India witnessed a positive day at the Asian Games 2026 on Friday, adding 5 medals to its tally. The day started with a gold medal as Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh won the 10m air pistol mixed team event. India further added 1 silver and 4 bronze medals by the end of the day.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, September 26, several key events are lined up as India will look to further enhance its position in the medal tally. India currently stands in 12th position at the Asian Games 2026 with 23 medals to its name, including 2 gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze medals.
In this article, we will explore the key matches and medal events lined up for India on September 26.
Asian Games 2026 September 26: Key Matches and Medal Events
Athletics is going to be crucial for India, with 4 gold medal events lined up across different categories. There will also be a gold medal event in kabaddi, where India will enter as favourites to defend their title.
Apart from that, there will be several crucial games across different sports, with two different squash semifinals.
Below is the list of all the medal events as well as India's matches and participating athletes.
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Time (IST)
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Sport
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Phase / Event
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Match / Competitors
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3:58 AM
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Surfing
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Women's Shortboard Round 2
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Kamali Prakash vs Camille Marie Spaccarotella
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4:30 AM
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Archery
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Compound Women's Individual Qualification
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Prithika Pradeep, Jyothi Surekha Vennam +1
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4:30 AM
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Archery
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Recurve Men's Team Qualification
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India
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4:30 AM
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Archery
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Compound Women's Team Qualification
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India
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4:30 AM
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Archery
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Recurve Men's Individual Qualification
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Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Sanjay Bhoge +1
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4:54 AM
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Surfing
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Women's Shortboard Round 2
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Sugar Shanti Gayen vs CHEN Wan-yu
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5:35 AM
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Athletics
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Men's Decathlon 100 Metres
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Thowfeeq Noushad
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5:43 AM
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Athletics
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Men's Decathlon 100 Metres
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Tejaswin Shankar
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5:50 AM
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Surfing
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Men's Shortboard Round 2
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Sivaraj Babu vs Davoud Khadir
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6:00 AM
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Equestrian
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Dressage 2nd Individual Qualifier
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Gaurav Pundir, Jai Sud +2
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6:00 AM
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Fencing
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Women's Foil Team Table of 16
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India vs Indonesia
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6:00 AM
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Badminton
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Men's Singles 2nd Round
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Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew
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6:15 AM
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Shooting
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50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Individual Qualification
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India
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6:15 AM
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Athletics
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Men's Decathlon Long Jump
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Thowfeeq Noushad, Tejaswin Shankar
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6:30 AM
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Canoe Sprint
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Men's Kayak Single 500m Semifinal
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Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat
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6:30 AM
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Table Tennis
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Women's Singles Round 3
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Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Miwa Harimoto
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6:45 AM
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Esports
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Puyo Puyo Champions Quarter-finals
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Paritosh vs KANG Dongshin
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6:50 AM
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Canoe Sprint
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Mixed Kayak Double 500m Semifinal
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Parvathy Geetha & Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash
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7:00 AM
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Fencing
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Men's Sabre Team Table of 16
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India vs Philippines
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7:55 AM
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Athletics
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Men's Decathlon Shot Put
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Thowfeeq Noushad, Tejaswin Shankar
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8:10 AM
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Athletics
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Women's Long Jump Qualification
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Shaili Singh
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8:10 AM
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Badminton
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Women's Singles 2nd Round
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Unnati Hooda vs Wong Ling Ching
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8:10 AM
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Athletics
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Women's Long Jump Qualification
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Ancy Sojan Edappilly
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8:32 AM
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Athletics
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Men's 200m Round 1
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Animesh Kujur
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8:50 AM
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Badminton
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Men's Singles 2nd Round
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Ayush Shetty vs Makhsut Tajibullayev
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9:00 AM
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Archery
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Recurve Mixed Team Qualification
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India
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9:00 AM
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Archery
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Recurve Women's Individual Qualification
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Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod +1
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9:00 AM
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Archery
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Compound Men's Individual Qualification
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Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, Kushal Dalal +1
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9:00 AM
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Archery
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Compound Men's Team Qualification
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India
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9:00 AM
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Archery
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Recurve Women's Team Qualification
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India
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9:00 AM
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Archery
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Compound Mixed Team Qualification
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India
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9:30 AM
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Badminton
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Women's Singles 2nd Round
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PV Sindhu vs CHIU Pin-chian
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10:15 AM
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Boxing
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Men's 55KG Preliminaries - Round of 16
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Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Carlo Paalam
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10:45 AM
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Boxing
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Men's 90KG Preliminaries - Round of 16
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Kapil Pokhariya vs Sam Estaki
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10:45 AM
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Esports
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Pokemon UNITE Group C
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India vs Japan
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11:30 AM
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Badminton
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Women's Doubles 2nd Round
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G. Pullela / T. Jolly vs M. Matsumoto / Y. Fukushima
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1:30 PM
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Hockey
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Men Pool A
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India vs Japan
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2:15 PM
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Boxing
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Women's 60KG Preliminaries - Round of 16
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Priya vs OH Yeonji
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4:04 PM
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Athletics
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Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1
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Jyothi Yarraji
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4:12 PM
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Athletics
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Women's 100m Hurdles Round 1
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Nandhini Kongan
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4:33 PM
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Athletics
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Women's 200m Round 1
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Harita Bhadra
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4:41 PM
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Athletics
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Women's 200m Round 1
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Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland
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5:21 PM
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Athletics
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Men's 1500m Round 1
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Yoonus Shah
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5:31 PM
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Athletics
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Men's 1500m Round 1
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Gulveer Singh
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Time (IST)
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Sport
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Phase / Event
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Match / Competitors
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3:58 AM
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Surfing
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Women's Shortboard Round 2
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Kamali Prakash vs Camille Marie Spaccarotella
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4:30 AM
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Archery
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Compound Women's Individual Qualification
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Prithika Pradeep, Jyothi Surekha Vennam +1
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India Medal Events
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Time (IST)
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Sport
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Event / Phase
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Indian Competitors
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4:00 AM
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Athletics
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Men's Marathon Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Sawan Barwal, Kartik Karkera
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6:15 AM
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Shooting
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50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Team Final (Gold Medal Event)
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India
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8:20 AM
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Canoe Sprint
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Mixed Canoe Double 500m Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Raju Rawat & Neha Devi Leichonbam
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8:30 AM
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Squash
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Mixed Doubles Semifinals (Bronze Guaranteed)
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J. Chinappa / V. Senthilkumar vs Lee Ka Yi / Tang Ming Hong
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9:30 AM
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Kabaddi
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Women's Team Final (Gold Medal Match)
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India vs Islamic Republic of Iran
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10:30 AM
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Squash
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Women's Singles Semifinals (Bronze Guaranteed)
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Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe
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11:15 AM
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Squash
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Men's Singles Semifinals (Bronze Guaranteed)
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Abhay Singh vs Muhammad Ashab Irfan
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2:30 PM
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Kabaddi
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Men's Team Final (Gold Medal Match)
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India vs Islamic Republic of Iran
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4:30 PM
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Athletics
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Men's Shot Put Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Karanveer Singh
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5:05 PM
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Athletics
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Men's Triple Jump Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Karthik Unnikrishnan, Praveen Chithravel
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6:15 PM
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Athletics
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Women's 400m Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Prachi, Kiran
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6:33 PM
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Athletics
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Men's 400m Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Vishal Thennarasu
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6:45 PM
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Athletics
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Women's 1500m Final (Gold Medal Event)
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Pooja, Parul Chaudhary
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Asian Games 2026: Where to Watch Live
Fans in India can enjoy the live action of the Asian Games 2026 on the Sony Sports Network. The online streaming will be available on Sony LIV (subscription required).
Meanwhile, for TV audiences, different Sony Sports channels will telecast the events. Sony Sports 1 and Sony Sports 5 will telecast in English, while Sony Sports 3 will provide the Hindi broadcast. For other languages such as Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, the events will be available on Sony Sports 4.
Meanwhile, DD Sports will also broadcast some selected events which will be free to air.
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