash: Bharti goes down 0-3 to Tahereh Azarpeivand of Iran in women’s 57kg Round of 16.
Kurash: Vishal loses to Kunathip Yea-on 0-5 in men’s +90kg quarterfinal.
Kurash: Yash Kumar Chauhan suffers a 0-10 defeat to Shakarmamad Mirmamadov in men’s +90kg Round of 16.
Kurash: Sangita goes down 0-10 to Charmea Quelino in women’s 57kg Round of 32.
Archery: India qualified for the semifinals in men’s and women’s compound team events.
Fencing: India beat Indonesia 45-23, to sail into women’s team sabre quarterfinal.
Athletics: Tejaswin Shankar finishes 3rd (932) and Thowfeeq Noushad (DNS) in decathlon 110m hurdles.
Athletics: In Women’s 400m Hurdles, Vithya Ramraj (55.73s, SB) and Anu Raghavan (55.84s, PB) both finish second in their respective heats to storm into the final
Athletics: In Men’s 400m Hurdles, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan clocks 49.61s to claim second place and advance to the final; Yashas Palaksha registers a DNF.
Athletics: In Decathlon, Tejaswin Shankar logs 36.77m (599 pts) in the discus throw, dropping to third overall with 5,869 points.
Badminton: Duo of Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly goes down 18-21, 9-21 to Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan in women’s doubles quarterfinal.
Equestrian: Hriday Chheda and Jai Sud concludes Individual Dressage final at eighth (72.680) and ninth (71.490) spots.
Boxing: Ankush Panghal assures India a medal in men’s 80kg boxing by qualifying for the final.
Badminton: Unnati Hooda loses to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 in women’s singles quarter-finals.
Shooting: Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker finish 6th, 15th and 16th at the end of Precision qualifier in women’s 25m Air Pistol.
Badminton: PV Sindhu suffered a defeat against Chen Yu Fei in the women’s singles quarterfinals, bowing out of the competition.
