Saturday (26 September) will be another important day for India at the Asian Games 2026, which will be the eighth day of the ongoing Asiad. There are some important medal events at stake for the country, while other progress will continue alongside new beginnings.
India has already secured 23 medals at the Asian Games, with two golds, nine silvers, and 12 bronzes.
Asian Games 2026: Day 8 — Medal Events
04:00 (04:00 AM): Athletics (Men’s Marathon Final) — Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera
06:30 (06:30 AM): Shooting (Women's 50m Rifle 3P Positions Individual Qualification and Team Final) — Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod
08:20 (08:20 AM): Canoe Sprint (Mixed Canoe Double 500 Final) — Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam
08:30 (08:30 AM): Squash (Mixed Doubles Semifinal) — Joshna Chinappa/Velavan Senthilkumar vs Tang Ming Hong/Lee Ka Yi (Hong Kong)
09:30 (09:30 AM): Kabaddi (Women’s Semifinal) — India vs Iran
09:30 (09:30 AM): Shooting (Women's 50m Rifle 3P Positions Individual Final) — Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod
10:35 (10:35 AM): Squash (Women’s Singles Semifinal) — Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe (Japan)
11:15 (11:15 AM): Squash (Men’s Singles Semifinal) — Abhay Singh vs Muhammad Irfan (Pakistan)
14:30 (02:30 PM): Kabaddi (Men’s Semifinal) — India vs Iran
16:30 (04:30 PM): Athletics (Men’s Shot Put Final) — Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh
17:05 (05:05 PM): Athletics (Men’s Triple Jump) — Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan
18:15 (06:15 PM): Athletics (Women’s 400m Final) — Prachi Choudhary and Kiran Pahal
18:33 (06:33 PM): Athletics (Men’s 400m Final) — Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi
18:45 (06:45 PM): Athletics (Women’s 1500m Final) — Parul Chaudhary and Pooja Olla
Asian Games 2026: Day 8 — Other Events
03:58 (03:58 AM): Surfing (Men's and Women's Shortboard Heats) — Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu
04:30 (04:30 AM): Archery (Recurve and Compound Individual and Team Events Qualification) — Dhirag Bommadevara, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and others
05:30 (05:30 AM): Athletics (Men’s Decathlon 100m Heat 1) — Thowfeeq Noushad
05:43 (05:43 AM): Athletics (Men’s Decathlon 100m Heat 2) — Tejaswin Shankar
06:00 (06:00 AM): Badminton (Men’s Singles Second Round) — Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew (Singapore)
06:00 (06:00 AM): Equestrian (Dessage Second Individual Qualifier) — Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora and Jai Sud
06:00 (06:00 AM): Fencing (Women's Foil Team Round of 16) — India vs Indonesia
06:15 (06:15 AM): Athletics (Men’s Decathlon Long Jump) — Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad
06:30 (06:30 AM): Table Tennis (Women’s Singles Round 3) — Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Miwa Harimoto (Japan)
06:30 (06:30 AM): Canoe Sprint (Men's Kayak Single 500m Semifinal 1) — Harshwardhan Shaktawat
06:45 (06:45 AM): Esports (Puyo Puyo Champions Quarterfinal) — Paritosh vs Dongshin Kang
06:50 (06:50 AM): Canoe Sprint (Men's Kayak Double 500m Semifinal 1) — Prasanna Kumar, Prohit Baroi
07:00 (07:00 AM): Fencing (Men's Sabre Team Round of 16) — India vs Philippines
07:55 (07:55 AM): Athletics (Men’s Decathlon Shot Put) — Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad
08:15 (08:15 AM): Athletics (Women's Long Jump Qualification A and B) — Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan
08:32 (08:32 AM): Athletics (Men’s 200m Heats) — Animesh Kujur
10:15 (10:15 AM): Boxing (Men’s 55kg Round of 16) — Jadumani Singh vs Carlo Paalam (Philippines)
10:45 (10:45 AM): Boxing (Men’s 90kg Round of 16) — Kapil Pokhariya vs Sam Estaki (Iran)
10:45 (10:45 AM): Esports (Pokémon Unite Group Match) — India vs Japan
11:30 (11:30 AM): Badminton (Women’s Singles Second Round) — Unnati Hooda vs Wong Ling Ching (Malaysia)
12:30 (12:30 PM): Badminton (Men’s Singles Second Round) — Ayush Shetty vs Makhsut Tajibullayev (Kazakhstan)
13:30 (01:30 PM): Hockey (Men’s Pool A) — India vs Japan
13:30 (01:30 PM): Badminton (Women’s Singles Second Round) — PV Sindhu vs Chiu Pin-chian (Chinese Taipei)
14:15 (02:15 PM): Boxing (Women’s 60kg Round of 16) — Priya Ghanghas vs Oh Yeonji (South Korea)
14:30 (02:30 PM): Badminton (Women’s Doubles Second Round) — Treesa Jolly/Gayatroi Gopichand vs Mayu Matsumoto/Yuki Fukushima (Japan)
14:35 (02:35 PM): Athletics (Men’s Decathlon High Jump) — Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad
16:04 (04:04 PM): Athletics (Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats) — Jyothi Yarraji
16:12 (04:12 PM): Athletics (Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats) — Nandhini Kongan
16:33 (04:33 PM): Athletics (Women’s 200m Hurdles Heats) — Harita Bhadra
16:41 (04:41 PM): Athletics (Women’s 200m Hurdles Heats) — Unnathi Bolland
17:21 (05:21 PM): Athletics (Men’s 1500m Heats) — Yoonus Shah
17:31 (05:31 PM): Athletics (Men’s 1500m Heats) — Gulveer Singh
14:35 (02:35 PM): Athletics (Men’s Decathlon 400m Heats) — Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad