Asian Games Updates: Sarvesh Kushare wins silver in men's high jump

 Sun, 27 September 2026
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18:12

Sarvesh Kushare wins silver in men's high jump

Sarvesh Kushare
Sarvesh Kushare

India's Sarvesh Kushare has won the silver medal in the men's high jump at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Kushare narrowly missed out on the gold medal to Chinese Taipei's Fu Chao-Hsuan on the countback rule after both athletes registered a best jump of 2.28m.

Parul Chaudhary claimed the bronze medal in women's steeplechase event with a personal best time of 9:08.67.
17:50

Tejaswin Shankar wins decathlon bronze

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Tejaswin Shankar won the bronze medal in the decathlon with a total of 7,934 points.

Japan's Yuma Maruyama took gold with 8,123 points, while China's Chen Xinghua claimed silver with 8,012.

Tejaswin came close to retaining the silver he won at the last Asian Games, but he can take plenty of pride from improving on his previous Asiad total.
17:14

Ancy's last jump falls short, silver for India


Tan improved to 6.46m with her final jump to move past Shaili and push the Indian into fourth.

Huang then produced a huge 6.55m effort to take the lead from Ancy.

Ancy had one last chance to reclaim gold, but could manage only 6.49m. She finishes with silver, while Shaili misses out on the podium. Ancy looked visibly disappointed after the final jump.
17:08

Ancy leads, India assured of 2 long jump medals



Ancy Sojan is in lead in the women's long jump after the fifth round, with a best effort of 6.53m.

China's Huang is close behind at 6.49m, while Shaili Singh is third with 6.42m and Tan fourth at 6.40m.

It's incredibly tight at the top, but Ancy responded in style after Huang matched her 6.49m with a 6.53m effort.

Just one jump to go, and India are assured of two medals in the event!
16:59

Nandhini finishes sixth in women's 100m hurdles


A stunning one-two for Japan (Fukube and Nakajima) and a bronze for China (Wu) as Nandhini Kongan finishes sixth in 13.45 (+0.71s behind Fukube) humanise
16:55

Ancy, Shaili lead in rain-hit long jump

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Ancy Sojan continues to lead the women's long jump standings with a best effort of 6.48m after three rounds.

China's Huang is second at 6.44m, followed by Tan at 6.38m. Shaili Singh has moved into the top three with a 6.41m jump.

Rain has returned, leaving the track and runway wet and making conditions difficult for the athletes. The top eight now have three more attempts each, with plenty still to play for.
16:22

Harita Bhadra wins women's 200m bronze

Harita Bhadra
Harita Bhadra

Harita Bhadra won the bronze medal in the women's 200m at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Harita took the bronze clocking 23.20s.

Singapore's Shanti Pereira stormed to the gold medal, wining the race with 22.78s with China's Chen Yujie finishing second.

Meanwhile, Animesh Kujur finished fifth in the men's 200m with 20.80.

Thailand's Puripol Boonson claimed the gold medal in the men's 200m with 19.88 -- equalling the Asian Games record.
15:09

Asian Games: Boxer Parveen enters semis; assured of medal

Parveen
Parveen

Parveen Hooda stormed into the semi-finals to assure India of another boxing medal at the Asian Games here on Sunday.

Parveen then defeated world championships silver medallist Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan by a similar margin to move into the women's 65kg semifinals.

Parveen's bronze medal from the previous edition was taken away after WADA suspended her for a whereabouts failure.

It was the Haryana boxer's first bout of the ongoing edition as she had received a walkover in the previous round, but Parveen showed no signs of rust, expertly landing a flurry of combination punches on Khamidova.`
14:30

Asian Games: Anahat Settles For Silver After Losing In Final

Anahat Singh
Anahat Singh

India's Anahat Singh settled for the silver medal after losing to Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam in the squash women's singles final at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Subramaniam registered a convincing 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 victory in just 27 minutes in a lop-sided final.

Malaysia completed a clean sweep of the singles title after Ng Eain Yow had beaten Abhay Singh to win the gold in the squash men's singles event.

The loss meant that Anahat missed out on direct qualification for the LA 2028 Olympic Games.
13:27

Abhay Loses In Squash Final; Settles For Silver

Abhay Singh
Abhay Singh

India's Abhay Singh was outclassed in straight games by Malaysia's Ng Eain Yow in the squash men's singles gold medal match at the Asian Games on Sunday.

World No 17 Yow cruised to an emphatic 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 victory in the final to clinch the gold medal.
 
12:15

Weightlifter Harjinder Kaur finishes ninth

Harjinder Kaur
Harjinder Kaur

Harjinder Kaur finished a disappointing ninth in the women's 69kg event as India's weightlifting campaign at the Asian Games came to an end on Sunday.

Kaur, a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, had a combined effort of 204kg, lifting 94kg in the snatch and 110kg in the clean and jerk.

The 29-year-old from Punjab failed two of her three snatch attempts to fall out of medal contention early on in a 10-lifter field.

Kaur attempted just one lift in the clean and jerk, finishing with a total that was a whopping 69kg less than that of gold medallist Song Kuk-hyang of North Korea.

Two-time World champions Song, who was in her own league lifted 273kg (121kg+152kg), smashing the world records in the snatch, clean and jerk and total en route to her gold-medal finish.

Chinese Taipei's Wen-huei Chen clinched the silver with an effort of 232kg (106kg+126kg), while Bahrain's Ingrid Grueso's 229kg (101kg+128kg) fetched her the bronze.

India thus finished with one medal in weightlifting, a silver won by star lifter Mirabai Chanu in the women's 49kg event.
12:13

Dismal day for Indian shuttlers! Sindhu, Hooda out

P V Sindhu
P V Sindhu

It turned out to be a dismal for the Indian shuttlers at the Asian Games as they suffered defeats in all four matches played on Sunday.

P V Sindhu crashed out of the women's singles after losing to China's Chen Yu Fei of China in the quarter-finals at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Sindhu lost way after a good start to suffer a 21-11, 18-21, 10-21 defeat against the former Olympic champion in a tough battle stretching an hour and 15 minutes.

This ends India's singles campaign without a single medal -- the first time they have not won a badminton singles medal at the Asian Games since 2014.

Earlier, Unnati Hooda went down fighting against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the singles quarter-finals.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand's impressive run at the Asian Games came to an end with a straight-game loss to Malaysian world No. 5 pairing of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the women's doubles badminton quarter-finals.

At the adjacent court, the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto produced a gallant fight before losing 14-21, 21-18, 18-21 to world No. 1 China's Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping in another quarter-final.

India's lone medal in the badminton at this Asian Games was the bronze medal by the Indian men's team.
10:36

Sreeshankar, David in men's long jump final

David Patturaj Solomon
David Patturaj Solomon

India's athletes Murali Sreeshankar and David Patturaj Solomon advanced to the finals of the men's long jump at the Asian Games.

Sreeshankar finished second in Group B with a best attempt of 7.84 m, while David Solomon finished at third spot with a best jump of 7.62 m in Group A. 

Also, Indian athletes delivered some good news from the women's 400 m hurdles heats, with both Vithya Ramraj and Anu Raghavan making it to the finals of the event. They both finished at the 

second spot in their respective heats. While Vithya clocked a season-best of 55.73, Anu delivered her personal best of 55.84 m. 
10:16

Ankush Panghal assures India of 1st boxing medal

Ankush Panghal
Ankush Panghal

Ankush Panghal assured India of its first boxing medal at the 2026 Asian Games, outclassing Tajikistan's Nekruz Salimov by a unanimous 5-0 verdict in the men's 80kg quarter-final bout in Nagoya on Sunday.

Ankush, who won Commonwealth Games gold last month in Glasgow, put up a dominant display to outclass Salimov and book his place in the semifinals.

Making his Asian Games debut, Ankush advanced to the last four and is assured of at least a bronze medal.
10:11

Unnati Hooda loses in singles quarters

Unnati Hooda
Unnati Hooda

India's Unnati Hooda went down fighting against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the quarter-finals of the badminton women's singles at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Hooda lost 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 in a thrilling quarter-final match.

India will pin their hopes on P V Sindhu, who faces a tough clash against  former Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China.
09:44

India's women fencers advance to quarters

Shreya Gupta, Bhavani Devi, Jefarlin J S and Shruti Joshi
Shreya Gupta, Bhavani Devi, Jefarlin J S and Shruti Joshi

The Indian women's fencing team of Shreya Gupta, Bhavani Devi, ⁠Jefarlin J S and ⁠Shruti Joshi advanced to the Fencing women’s sabre team quarter-finals at the Asian Games on Sunday.

They outclassed Indonesia 45-23 in the round of clash clash.

India will take on Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals to be held later today.

09:40

Vishal knocked out in Kurash quarter-finals

Vishal
Vishal

India's Vishal was knocked out of the men's Kurash event after losing to Kunathip Yea-On of Thailand in the 91kg quarter-finals at the Asian Games on Sunday.

There were further disappointments for India in Kurash.

India's Yash Kumar Chauhan suffered a 0-10 against Shakarmamad Mirmamadov of Tajikistan in the men's +90 kg Round of 16 bout.

India's Asian Games debutant Bharti lost to Tahereh Azarpeivand of Iran by 0-3 in the women's 57 Kg round of 16 clash, while Sangita was beaten 0-10 by Charmea Quelino of Philippines in the Round of 32.


09:35

Manju Rani finishes sixth in women's marathon race walk

Manju Rani
Manju Rani

India failed to win a medal in the women's marathon race walk at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Manju Rani finished sixth and last in 3:40:17, while Priyanka Goswami was disqualified.

The gold medal went to Kazakhstan's Yasmina Toxanbayeva, who clocked 3:22;20, comfortably winning ahead of China's Danzengquzong (3:26:09).

08:39

Indian men, women in compound archery semis

Chikitha Taniparthi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prithika Pradeep
Chikitha Taniparthi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prithika Pradeep

The Indian men's and women's compound archery teams made it to the semi-finals of their respective categories at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday. 

The men's trio of Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam and Kushal Dalal beat Bhutan 235-232 in a thriller. They will face South Korea in the semi-final. 

The women's team of Chikitha Taniparthi, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Prithika Pradeep beat Kazakhstan 233-230 to set up a semi-final clash against South Korea. 
08:23

Asian Games: Treesa-Gayatri, Dhruv-Tanisha crash out

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand's impressive run at the Asian Games came to an end with a straight-game loss to Malaysian World No 5 pairing of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan in the women's doubles quarter-finals on Sunday.

The Indian pair, which won a maiden world championships bronze in New Delhi last month, looked competitive in the opening game but faded into errors to go down 18-21, 9-21 against Pearly and Thinaah, the 2025 world championships silver medallists.

At the adjacent court, mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto produced a gallant fight before losing 14-21, 21-18, 18-21 to World No 1 China's Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping in another quarter-finals.

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