Games 2026

• Team India won the Asian Games 2026 women's quarterfinals by 8 wickets to qualify for the semi-finals against Japan. • The match took place at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, Japan, where Japan's Shree Charani took early wickets of Haruna Iwasaki and Mai Yanagida. • This victory secures India's position in the next round of the tournament as they compete for a medal.

• Indian athletes will compete in multiple events at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Friday, September 18. • Badminton player Dsouza is scheduled to face Japan's Yuina Sakamoto and Cambodia's Koemyean Dy, while the men's soft tennis team enters qualification. • These matches determine whether India advances to the women's singles quarter-finals and the mixed doubles knockout stages.

• Indian teqball players Declan Gonsalves and Mohamed Anas Beg lost back-to-back men's doubles matches against Vietnam and South Korea during the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games. • The sport combines football and table tennis on a curved table, requiring players to score 12 points to win a set. • The duo remains in the competition through the repechage route, which is a second-chance bracket for athletes who lost early matches.

• The women's hockey tournament for the 2026 Asian Games will take place from September 18 to October 3 in Kakamigahara, Japan. • Ten women's teams will compete for the gold medal at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium. • India enters the competition as a previous medalist after winning bronze at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

• The men's cricket tournament at the Asian Games 2026 will feature 10 teams competing from September 24 to October 3. • In a quarter-final match, Pakistan defeated Thailand by three wickets after scoring 92/7 in 10.4 overs. • The tournament structure divides teams into Group A, including Afghanistan, Japan, and Nepal, and Group B, consisting of Hong Kong China, Malaysia, and Oman.

• Indian athletes are competing in women’s cricket, teqball, and soft tennis on the second day of their Asian Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. • The mixed doubles pair of Dsouza and Imran Beg are scheduled to play four group stage matches against the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, and Kuwait. • These early competitions occur ahead of the official opening ceremony on September 19, with the full games running through October 4.

• Indian rowing and shooting athletes arrived in Japan for the 2026 Asian Games but faced immediate organizational failures upon landing. • A majority of the rowing squad was left stranded without accommodation, and several athletes were missing from the official accreditation system. • These logistical errors jeopardize the preparation and mental state of the athletes before their competitions begin.