Asian Games 2026 LIVE Updates, Day 14: India’s recurve archers win historic gold, 2 silver; Lovlina bag gold

India at Asian Games 2026 Athlete Action Result, Medal Tally Today Live Updates: The Indian archers, women's hockey team, wrestlers and others will be in action in medal events on Friday.

Asian Games India Live Today: The women’s recurve archery team of Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti Sharma has given the Indian contingent the best start to the 14th day of the Asian Games: by defeating the mighty South Koreans in the final to win a first-ever gold medal in the event. The Koreans are 10-time Olympic champions besides being 10-time Asian Games champions. They had never lost in an Asian Games final since the 1970s. Until Friday, that is. The Indian mixed recurve team of Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Dommadevara then claimed a silver medal as did the men’s recurve archery team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge.

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Lovlina Borgohain also claimed a gold medal in the women’s 75kg event, thus becoming the second woman after Mary Kom to win a gold in women’s boxing in the Asian Games since 2014. A bronze also came from Nethra Kumanan in the women’s dingy event. Later in the day, the Indian women’s hockey team will be in the final against China and could add another gold medal to the tally. Boxers Parveen and Ankush will also be in gold medal bouts with high chances of finishing on top of the podium after their stellar show in the Commonwealth Games. The wrestlers will also be in action as they look to qualify for the medal positions.

LIVE TRACKER: India's Asian Games medallists so far (Click on ➕ sign on the right 👉 to expand)

Athletics

Kiran, Prachi, Poovamma Machettira and Vithya Ramraj - Women's 4x400m relay - Gold

Sreeshankar Murali- Men’s long jump- Silver

Vishal T.K., M.R. Poovamma, Manu T.S. and Vithya Ramraj — Mixed 4x400m relay – Silver

Gulveer Singh — Men’s 10,000m – Silver

Sawan Barwal – Men’s Marathon – Silver (He ended India’s 44-year wait for a medal in the event — and became the first Indian to win one outside home soil)

Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Men’s Shot Put – Silver

Sarvesh Kushare- Men’s high jump-Silver

Gulveer Singh- Men’s 1500m-Silver

Ancy Sojan- Women’s long jump- Silver

Yashvir Singh — Javelin — Silver

Pooja  - Women's high jumo - Bronze

Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra and Sneha SS - Mixed team 4x100m relay - Bronze

Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu T, Jay Kumar and Vishal TK - Men's 4x400m relay - Bronze

Rohit Yadav — Javelin — Bronze

Prachi — Women’s 400m — Bronze

Harita Bhadra — Women’s 200m — Bronze (This was India's first medal at the Asian Games in eight years)

Tejaswin Shankar — Men’s decathlon — Bronze

Parul Chaudhary — Women’s 3000m steeplechase — Bronze

Baranica Elangovan — Women’s Pole Vault – Bronze (became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in the women's pole vault event)

Vithya Ramraj — Women’s 400m hurdles — Bronze (Beat PT Usha’s four-decade-old record in 400m hurdles that was standing since 1984)

Parul Chaudhary — Women’s 5000m — Bronze

Seema Kumari — Women’s 10000m — Bronze

Manpreet Kaur — Women’s Shot Put – Bronze

Gulveer Singh - Men's 5000m - Bronze

Shooting

Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — 10m air pistol mixed team – Gold

Neeru Dhanda — Women's trap individual — Gold 

Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai — Mixed team trap — Gold 

Elavenil Valarivan — Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Individual) – Silver

Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Team) – Silver

Himanshu Dhillon — Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Individual) – Silver

Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane — Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Team) – Silver

Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil and Niraj Kumar — Men’s 50m rifle 3P team – Silver

Ashi Chouksey, Vidarsa Kochalumkal Vinod and Tilottama Sen – Women’s 50m rifle 3P team – Silver

Esha Singh – Women’s 25m Air Pistol – Silver 

Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat — Women's trap team — Silver 

Rudrankksh Patil — Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Individual) — Bronze

Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Women’s skeet team – Bronze (This was India’s first women’s skeet team medal in Asian Games history)

Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Men’s skeet team – Bronze

Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Mixed skeet team – Bronze (This was India’s first-ever mixed team medal in skeet shooting)

Kabaddi

India women’s team – Gold

Indian men’s team – Gold

Cricket

Indian Women’s Cricket Team – Gold

Archery

Women’s compound archery team (Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Taniparthi Chikitha) — Gold

Taniparthi Chikitha and Sahil Rajesh Jadhav — Compound archery mixed team event —  Gold

Men's compound archery team (Sahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal and Thirumuru Ganesh Mani Ratnam) — Gold

Ankita Bhakat, Kirti, Kumkum Anil Mohod — Women's Team Recurve — Gold (this is the first-ever gold medal for the women's team at the Asian Games.)

Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge — men's recurve archery — Silver (this is the first-ever gold medal for the women's team at the Asian Games.)

Ganesh Thirumuru — Men's compound archery individual — Bronze

Boxing

Lovlina Borgohain — Women’s 75kg weight class — Gold (She is the second woman after Mary Kom to win a gold medal in boxing in the Asian Games since 2014.)

Narender Berwal — Men’s +90kg weight class — Bronze

Priya Ghanghas — Women’s 60kg weight class — Bronze

Kapil Pokhariya — Men’s 90kg weight class — Bronze

Squash

Anahat Singh — women’s singles — Silver (Became 1st Indian to win women’s singles silver at Asian Games)

Abhay Singh — men’s singles — Silver (Became only only India’s second singles medallist in Asian Games history after Saurav Ghosal claimed one at Hangzhou three years ago)

Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar — Mixed Doubles — Bronze

Joshana Chinappa, Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna — Women's team — Bronze

Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar — Men's team — Bronze

Table tennis

Manush Shah, Diya Chitale — Mixed doubles — Bronze

Mixed martial arts

Suchika Tariyal — Women’s Traditional MMA (60kg) – Bronze (This was India's first medal ever in MMA at an Asian Games)

Kurash

Pincky Balhara – Women’s 78kg – Bronze

Weightlifting

Mirabai Chanu — Women’s weightlifting (49 kg) – Silver (This was India’s first weightlifting medal at the Asian Games since Karnam Malleswari won silver in Bangkok in 1998)

Soft tennis

Jay Meena — Soft tennis (men’s singles) – Bronze (This was India's first medal ever in soft tennis at an Asian Games)

Badminton

Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, MR Arjun, Dhruv Kapila — Men’s Badminton Team – Bronze

Wushu

Roshibina Devi — Women’s 60kg sanda – Silver

Rowing

Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Men’s double sculls – Bronze (This was India's first-ever rowing medal in double sculls in Asian Games history)

Wrestling

Sunil Kumar - Greco-Roman 87kg — Bronze

Nitesh Siwach- Greco-Roman 97kg — Silver

Sailing

Prince Noble Kurisinkal, Manu Francis - Men's Skiff — Silver

Shital Verma, Harshita Tomar - Women's Skiff — Bronze

Nethra Kumanan - Women's Dinghy — Bronze

We have Mihir Vasavda joining us with updates from Nagoya, while our team of sports experts like Shivani Naik, Nitin Sharma, Pritish Raj, Bhuvan Gupta, Amit Kamath and Nihal Koshie will chip in with updates, insights, explainers on everything that you need to know. Have questions for our sports desk or need the team to explain something from the Asian Games? You can write to us: sports@indianexpress.com

Live Updates
Oct 2, 2026 12:34 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: From Nitin Sharma

Post the interview with Lovlina Borgohain, the host commentator aplogised for not bringing a cake to celebrate her birthday and offers her a pudding from the food section to get the Indian boxer enjoy her win!!

Oct 2, 2026 12:33 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Know your medallists

Dhiraj Bommadevara (who was part of India's silver medal winning recurve archery men's team), born on 9 February 2000 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, is one of India's leading recurve archers. He began archery at the Volga Archery Academy in 2006 before joining the Army Sports Institute, Pune in 2016 for advanced training. He made his international debut in 2017 and has since established himself as a key member of the Indian recurve team. Dhiraj represented India at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where he finished fourth in the mixed team event, narrowly missing an Olympic medal. Throughout his international career, Dhiraj has won 20 international medals — 8 Gold, 5 Silver, and 7 Bronze — highlighting his consistency at the highest level of international archery. He continues to be among India's top recurve archers and remains a strong contender at major international competitions.

Oct 2, 2026 12:32 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Know your medallists

Neeraj Chauhan (who was part of India's silver medal winning recurve archery men's team) was born in Uttar Pradesh and developed an interest in archery after watching the sport being played at a stadium near his home. He began his journey using basic local equipment and overcame financial hardships, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, when his family faced severe economic difficulties. He earned his place in the national team through the 2022 selection trials and made his senior international debut the same year, representing India at the Archery World Cup stages, the World Games, and the Asian Games. Since his international debut, Neeraj has represented India at multiple Archery World Cup stages, the World Archery Championships, and the Asian Games. He has established himself as a consistent member of India's men's recurve squad, contributing to the team's performances at major international events.

Oct 2, 2026 12:31 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Know your medallists

Yashdeep Bhoge (who was part of India's silver medal winning recurve archery men's team) was born in Maharashtra and began his archery journey in 2013 from his School under the guidance of Physical Director and his first coach, Ganesh Vishwakarma. He quickly established himself on the Indian domestic archery circuit, competing at several national championships and winning medals. After taking a three-year break from competitive archery between 2016 and 2018 to focus on his studies, Yashdeep returned to the sport in 2019. His comeback year marked an important milestone in his career, as he was selected for the Asia Cup, where he won the Gold Medal in the Recurve Mixed Team event alongside Ankita Bhagat. Yashdeep continued to make his presence felt in India's senior archery system. In 2020, during the Olympic selection process, he finished sixth in the Indian selection trials following the national camp. The 2024 Olympic cycle brought another strong performance in the national selection trials, where Yashdeep again finished sixth in India. His persistence and consistent performances eventually led to a major breakthrough in 2025, when he was selected to the Senior Indian National Team for the Asian Archery Championships in Dhaka, Bangladesh. At the championships, he won the Gold Medal in the Men's Recurve Team event, contributing to India's victory over the Republic of Korea in the final. Following his breakthrough at the Asian Championships, Yashdeep was selected to represent India in the Archery World Cup Series. He competed for India in the Archery World Cup Series in 2026, further establishing himself at the international level. Throughout his international career, Yashdeep Bhoge has won two international medals—2 Gold medals. His selection for the 2026 Asian Games marks the latest milestone in his progression as a member of India's men's recurve archery team.

Oct 2, 2026 12:29 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Know your medallists

Nethra Kumanan (who won a sailing bronze medal today) is one of India’s leading women sailors, competing in the ILCA 6 (formerly Laser Radial) class. She hails from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and began sailing at the age of 15 after attending a summer camp organised by the Tamil Nadu Sailing Association. Before taking up sailing, she participated in several sports and activities, including tennis, basketball, skating and Bharatanatyam. As her interest in sailing developed, Nethra progressed through the national and international sailing circuit. To further develop her skills, she moved her training base to Gran Canaria, Spain, where she trained under experienced international coaches while continuing her education. Nethra created history in 2021 by becoming the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympic Games, securing her berth for the Tokyo Olympics through the Mussanah Open Championship in Oman. She subsequently represented India at Tokyo 2020 and qualified again for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, establishing herself as India's first woman sailor to compete at two Olympic Games. Her journey from a young sailor in Chennai to an Olympic athlete reflects her consistent development and pioneering contribution to women's sailing in India.

Major Achievements:

● Bronze Medal at the 2020 Hempel World Cup Series, Miami, becoming the first Indian woman sailor to win a medal at a Sailing World Cup.

● Silver Medal at the 2021 Mussanah Open Championship, Oman, securing an Olympic quota for India and becoming the first Indian woman sailor to qualify for the Olympic Games.

● Represented India at two consecutive Olympic Games — Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. Finishing 35 in Tokyo and 21 in Paris. ● Qualified for Paris 2024 through the Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France, finishing fifth and securing an Olympic quota place for India.

● 12 time National champion.

● Gold medal Asian championship THA 2022

● Gold medal Olympic format Test event POR 2026

● Highest Rank in Asia

Oct 2, 2026 12:07 PM IST
SILVER MEDAL ALERT

Nitin Sharma adds: Neeraj Chauhan hits a seven followed by Yashdeep hitting a nine before Dhiraj hits a ten. India have a total of 54. Korea needs 27 to win the set and match. Korea starts with a ten and nine and almost certain of gold. Another nine and Korea win the gold medal. India has to contend with a silver.

Shivani Naik adds: Neeraj seemed to indicate something went amiss around the shoulder for that 7.

Oct 2, 2026 12:03 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery Update

Nitin Sharma writes: Third set sees Indians shooting a 10, 9 and 9 at mid-way. Koreans reply with a 10, 9 and 9. Both teams tied 28-28 at mid way in third set.

Oct 2, 2026 12:01 PM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery Update

Nitin Sharma writes: A nine by Lee Woo-seok followed by another ten by Kim Je-deok and an eight byKim Woojin. Korea finish with 57 and India cannot surpass Korea in the second set. Koreans have 3-1 lead in the bag

Oct 2, 2026 11:58 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery Update

Korea start the second set with three arrows of 10-10-10! And Indians have 9-8-8 in their response. A difference of five points at the halfway mark of the second set

Nitin Sharma writes: Korea start with a 10 with a ten by Lee Woo-seok followed by another ten by Kim Je-deok. Kim Woojin shoots a ten, Korea has 30 at midway of the second set, Neeraj Chauhan hits a nine followed by Yashdeep hitting an eight. Dhiraj shoots an eight. Korea had five points lead at mid way of the second set.

Quick explainer of the rules:

If you win a set, you get two points. If the set is tied, both teams get a point each. Each set is of six arrows from both teams. A set has each of the three archers shooting two arrows.

Oct 2, 2026 11:56 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery Update

Nitin Sharma writes: Korea ends the first with a total of 56. India had shot 29 at midway stage and needs atleast one ten and twi nine to win the set. India starts with a ten before an eight. India needs a ten by Dhiraj to win the set and Dhiraj hits a 9. First set is tied 56-56 and the score is now 1-1.

After the first set, both teams are tied 1-1

Quick explainer of the rules:

If you win a set, you get two points. If the set is tied, both teams get a point each. Each set is of six arrows from both teams. A set has each of the three archers shooting two arrows.

Oct 2, 2026 11:53 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery Update

The men's team final begins with India taking on mighty South Korea! The Koreans are firing first. They shoot 8, 10, 9 with their first threes.

Neeraj for India shoots a 9, then Yashdeep hits a 10 as does Dhiraj! India lead by 2 points at the halfway stage of the first end.

Quick explainer of the rules:

If you win a set, you get two points. If the set is tied, both teams get a point each. Each set is of six arrows from both teams. A set has each of the three archers shooting two arrows.

Oct 2, 2026 11:51 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Golf Update

Tushar Bhaduri: The highest-placed Indian men's player after three days is Veer Ahlawat at 6-under after a round of 5-under 65 to be 10th. He is one ahead of compatriot Saptak Talwar - who had been the best performer among the three over the first two days. He carded one-over 71 on Friday. The third Indian in the competition, Yuvraj Sandhu carded 71 to be tied 23rd at one-over. The Indian men's team is sixth after three days at 11-under, nine behind leaders Korea, who are one ahead of Japan and two ahead of China.

Oct 2, 2026 11:40 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Golf Update

Tushar Bhaduri: With Pranavi doing all the heavy lifting for the team, India is currently second at -10 - after the youngster dropped a shot on the 14th, bringing Shannon to within one - four behind China.

Oct 2, 2026 11:38 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Golf Update

Tushar Bhaduri: Aditi had a flawless round going till her final two holes. She had made three birdies but a bogey on the 17th and a double bogey on 18 ruined all her good work as she finished with an even par round of 70 and a total of 5-over.

Oct 2, 2026 11:35 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Golf Update

Tushar Bhaduri: The other two Indians in the event - Diksha Dagar and Aditi Ashok - are tied 18th after completing their third rounds. Diksha's round was a day of two halves. She had a forgettable front nine of 4-over 39 before making three birdies on her way home to salvage some ground and finish with a round of 1-over 71 to be 5-over after three days.

Oct 2, 2026 11:31 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery Update

Nitin Sharma: Indian recurve men's team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge will face the Korean team of three-time Olympic medallist Kim Je-deok, Paris Olympics bronze medallist and team gold medallist Lee Woo-seok and five-time Olympic gold medallist Kim Woojin in the men’s recurve team final. The Indian women’s team ended Korea’s seven gold-medal streak in Asian games earlier. Can the men repeat the same?

South Korea are the defending champions and Indian had won the silver in Hangzhou

Oct 2, 2026 11:30 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Golf Update

Tushar Bhaduri: Shannon had a very iffy start to her round at the Kasugai Country Club East Course and had made three bogeys in her first 10 holes, without any birdies, handing Pranavi a much bigger advantage. But the Singaporean has bounced back with three consecutive birdies since, and has five holes left to play.

Oct 2, 2026 11:27 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Golf Update

Tushar Bhaduri: As she goes into the last few holes of her third round, India's Pranavi Urs has taken the top spot in the Individual Women's Golf leaderboard. With five holes left, her ongoing round of 4-under has taken her to an aggregate of 15-under, two shots ahead of overnight leader Shannon Xuan Yin Tan of Singapore.

Oct 2, 2026 11:11 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update from Nitin Sharma

The men's recurve team has brushed aside Iran 6-0 to enter the final of the men's team event. They will be looking to replicate the women's team who won gold earlier in the day.

Indian team wins the third set 56-55

Oct 2, 2026 11:06 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update from Nitin Sharma

Indian team wins the second set 56-53 against Iran to take a 4-0 lead in the men's recurve team semi-final.

Oct 2, 2026 11:02 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update from Nitin Sharma

Indian recurve men's team of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge will face Iran in the semi-finals. Korea have reached the final with a win over Indonesia in the other semi-final.

India starts with a nine and two ten's in the first set. Iran starts with a nine followed by a nine and nine. India leads 29-27 midway in the first set. Indian team wins the first set 58-53 to take a 2-0 lead in the men's recurve team semi-final.

Oct 2, 2026 10:40 AM IST
Lovlina Borgohain joins Mary Kom in exclusive club

Star Indian pugilist Lovlina Borgohain won her maiden Asian Games gold after beating China’s Ziyi Bao in a nervy final of the women’s 75kg at the Nishio Gymnasium on Friday, becoming only the second Indian woman after the legendary Mary Kom to win an Asiad gold.

Lovlina, who had earlier defeated Kazakhstan’s Natalya Bogdanova to enter the final, went one better than her silver at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou to finally change the colour of her medal at the continental event.

The 28-year-old has already won medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, and the gold in Nagoya adds another significant chapter to an already decorated career.

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Oct 2, 2026 10:38 AM IST
BRONZE MEDAL ALERT

Sailor Nethra Kumanan has won a bronze medal in the women's dinghy event. this is the third medal that India have won in sailing at these Asian Games.

Oct 2, 2026 10:31 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Wrestling update

Dipanshi enters bronze medal match as she dominates the Cambodian wrestler in women's 50 kg category

Oct 2, 2026 10:26 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Wrestling update from Pritish Raj

Sujeet Kalkal defeats Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka to enter men's 65 kg final

Only Indian men's freestyle wrestler to enter final right now

Oct 2, 2026 10:22 AM IST
GOLD MEDAL ALERT

It’s the 12th gold for India. Lovlina becomes only the second Indian woman after Mary Kom to win the Asian Games with a unanimous 5-0 win over Chinese Bao Ziyi in the women’s 75 kg final.

Two more finals coming up:

Women's 65kg: Parveen vs Chen Nien-chin (Taiwan) 1:45 PM IST

Men's 80kg: Ankush vs Minseong Kim (South Korea) 2:15 PM IST

Oct 2, 2026 10:19 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Boxing update from Nitin Sharma

Lovlina leads 2-0 against the Chinese after the second round with the Indian tied with the Chinese on three judges score cards.

Shivani Naik adds: Sony Hindi comms: "Yaha wrestling bhi chal raha hai...aap waha jaaiye na Bao"

As the Chinese goes too clinchy

Oct 2, 2026 10:14 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Boxing update from Nitin Sharma

Lovlina takes the first round with a split 3-2 decision against the Chinese.

Oct 2, 2026 10:01 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Wrestling update from Shivani Naik

It's Abbas Mohammadreza Ebrahimzadehsavadkouhi.

Massive, regal-sounding name. But Sujeet was all over him, with speed.

Bajrang, the Tank, used to dominate this category with strength & stamina. But he was notoriously a slow starter - which used to make his late comebacks dramatic and exciting. He was a phenom.

But Sujeet takes that out of the equation. His fleeting speed ensures he gets cracking from the start. That first points should have been 4, not 2. But no matter. He races to 10-0.

Props to Hindi commentary of Sony. They are actually decent here.

Sujeet roller-skates (or should we say, drones forth), where Bajrang used to tank-roll.

Oct 2, 2026 09:52 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

The Indians will have another chance for Olympic quota when Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan compete in the men's quarter-finals on Saturday and Kumkum Mohod competes in the women’s quarters. The two finalists in each category will get the LA Quota

Oct 2, 2026 09:49 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Wrestling update

From Shivani Naik: Sujeet Kalkal Tech- sup's Iranian Abbas 10-0 in 65 kg FS wrestling

from Pritish Raj: Sujeet Kalkal shows why he is one of the best in the men's 65 kg category. He takes down Iranian wrestler Abbas 10-0 in the quarter-finals and will set up the semis with Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka

Oct 2, 2026 09:44 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Boxing update

Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain will face Bao Ziyi of China in women's 75kg final in a few minutes.

Oct 2, 2026 09:32 AM IST
SILVER MEDAL ALERT

Kumkum shoots a nine followed by a nine by Dhiraj in fourth set. Zhu hits an eight and Li hits a ten. Teams are tied 18-18. remember India needs to win this set to force tie-break. Kumkum hits a ten and Dhiraj hits a nine. Zhu hits a nine. Li needs to win a ten to win. Li hits a ten.

India ends with a silver with a 6-2 loss. But no LA 2028 Olympics quota. India made a comeback in the semi-final but it was not enough in the final.

from Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 09:24 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

From Nitin Sharma

Kumkum starts with an eight in the third set followed by Dhiraj hitting a ten. Zhu starts with a nine followed by a ten by Li. At midway in this set, China leads 19-18.

Kumkum hits a ten followed by Dhiraj hitting a nine. India ends at 37. Zhu hits a ten and Li hits a seven. Well India sigh a breather or so? A tense wait before scores are being seen again by Judges!

Indian won the third set 37-36.

Shivani Naik adds:

Chinese Archer shoots 7.

He needed 8 to get gold

Thala for a reason

Oct 2, 2026 09:21 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

In the second set, Kumkum starts with an eight. Dhiraj follows that with a nine. Zhu hits a nine followed by Li hitting a 8. Teams are tied 17-17 mid way in the second set.

Kumkum starts with an eight before Dhiraj shoots a ten. India ends with 33. Zhu hits a ten followed by Li hitting a ten, China takes the second set and take a 4-0 lead in the match.

from Nitin Sharma.

China win the second set as well to pocket the two set points. They need 4-0 in the gold medal match. India need to win both the next sets. Even a tie will give China the gold and India the silver.

Oct 2, 2026 09:15 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

The India vs China final starts in the mixed recurve team event. Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Dommadevara are on the cusp of another gold. They face the Chinese pair of Jingyi Zhu and Mengqi Li.

Kumkum shoots 9. Dhiraj shoots 8. China's first shot is 10. And then a 8. So China have a one-point lead after the four archers have shot an arrow each.

China shoot 38 in the first set to claim the two set points.

Nitin Sharma adds: Remember there is an Olympics Quota on offer for the the winning team.

Oct 2, 2026 08:55 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Volleyball update

A brilliant performance by the Indian men's volleyball team.

They upset world rank 25 South Korea 3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23) in the 5th-8th qualification match.

India will now play in the 5th-6th qualification match.

Oct 2, 2026 08:36 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

Kumkum starts with a nine in the fourth set followed by a nine by Dhiraj. Japan begins with a ten followed by a nine. Japan has a one pint lead at halfway stage in this set. Kumkum hits a nine followed by a ten by Dhiraj. India ends with 37. Japan hits a 7 and India wins the semi-finals with a 5-3 win.

Indian mixed recurve team of Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Dommadevara sneak their way into the final with a close 5-3 win over Japan in the semi-finals.

From Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 08:32 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

third set starts with Kumkum hitting a ten. Dhiraj hits an eight. Japan follows with a seven and nine. Kumkum hits a ten and Dhiraj hits a ten, Japan hits a nine followed by a ten. India wins the set and are now tied 3-3.

from Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 08:29 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

After the second set in recurve mixed team semi-final, Japan leads 3-1 after the second set was tied. The second set was tied 36-36.

from Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 08:21 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod start their mixed recurve team semi-final against Japan.

The Japanese win the first set 38-37 to pocket the two points.

Oct 2, 2026 08:17 AM IST
Asian Games 2026 LIVE Medal Tally

Here's a quick look at the medals tally and a list of India's medallists at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya so far.

Oct 2, 2026 08:15 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Wrestling update

In the men's 65kg weight class, Sujeet Kalkal is taking on Aghan wrestler Sazai and the Indian is 3-0 down inside the first 30 seconds of the first round.

But he immediately bounced back with a couple of takedowns, that put him 5-3 up from a 0-3 deficit.

at the end of the first period, Sujeet had a 9-3 lead. He wrapped it up soon enough to enter the quarter-final.

Oct 2, 2026 08:09 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

In the first recurve mixed team semi-final, Chinese team had edged out the mighty Koreans in the mixed recurve mixed team in the semi-finals with a 6-0 win over the Koreans.

Indian team of Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod will face Japan in the other semi-final in a few minutes. remeber an Olympic quota awaits the title winning team here in Japan.

From Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 07:30 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Wrestling update

Yui Susaki makes light work of India's Dipanshi in a pre-quarterfinal bout of the 50kg Women’s Wrestling event. The bout went into the second period, but the Indian didn't register a single point. She's not eliminated yet, remember there is still repechage chance to win a bronze if Yui Susaki makes it to the final.

Oct 2, 2026 07:24 AM IST
India rise in medals standings

thanks to the women's recurve archery team, the Indian contingent goes ahead of Bahrain into seventh spot in the medals standings. At the previous Asian Games, the Indians were 4th!

Oct 2, 2026 07:19 AM IST
ARCHERS MAKE HISTORY

Since 1978, South Korea have never lost a recurve archery final. The Indian women's archery team had never been in the final, taking bronze medal twice before.

All of that history rewritten today!

Oct 2, 2026 07:13 AM IST
GOLD MEDAL ALERT

From Nitin Sharma: India needs to hit two nine and a ten. Kirti hits a nine. Ankita hits a nine and Kumkum needs a ten to tie the set and land India the gold. Kumkum hits an ten and is it a gold?

India wins the gold after one arrow was checked.

Gold medal alert. First time in finals in Asian Games history and India womens compound team of Ankita Bhakat, Kirti and Kumkum Mohod win the title

Oct 2, 2026 07:07 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

From Nitin Sharma: Korea begins with an eight in the third set followed by a ten and a nine. Kirti hits a ten followed by Ankita hitting a nine and Kumkum hitting a nine. One point lead for India at halfway stage of third set.

India leads 4-2 now. If India ties this fourth set, they win the final

GOLD MEDAL LOADING? India women's team lead Korea 4-2 in archery gold medal match

Quick explainer of the rules:

If you win a set, you get two points. If the set if tied, both teams get a point each. Each set is of six arrows from both teams. A set has each of the three archers shooting two arrows.

Oct 2, 2026 07:00 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

Koreans finished with 56 in this set. Indians are at 28 with Ankita Bhakat hitting a ten. Kirti follows up with an 8 and Kumkum needs to hit a ten tie the set. Kumkum hits a ten and the second set too is tied. It's 2-2 now after the second set.

From Nitin Sharma

54-54 after 1st set

56-56 after 2nd set

Both sets were ties, so both teams have two points each at the start of the third set.

Quick explainer of the rules:

If you win a set, you get two points. If the set if tied, both teams get a point each. Each set is of six arrows from both teams. A set has each of the three archers shooting two arrows.

Oct 2, 2026 06:59 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

Nitin Sharma writes: In Second set, Koreans have started with a 10,9,9. Indians with 10,8,10. 28-28 mid way in the second set

Oct 2, 2026 06:56 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

India and Korea split the first set points after a 54-54 tie. Korea started the first set with a arrow that landed in the seven ring. India had an early lead, but with the 5th arrow of the six arrows in that first set, India's Keerti also hit a seven. India needed a final arrow of 10, and India got that! Close call for the Indians there.

Nitin Sharma writes: 54-54. Thats the score after the first set. The Indian and Korean team are tied 1-1 at present.

Oct 2, 2026 06:50 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

In the Korean trials, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Champion An San failed to make the team, finishing fifth in the final trial, while Paris 2024 Olympic triple gold medallist and Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Champion Lim Sihyeon was eliminated in an earlier round.

from Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 06:47 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

Oh Ye-jin in Korean team is not the 10m air pistol Paris Olympics champion Oh Ye-Jin. This one is a world youth champion and a rising star in Korean archery.

The second Korean in the team Kang Chae-young is a Tokyo Olympics women’s team gold medallist and reigning world champion.

Rookie Lee Yunji is the third Korean in the team

from Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 06:45 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

India vs South Korea in the final coming up shortly. India are already in the history-made territory after making it to their first ever final of the women's recurve archery team event.

All eyes on Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti Sharma!

Oct 2, 2026 06:44 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

The Indian women’s recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod and Kirti have scored a 5-1 win over China in the semifinals to assure India atleast a silver medal. They face the mighty Koreans in the final in a few minutes.

from Nitin Sharma

Oct 2, 2026 06:07 AM IST
HISTORY ALERT: India win to enter final!

A seven from China with a spot in the final on the line!

And that's almost settling the issue. India tie the third set 51-51. and that single set point is enough for the Indian women's recurve archers to create history!

For the first time in women's recurve archery team event, India will be heading to the final!

In 2010 and 2022, they had bronze medal after losing in the semi-final. Not this time!

INDIA FACE THE MIGHTY KOREANS IN THE FINAL

Oct 2, 2026 06:03 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archery update

After the first two sets, India have a 4-0 lead over China. The third set is crunch time for the Chinese.

Sitting in the stands are members of hte Indian women's compound archery team who won a gold themselves earlier in this Asian Games.

Oct 2, 2026 05:54 AM IST
Asian Games Day 14 Live: Archers in action

here we go! after the compound archers, our recurve archers are in contention next. The Recurve Women’s Team featuring Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti Sharma are up against China in the semi-finals.

Oct 2, 2026 05:34 AM IST
Namaste

Good morning, sports fans. We're in the home stretch of these Asian Games with multiple Indian teams or athletes fighting for gold medals over the next two days.

The question is how close to the 2023 Asian Games medals tally of 106 (and the 28 golds) the Indians can get. At the end of day 13, the Indians were at 64 medals with 10 golds, which put them in the 8th spot.

Just three quick gold medals, and they could jump from 8th spot in the standings t0o 5th spot.

From selling milk to winning Asiad silver – wrestler Nitesh Siwach’s journey

If someone had told Nitesh Siwach 11 years ago that he would one day win an Asian Games wrestling medal, he would have scarcely believed the prediction. After all, at that time, he had sustained a serious knee injury which kept the youngster away from the mat for more than 18 months.

It was then that Nitesh’s father Anand and uncle Naveen asked him to assist them in their dairy work – which involved fetching buffalo milk from their village Jagsi near Gohana and selling it at their shop in Panipat. The 23-year-old’s journey to the silver medal in the men’s 97kg Greco-Roman category at Aichi-Nagoya has been an eventful one. Though he couldn’t win the gold, he became the first Indian Greco-Roman grappler since 1962 (Ganpat Andalkar, 97+kg gold, and Malwa Singh 52 kg gold) to make the final.

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