Anahat Singh (Reuters Photo)
India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues on Sunday, September 27, with athletes competing across multiple sports and disciplines.There will be plenty of action for Indian athletes throughout the day, with Manju Rani and Priyanka Goswami competing in the women’s marathon race walk, while Harjinder Kaur will be in the women’s 69kg weightlifting medal event.India will also have two athletes competing in squash gold medal matches, with Abhay Singh taking on Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow in the men’s singles final and Anahat Singh facing Sivasangari Subramaniam in the women’s singles final.In athletics, Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad will continue their decathlon campaign, while Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan, Harita Bhadra, Unnathi Bolland, Animesh Kujur, Sarvesh Kushare, J Aadarsh Ram, Nandhini Kongan, Parul Chaudhary and Ankita will compete in medal events.India will also be in action in shooting, boxing, badminton, archery, hockey, fencing, sailing, surfing, sepak takraw, volleyball, kurash and equestrian.
India’s full Asian Games schedule on September 27 (All timings are in IST)
- Athletics – 4:00am: Manju Rani and Priyanka Goswami in women’s marathon race walk (medal event).
- Archery – 4:45am onwards: India’s recurve, compound and mixed teams in action from the round of 16 to the quarterfinals.
- Surfing – 4:54am onwards: Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu in men’s and women’s shortboard heats.
- Sepaktakraw – 5:30am: India vs South Korea in women’s doubles Group B match.
- Badminton – 6:00am: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand vs Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia in women’s doubles quarterfinal.
- Equestrian – 6:00am: Hriday Chheda in individual dressage.
- Equestrian – 6:00am: Jai Sud in individual dressage.
- Shooting – 6:10am: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat in women’s 25m pistol individual qualification precision and team precision.
- Badminton – 6:10am onwards: Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto vs Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping of China in mixed doubles quarterfinal.
- Shooting – 6:30am: Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai and Shapath Bharadwaj in men’s trap individual and team qualification (Day 1).
- Shooting – 6:30am: Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat and Neeru in women’s trap individual and team qualification (Day 1).
- Athletics – 7:38am: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon 110m hurdles heats.
- Athletics – 8:10am: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon discus throw.
- Athletics – 8:35am: Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan and Yashas Palaksha in men’s 400m hurdles heats.
- Athletics – 9:05am: Vithya Ramraj in women’s 400m hurdles heats.
- Athletics – 9:10am: Sreeshankar Murali and David Solomon in men’s long jump qualification.
- Athletics – 9:10am: David Solomon Patturaj in men’s long jump qualification round, Group A.
- Athletics – 9:13am: Anu Raghavan in women’s 400m hurdles.
- Fencing – 9:20am onwards: India vs Indonesia in women’s sabre round of 16 match. Bhavani Devi and Shreya Gupta will represent India.
- Sailing – 9:30am onwards: Prince Noble and Manu Francis in men’s Skiff/49er.
- Badminton – 9:30am: PV Sindhu in women’s singles quarterfinal, subject to qualification.
- Badminton – 9:30am: Unnati Hooda vs Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in women’s singles quarterfinal.
- Sailing – 9:40am onwards: Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma in women’s Skiff/49er FX.
- Boxing – 9:45am: Ankush vs Nekruz Salimov of Tajikistan in men’s 80kg quarterfinal.
- Athletics – 9:50am: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon pole vault.
- Weightlifting – 10:00am: Harjinder Kaur in women’s 69kg (medal event).
- Sepaktakraw – 11:30am: India vs Philippines in women’s doubles Group B match.
- Squash – 12:30pm: Abhay Singh vs Ng Eain Yow of Malaysia in men’s singles gold medal match.
- Volleyball – 12:30pm: India vs Vietnam in men’s Pool C match.
- Squash – 1:30pm: Anahat Singh vs Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia in women’s singles gold medal match.
- Boxing – 2:00pm: Parveen vs Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan in women’s 65kg quarterfinal.
- Boxing – 2:45pm: Sachin Siwach vs Shunsuke Kitamoto of Japan in men’s 60kg quarterfinal.
- Athletics – 3:30pm: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon javelin throw.
- Athletics – 3:30pm: Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan in women’s long jump final (medal event).
- Hockey – 3:30pm: India vs Singapore in women’s pool match.
- Boxing – 3:45pm: Narender vs Adthapong Saengtep of Thailand in men’s 90+kg quarterfinal.
- Athletics – 3:55pm: Harita Bhadra and Unnathi Bolland in women’s 200m final (medal event).
- Athletics – 4:05pm: Animesh Kujur in men’s 200m final (medal event).
- Athletics – 4:15pm: Sarvesh Kushare and J Aadarsh Ram in men’s high jump final (medal event).
- Athletics – 4:53pm: Nandhini Kongan in women’s 100m hurdles (medal event).
- Athletics – 5:00pm: Mohammed Afsal and Krishan Kumar in men’s 800m heats.
- Athletics – 5:40pm: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon 1500m.
- Athletics – 5:52pm: Parul Chaudhary and Ankita in women’s 3000m steeplechase final (medal event).
- Athletics – 6:15pm: India in women’s 4x100m relay heats.
- Kurash – 6:30pm onwards: Sangita, Bharti, Yash Kumar Chauhan and Vishal in women’s 57kg and men’s +90kg round of 32, round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
