Asian Games 2026 Day 9 Live Updates: Esha Singh fights for gold in 25m pistol shooting final; men's cricket t

Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol final Esha Singh moves into the shared lead after four series in the women’s 25m pistol final, with 16 hits. China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan is level with her on 16, while North Korea’s Kim Hyon Suk and China’s Shang Kaiyan are tied on 15. Korea’s Bong Seorin is the first shooter eliminated after finishing on 11 hits. Trinh Thu Vinh has 14, while Haniyeh Rostamiyan and Tien Chia-Chen are on 12, with the final continuing..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol final Esha Singh sits second after three series in the women’s 25m pistol final, with 12 hits from her 15 shots so far. China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan leads with 13, while Kim Hyon Suk of North Korea and China’s Shang Kaiyan are tied for third on 11. Tien Chia-Chen, Trinh Thu Vinh and Haniyeh Rostamiyan follow on nine, while Korea’s Bong Seorin is eighth on seven. Esha is firmly in the medal fight with the final still underway..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol final - medal event Esha Singh is now in action in the women’s 25m pistol final. The medal round is decided entirely through the rapid stage, with shooters taking five shots in each series and earning one point for every hit, while a miss scores zero. Any shot of 10.2 or above counts as a hit. The finalists are currently going through their sighting shots, with the elimination format set to become clear as the competition progresses following the increase from six to eight finalists..Asian Games 2026 Live: Archery | women’s individual compound Jyothi Surekha Vennam’s individual campaign comes to an end after she loses to 14-year-old Korean prodigy Kang Yeonseo in the round of 16 of women’s individual compound archery. Kang produces a perfect 150, while Jyothi finishes on 146. Chikitha Taniparthi, meanwhile, advances to the quarterfinal after edging Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi-Hsuan in a shoot-off. The match is tied 148-148 after 15 arrows, but Chikitha hits the bullseye in the tie-break while Chen’s arrow lands in the 10 ring. Chikitha now faces Indonesia’s Nurisa Dian Ashrifah in the quarterfinal..Asian Games 2026 Live: Boxing | women’s 75kg quarterfinal Lovlina Borgohain wins her women’s 75kg quarterfinal against South Korea’s Seong Suyeon to advance to the semifinals and confirms another medal for India at the Asian Games. The Indian boxer makes a strong start and takes the opening round 5-0 on all judges’ scorecards before completing the victory with a score of 30-27..Asian Games 2026 Live: Boxing | women’s 75kg quarterfinal Lovlina Borgohain takes the first round against South Korea’s Seong Suyeon in the women’s 75kg quarterfinal. All five judges score the opening round in Lovlina’s favour, giving her a clean 5-0 start as she looks to move into the semifinals. The Indian boxer makes a strong beginning in this quarterfinal, with two rounds still to go..Asian Games 2026 Live: Archery | women’s individual compound Chikitha Taniparthi and Jyothi Surekha Vennam advance to the round of 16 in the women’s compound individual event after winning their respective round-of-32 contests. Chikitha beats Bhutan’s Dorji Dolma 149-140, while Jyothi edges past Kazakhstan’s Adel Zhexenbinova 148-145. Chikitha now faces Chen Yi-Hsuan of Chinese Taipei, while Jyothi takes on 14-year-old Korean prodigy Kang Yeonseo in the round of 16..Asian Games 2026 Live: Tennis | women’s doubles Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale’s women’s doubles campaign comes to an end as they lose to Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Yuliya Putintseva 7-5, 3-6, [5-10]. The Indian pair take the opening set but are unable to maintain their advantage as the Kazakh duo fight back to win the deciding match tie-break. Raina and Bhosale still have the mixed doubles event to come, while India have no representative in the women’s singles following a federation decision..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | men’s team India are on the verge of completing a 3-0 sweep over China in their men’s team Pool A tie. Velavan Senthilkumar finishes the job against Zhou Penglin with a 3-0 victory, winning 11-3, 11-2 and 11-0. India had already sealed the tie through Suraj Chand and Veer Chotrani, and Senthilkumar should now give India a clean sweep at Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena. He is leading 11-3, 11-2, 7-3..Asian Games 2026 Live: Cricket | men’s quarterfinal India progress to the men’s cricket semifinal after their quarterfinal against Afghanistan is abandoned due to heavy rain. With no result possible, the Asian Games rules send the higher-ranked team through, giving India the advantage and a place in the last four. It is a familiar outcome for India at the Asian Games, as the same rule helped them claim gold in 2022 when the final was washed out and India were the higher-ranked team..Asian Games 2026 Live: Why India slipped from silver position to fifth in 25m pistol team shooting event The main problem was Rahi Sarnobat’s first rapid-fire series. She was already carrying India’s team-gold hopes into the rapid stage, needing to make up roughly two points on China. Instead, she put one shot into the frame, scoring 0/10 on that shot. That immediately damaged both her individual qualification chances and India’s team score. The qualification picture then became: Rahi Sarnobat: 568-16x, finished 30th Manu Bhaker: 579-18x, finished 11th Esha Singh: 580-22x, finished 8th and qualified for the final India: 5th in the team event with 1727-56x Team gold: China, 1743-68x For Esha, the qualification margin was extremely narrow. She and Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Yen-Ching both scored 580, but Esha had 24 inner tens/bulls-eyes to Cheng’s 22, giving Esha the final qualifying spot. So, in simple terms, Rahi’s disastrous first rapid series was the turning point. A strong rapid round could have kept India in the team-medal fight, but the zero effectively ended those hopes, while Manu also fell short of the individual final. Esha’s qualification is the one positive from an otherwise poor pistol qualification round..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | men’s trap qualification A brilliant second day for India’s Shapath Bharadwaj as he shoots a perfect 50/50 to climb to fifth in the men’s trap qualification with 95/100 overall. Kynan Chenai manages 44 today and is 19th with 91/100, while Ahvar Rizvi is 32nd on 87/100. Rizvi improves with a 46 on the second day, but his opening-day score of 41 leaves him with a difficult gap to close..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | men’s team India take a 2-0 lead over China in their men’s team Pool A match. After Suraj Chand gave India the lead with win over Du Shaoqian, Veer Chotrani seals a commanding 3-0 win over Li Haizhen. Chotrani wins all three games 11-5, 11-5 and 11-3. Velavan Senthilkumar is up next for India in the third and final match against China, taking on Zhou Penglin. India have already sealed the Pool A tie with victories for Suraj Chand and Veer Chotrani, but Senthilkumar now has a chance to complete a 3-0 sweep for India. The third match is set to get underway at Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | men’s trap qualification A strong second day for India’s Shapath Bharadwaj as he hits a perfect 50/50 to move up to fifth in the men’s trap qualification standings with a total of 95/100. Kynan Chenai manages 44 on the day and sits 19th with 91/100 overall. Ahvar Rizvi shoots a solid 46 in his second-day round but remains 32nd on 87/100 after an opening-day score of 41 leaves him with plenty of ground to make up. .Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol team India finish fifth in the women’s 25m pistol team final with a score of 1727-56x. Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat miss out on the podium, with China taking gold on 1743-68x. The Republic of Korea finish second with 1735-65x, while Chinese Taipei claim bronze with 1734-48x. Vietnam are fourth on 1732-56x, just five points ahead of India in the final standings. It ends in heartbreak for India in the team event. Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat had combined in the team event, with the team medal decided from their qualification scores. In the individual qualification, Esha finishes eighth with 580-22x, Manu 11th with 579-18x and Rahi 30th with 568-16x. Only Esha qualifies for the final..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | men’s team India lead China 1-0 in their men’s team Pool A match after Suraj Chand beats Du Shaoqian 3-0. Chand takes the opening game 11-4 and follows it up with 11-2, 12-10 wins in the second and third games to put India ahead in the tie. The match is underway at Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, with India needing two more individual wins to secure the contest against China..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | women’s team India open their women’s team campaign with a 2-1 win over China in Pool C. Shameena Riaz is taken to a decider before losing the opening match, but Tanvi Khanna responds with a straight-games victory. Joshna Chinappa then seals the tie for India with a 3-0 win over Liu Ziyi, winning 12-10, 11-4, 11-6. India next face Japan later today, with Iran the other team in their pool..Asian Games 2026 Live: Kurash | women’s 78kg Pincky Balhara defeats her South Korean opponent Lim Garam in the women’s 78kg event to enter the semifinals at the Asian Games, confirming another medal for India. She will face South Korea's Mo Sumin there, with a place in the final at stake..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol As things stand, India move up to second in the women’s 25m pistol team standings with 1446-46x, just one point behind China’s 1447-53x. Chinese Taipei are third on 1734-48x, while the Republic of Korea are fourth with 1443-59x. In the individual qualification, Esha Singh is sixth with 580-22x, while Manu Bhaker is 10th with 579-18x and Rahi Sarnobat is 19th with 572-14x..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | women’s team Joshna Chinappa gives India the advantage against China in the women’s team Pool C match. Chinappa leads Liu Ziyi 1-0 after taking the opening game 12-10. She then moves ahead 9-4 in the second game, putting India in a strong position to close out the match and take the overall tie lead..Asian Games 2026 Live: Volleyball | men’s preliminary round India complete a 3-0 victory over Hong Kong, China in their men’s preliminary round Pool C match. India win all three sets 25-22, 25-19 and 25-21 to seal a comfortable victory. The Indian team maintains its composure after a competitive opening set and closes out the contest in straight sets at Park Arena Komaki..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol The women’s 25m pistol qualification remains underway, with the rapid phase in progress. Esha Singh is sixth with 580-22x, while Manu Bhaker is 10th with 579-18x and Rahi Sarnobat is 18th with 572-14x. The top eight advance to the final. In the team standings, India are currently third with 1156-33x, behind Republic of Korea and China, with Chinese Taipei fourth on 1152-34x..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | women’s team Tanvi Khanna brings India level against China with a dominant 3-0 victory over Zhang Yuning. Khanna wins all three games 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 to put India back in contention in the women’s team pool game. With the score tied 1-1 overall, the contest now moves to the next match..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | women’s team Shameena Riaz goes down to China’s Yin Ziyuan 3-2 in a thrilling opening match of India’s women’s team pool game. Riaz takes the first two games 11-8, 11-6, but Yin fights back to level the contest with 11-9, 11-9 wins. The decider goes down to the wire, with the players tied at 9-9, 10-10, 11-11 and 12-12 before Yin wins 14-12..Asian Games 2026 Live: Volleyball | men’s preliminary round India and Hong Kong, China are level at 17-17 in the third set of their men’s preliminary round Pool C match. India lead 2-0 after winning the opening two sets 25-22 and 25-19. The third set remains tightly contested, with both teams trading points as India look to seal the match and Hong Kong fight to extend the contest..Asian Games 2026 Live: Volleyball | men’s preliminary round India move 2-0 ahead against Hong Kong, China in their men’s preliminary round Pool C match. India take the first two sets 25-22 and 25-19, putting themselves within one set of securing victory. Hong Kong now face a must-win third set to keep the contest alive, while India look to close out the match..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol team As per the current standings, India is in the bronze medal position in the women’s 25m pistol team event with a total of 1156-33x. The Republic of Korea is in the gold position with 870-34x, while China is in the second position with 868-33x. Chinese Taipei is fourth with 1152-34x as the team event continues at the Aichi Prefecture General Shooting Gallery. In the individual section, India's Esha Singh stands fifth with 580-22x in the women’s 25m pistol qualification, while Manu Bhaker places ninth with 579-18x. Rahi Sarnobat is in 18th place in the qualification round with 572-14x. Iran’s Haniyeh Rostamiyan is currently topping the standings with 587-25x..Asian Games 2026 Live: Volleyball | men’s preliminary round India move ahead 13-10 against Hong Kong, China in the second set of their men’s preliminary round Pool C match. After taking the opening set 25-22, India maintain their advantage in the early stages of the second set. Hong Kong remain within touching distance, but India continue to hold the lead as the contest progresses..Asian Games 2026 Live: Volleyball | men’s preliminary round India and Hong Kong, China are locked at 8-8 in the second set of their men’s preliminary round Pool C match. After India take the opening set 25-22, both sides remain closely matched early in the second. India look to maintain their momentum and extend their advantage, while Hong Kong aim to level the contest..Asian Games 2026 Live: Volleyball | men’s preliminary round India make a strong start against Hong Kong, China in their men’s preliminary round Pool C match. The Indian team takes the opening set 25-22 after a competitive battle, gaining an early advantage in the contest. Hong Kong keeps the pressure on, but India holds its nerve in the crucial moments to move 1-0 ahead..Asian Games 2026 Live: Squash | women’s team India take on China in their opening pool game of the women’s team competition. India field Shameena Riaz, Tanvi Khanna and Joshna Chinappa, with Anahat Singh rested after winning silver in the individual event. Shameena Riaz is first up against China’s Yin Ziyuan..Asian Games 2026 Live: Shooting | women’s 25m pistol Manu Bhaker sits eighth with 579 after the rapid phase, while Esha Singh is seventh with 580. Bhaker scores 97 and 96 in her first two rapid series and needs a strong final series to stay in contention for the final. India are also third in the women’s 25m pistol team event with 1156-33x..Asian Games 2026 Live: Surfing | men’s shortboard Sivaraj Babu loses 7.83-11.50 to the Philippines’ Alciso Jayuard in the men’s shortboard round 3, bringing his campaign to an end..Asian Games 2026 Live: Archery | men’s individual compound Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru make strong starts in the men’s individual compound event, securing round-of-32 victories. Jadhav beats Mongolia’s Jamiyangombo Purevdorj 149-137, while Ganesh narrowly defeats Indonesia’s Sostar Andaru Rinaldi 144-142. The two Indians then meet in the round of 16, where Ganesh wins a closely fought contest 149-148. He advances to the quarterfinals and faces Chen Chieh-lun of Chinese Taipei on October 1..Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: SEPAKTAKRAW SEPAKTAKRAW 6:30 a.m. - Women’s Double Group B - India (Prity Langoljam, Menenu Tsukru, Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam) vs Japan 10:30 a.m. - Women’s Double Semifinals - India (Subject to qualification) .Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: SAILING SAILING 7:30 a.m. - Men’s Dinghy Qualification Series - Vishnu Saravanan 7:30 a.m. - Men’s Skiff Opening Series - Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis 7:40 a.m. - Women’s Dinghy Qualification Series - Nethra Kumanan 7:40 a.m. - Women’s Skiff Opening Series - Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma 8:30 a.m. - Mixed Dinghy Opening Series - Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar Sharma 10:40 a.m. - Girls’ Dinghy Opening Series - Mahi Verma .Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: HOCKEY HOCKEY 3:30 p.m. - Men’s Pool A - India vs Bangladesh.Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: SHOOTING SHOOTING 6:10 a.m. - 25m Pistol Women Individual Qualification & Team Final (Rapid Stage) - Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Rahi Sarnobat 6:30 p.m. - Trap Men Individual Qualification & Team Final Day 2 - Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj 6:30 p.m. - Trap Women Individual Qualification & Team Final Day 2 - Maneesha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru 10:45 a.m. - 25m Pistol Women Individual Final - Manu Bhaker (Subject to qualification), Esha Singh (Subject to qualification), Rahi Sarnobat (Subject to qualification).Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: CRICKET CRICKET 10 a.m. - Men’s Quarterfinal - India vs Afghanistan.Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: VOLLEYBALL and SQUASH VOLLEYBALL 6:30 a.m. - Men’s Pool C - India vs Hong Kong, China SQUASH 6:30 a.m. - Women’s Team Pool C - India vs China 8:30 a.m. - Men’s Team Pool A - India vs China 12 noon - Women’s Team Pool C - India vs Japan 2 p.m. - Men’s Team Pool A - India vs Republic of Korea.Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: KURASH KURASH 8 a.m. - Women -78kg Quarterfinals - Pincky Balhara vs To be confirmed 10:30 a.m. - Women -78kg Semifinals - Pincky Balraha (Subject to qualification) 11:30 a.m. - Women -78kg Final - Pincky Balraha (Subject to qualification).Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: BOXING BOXING 1:30 p.m. - Women’s 75kg Quarterfinal - Lovlina Borgohain vs Suyeon Seong (Republic of Korea) 2:45 p.m. - Women’s 60kg Quarterfinal - Priya Ghanghas vs Mijgona Samadova (Tajikistan) 3:45 p.m. - Men’s 90kg Quarterfinal - Kapil Pokhariya vs Gichae Kim (Republic of Korea).Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: SURFING 3:58 a.m. - Men’s Shortboard Round 3 Heat 2 - Sivaraj Babu vs Jayuard Alciso (Philippines) 6:46 a.m. - Men’s Shortboard Round 3 Heat 8 - Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Ma Wensong (China) 9:26 a.m. - Men’s Shortboard Quarterfinals - Sivaraj Babu (Subject to qualification), Kishore Kumar Anbarasu (Subject to qualification).Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: ATHLETICS ATHLETICS 2:35 p.m. - Women’s Discus Throw Final - Seema, Sanya Yadav 3:09 p.m. - 4 x 100m Relay Mixed Round 1 Heat 2 - India 3:53 p.m. - Women’s 400m Hurdles Final - Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan 4:03 p.m. - Men’s 400m Hurdles Final - Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan 4:13 p.m. - Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final - Avinash Sable 4:25 p.m. - Men’s Long Jump Final - David Solomon Patturaj, Murali Sreeshankar 4:35 p.m. - Men’s 1500m Final - Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh 4:45 p.m. - Men’s Javelin Throw Final - Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh 4:50 p.m. - Women’s 800m Round 1 - Gowthami Jayaraman (Heat 1), Pooja (Heat 2) 5:13 p.m. - Women’s 5000m Final - Seema, Parul Chaudhary 6:01 p.m. - Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 Heat 2 - India 6:34 p.m. - Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final - India -.Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: ARCHERY ARCHERY 4:45 a.m. - Compound Men’s Individual 1/16 Elimination - Sahil Jadhav vs Jamiyangombo Purevdorj (Mongolia); Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Sostar Andaru Rinaldi (Indonesia) 5:25 a.m. - Compound Men’s Individual 1/8 Elimination - Sahil Jadhav (Subject to qualification), Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (Subject to qualification) 9:45 a.m. - Compound Women’s Individual 1/16 Elimination - Jyothi Surekha Vennam vs Adel Zhexenbinova (Kazakhstan); Chikitha Taniparthi vs To be confirmed 10:25 a.m. - Compound Women’s Individual 1/8 Elimination - Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Subject to qualification), Chikitha Taniparthi (Subject to qualification).Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: Medal events There is also plenty of action outside the medal events. India's men's cricket team will take on Afghanistan in the quarterfinal, while the men's hockey team will face Bangladesh in their Pool A match. The squash teams will play multiple matches, and Indian athletes will also be in action in archery, boxing, sailing, surfing, sepak takraw, volleyball and tennis..Asian Games 2026 Live Updates: Action-packed day Athletics will be one of the main attractions, with Avinash Sable, Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary, Gulveer Singh and Rohit Yadav among those competing in medal events. India's women's 25m pistol team, led by Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat, will also be in contention in shooting, while Pincky Balhara could compete for a medal in the women's -78kg kurash event if she progresses through the earlier rounds.