Asian Games 2026

105 articles tagged with "Asian Games 2026"

Oct 9, 2026

India won kabaddi gold in Japan, and none of the 12 are in their Commonwealth Championship probables

Pawan Sehrawat, Sunil Kumar and the rest of the Asian Games squad are missing from AKFI’s 17-man camp list for the first Commonwealth Kabaddi Champion...

Oct 6, 2026

Harmanpreet Kaur led India in 155 T20Is, and she has given up the captaincy in all three formats

Harmanpreet Kaur has stepped down as India women’s captain after a run of three titles in a year, and will carry on as a player.

Oct 5, 2026

Himachal gave its kabaddi gold medallists Rs 33 lakh each, and after they met the Chief Minister it is now Rs 1 crore

Pushpa Rana, Jyoti Thakur and Bhawna Thakur will get Rs 1 crore each and government jobs, a week after a team-event formula left them with a third of...

Oct 3, 2026

Yang Min-hyuk won the ball back, and Eom Ji-sung’s goal gave Korea a fourth straight Asian Games gold against Japan

South Korea beat hosts Japan 1-0 at Toyota Stadium to become the first side to win four Asian Games men’s football titles in a row.

Oct 3, 2026

Hasan Nawaz made 96 for Pakistan, and India’s bowlers still won the Asian Games final by 19 runs

India defended their Asian Games men’s cricket gold in Nisshin, posting 211 for 6 behind fifties from Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma and holding Paki...

Oct 3, 2026

Sri Lanka were 21 for 4, and Ratnayake’s 65 off 32 balls beat Bangladesh to an Asian Games bronze

Tharindu Ratnayake hit seven fours and five sixes, then took two wickets, as Sri Lanka won the men’s cricket bronze by 63 runs in Nisshin.

Oct 3, 2026

North Korea led with 21 minutes left, and Japan won a third straight Asian Games women’s gold on penalties

Hanon Nishio’s late equaliser forced extra time in Fukuroi, and Shu Ohba’s save gave Japan a 5-3 shootout win over North Korea in the final.

Oct 2, 2026

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 45 on Thursday, and they play Bangladesh for an Asian Games bronze on Saturday

Bangladesh start as favourites for the men’s cricket bronze in Nisshin at 5:30am IST, two days after Sri Lanka posted their lowest T20I total.

Oct 2, 2026

South Korea cannot train at Toyota Stadium, and their captain is nursing a sore foot before the Asian Games final with Japan

South Korea go for a fourth straight Asian Games football gold against Japan on Saturday at 4pm IST, after a week of logistical trouble and two fitnes...

Oct 1, 2026

India vs Pakistan prediction: what the record and the Nisshin pitch say about the Asian Games final

India and Pakistan meet at the Asian Games for the first time, for gold in Nisshin on Saturday. India have won all nine T20Is against Pakistan in whic...

Oct 1, 2026

Kishan made 80 from No. 5, and India bowled Sri Lanka out for 45 to set up an Asian Games final with Pakistan

Sri Lanka lost two wickets in Bumrah’s first over and were all out in 9.5 overs, India’s 124-run win in Nisshin sending them into Saturday’s gold-meda...

Oct 1, 2026

Pakistan were 53 for 4, and Samad’s 22 off five balls put them in their first Asian Games final

Abdul Samad and Hasan Nawaz added an unbroken 59 as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in a 13-over semi-final in Nisshin. Sufiyan Muqeem, who bo...

Oct 1, 2026

Japan were two minutes from going out, and they beat Uzbekistan 9-8 on penalties to meet Korea in a third straight Asian Games final

Sena Ishibashi’s 88th-minute header took the semi-final in Osaka to extra time, and Go Oiwa’s under-21 side won a ten-round shootout to reach Saturday...

Sep 30, 2026

Faker needed under 20 minutes, and India’s League of Legends team leave the Asian Games without a win

India lost to Hong Kong, South Korea and Chinese Taipei on one day in Aichi, and their esports campaign at the Asian Games ends without a medal.

Sep 30, 2026

China led for 11 minutes, and Bae Jun-ho’s late header put South Korea into another Asian Games final

Eom Ji-sung set up both goals as the three-time defending champions came from behind to beat China 2-1 in Osaka.

Sep 29, 2026

Yasir Ali took 16 off Muqeem’s last over for bronze in 2023, and Bangladesh meet Pakistan again for a place in the final

A fourth washout in Nisshin sent Bangladesh into the Asian Games semi-finals, where Litton Das’s side, without Najmul Hossain Shanto, face Sahibzada F...

Sep 29, 2026

China beat South Korea twice at under-22 level in 2025, and now they meet for an Asian Games final place

South Korea are chasing a fourth straight Asian Games title, and China stand in the way in Osaka on Wednesday, 30 September.

Sep 29, 2026

Nepal did not lose a game in Nisshin, and rain has sent Sri Lanka into an Asian Games semi-final against India

A third straight quarter-final was washed out without a toss on Tuesday morning, and Sri Lanka went through on the ICC T20I rankings.

Sep 28, 2026

Nepal have won six T20Is in a row, and a washout in Nisshin would still send Sri Lanka through

Sri Lanka go into Tuesday’s Asian Games quarter-final with the rain rule on their side. Nepal arrive with the form.

Sep 28, 2026

India’s League of Legends team play three Asian Games games in one morning, and Faker’s South Korea come last

Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong come first on Wednesday, and a top-two finish in Group B would put India one step from an esports medal in Aichi-Nagoya.

Sep 28, 2026

India and Pakistan are in the Asian Games semi-finals, and neither has bowled a ball

Rain washed out both of Monday’s quarter-finals in Nisshin, and the ICC rankings sent India past Afghanistan and Pakistan past Hong Kong.

Sep 27, 2026

Pakistan beat Hong Kong in the last Asian Games quarter-final, and they meet in the first one in Nisshin

Pakistan won by 68 runs when the sides met in Hangzhou in 2023. Sahibzada Farhan’s new-look team play Hong Kong again at 5:30am IST on Monday.

Sep 26, 2026

China beat Thailand 3-0 for bronze in 1998, and they have beaten them 3-0 again to reach the Asian Games semi-finals

China are in the last four of the Asian Games men’s football for the first time in 28 years, and hosts Japan joined them with a 1-0 win over North Kor...

Sep 26, 2026

Kang Dongshin beat India’s Paritosh 5-0, and then an 11-year-old beat him 10-2 for Asian Games gold

India’s Puyo Puyo and Pokemon Unite campaigns both ended on Saturday, the day Japan’s Yuki Kurihara won esports gold at 11.