Gulveer Singh to run for medal; kabaddi teams eye finals

The men's and women's kabaddi semi-finals and Gulveer Singh’s bid to upgrade his 10000m athletics medal headline India's schedule at the Asian Games 2026 today, September 25.

The Indian women's kabaddi team takes on Nepal in the morning, with the men's side facing Thailand shortly after at the Tokai Citizen Gymnasium. Both teams are defending champions and are favourites to retain their crown.

Gulveer Singh will line up at the 10000m start line in the evening session in one of several medal events for India in track and field.

The Indian athlete won bronze in the event at Hangzhou 2023 and is an Asian Championships gold medallist over the distance.

Gurindervir Singh and Animesh Kujur race in the 100m semi-finals, with the final scheduled later in the evening.

Medals are also on offer in the women's shot put, where Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar Menon compete, the pole vault with Sindhushree Ganesha and Baranica Elangovan, and the hammer throw with Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar.

The heptathlon also concludes with the 800m for Anamika KA and Pooja.

In badminton, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty open the defence of their men's doubles title against Thailand's Pakkapon Teeraratsukul and Peeratchai Sukphun in the round of 32.

Squash serves up an all-Indian women's singles quarter-final, with Anahat Singh taking on compatriot Tanvi Khanna. Whoever wins is assured of a medal.

Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani in men's singles, along with the mixed doubles pair of Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar, are also one win away from confirming medals.

The Indian women's hockey team can also seal a semi-final spot with a win over Japan.

Shooting medals are on offer in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team and individual events and the 10m air pistol mixed team event, while Nirupama Devi contests the women's 61kg weightlifting final.

India's men's foil and women's épée fencing teams are also in medal contention.

In table tennis, the mixed doubles pairs of Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade, and Manush Shah and Diya Chitale, can have semi-finals and medals lined up later in the day if they come through their quarter-finals.

There are also medal opportunities in swimming, which is in its final day at Aichi-Nagoya 2026, as well as canoe sprint and equestrian.

Sachin Siwach and Preeti Pawar are in round of 16 action in boxing. Indian esports athletes will compete in Pokémon Unite while surfing kicks off.

Asian Games 2026 India schedule today: September 25

All in Indian Standard Time (IST)

Athletics

Women's heptathlon long jump (Anamika KA, Pooja) - 6:30 AM

Women's heptathlon javelin throw (Anamika KA, Pooja) - 7:55 AM

Medal event: Women's shot put final (Manpreet Kaur, Krishna Jayasankar Menon) - 3:35 PM

Men's 100m semi-final heat 2 (Gurindervir Singh) - 4:11 PM

Men's 100m semi-final heat 3 (Animesh Kujur) - 4:19 PM

Medal event: Women's pole vault final (Sindhushree Ganesha, Baranica Elangovan) - 4:33 PM

Medal event: Women's heptathlon 800m (Anamika KA, Pooja) - 4:41 PM

Medal event: Men's 10000m final (Gulveer Singh) - 5:02 PM

Medal event: Men's hammer throw final (Damneet Singh, Praveen Kumar) - 5:10 PM

Women's 400m round 1 heat 2 (Kiran Pahal) - 5:53 PM

Women's 400m round 1 heat 3 (Prachi Choudhary) - 6:01 PM

Men's 400m round 1 heat 2 (Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi) - 6:21 PM

Medal event: Men's 100m final (Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur - if qualified) - 6:50 PM

Badminton

Mixed doubles round of 32: Dhruv Kapila & Tanisha Crasto (IND) vs Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq & Ahmed Nibal (MDV) - 6:10 AM

Mixed doubles round of 16: Dhruv Kapila & Tanisha Crasto (IND) - if qualified - 12:30 PM onwards

Men's doubles round of 32: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty (IND) vs Pakkapon Teeraratsakul & Peeratchai Sukphun (THA) - 12:30 PM onwards

Women's doubles round of 32: Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand (IND) vs Lui Lok Lok & Tsang Hiu Yan (HKG) - 12:30 PM onwards

Women's doubles round of 32: Kavipriya Selvam & Simran Singhi (IND) vs Kusuma Febriana Dwipuji & Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari (INA) - 12:30 PM onwards

Men's doubles round of 32: Hariharan Amsakarunan & MR Arjun (IND) vs Muhammad Shohibul Fikri & Fajar Alfian (INA) - 12:30 PM onwards

Women's singles round of 64: Unnati Hooda (IND) vs Yu Mi Song (PRK) - TBC

Boxing

Men's 60kg round of 16: Sachin Siwach (IND) vs Mohammad Abu Jajeh (JOR) - 10:15 AM

Women's 54kg round of 16: Preeti Pawar (IND) vs Pang Choi Mi (PRK) - 2:15 PM

Canoe sprint

Men's kayak double 500m semi-final 1 (Prasanna Kumar CS, Prohit Baroi) - 6:30 AM

Women's canoe double 500m semi-final 1 (Megha Pradeep, L Neha Devi) - 6:50 AM

Medal event: Men's kayak double 500m final (Prasanna Kumar CS, Prohit Baroi - if qualified) - 8:00 AM

Medal event: Women's kayak four 500m final A (Khwairakpam Dhanamajuri Devi, Phairembam Soniya Devi, Pooja, Parvathy Geetha) - 8:10 AM

Medal event: Women's canoe double 500m final (Megha Pradeep, L Neha Devi - if qualified) - 8:30 AM

Equestrian

Dressage individual first qualifier (Shruti Vora, Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Chheda, Jai Sud) - 6:00 AM

Medal event: Dressage team final (Shruti Vora, Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Chheda, Jai Sud) - 6:00 AM

Esports

Pokémon Unite Group C Match 1: India vs Republic of Korea (Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath, Rudra Narayan Nayak, Reuben Fernandes) - 7:55 AM

Fencing

Men's foil team table of 16: India vs Hong Kong, China (Sachin, Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya Badser, Tejas Manoj Patil) - 6:00 AM

Women's épée team table of 16: India vs Uzbekistan (Taniksha Khatri, Kanupriya Chawla, Mitva Chaudhari, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer) - 7:00 AM

Men's foil team quarter-final (Sachin, Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya Badser, Tejas Manoj Patil - if qualified) - 8:20 AM

Women's épée team quarter-final (Taniksha Khatri, Kanupriya Chawla, Mitva Chaudhari, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer - if qualified) - 8:20 AM

Medal event: Men's foil team semi-final (Sachin, Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya Badser, Tejas Manoj Patil - if qualified) - 10:50 AM onwards

Medal event: Women's épée team semi-final (Taniksha Khatri, Kanupriya Chawla, Mitva Chaudhari, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer - if qualified) - 12:50 PM onwards

Medal event: Men's foil team final (Sachin, Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya Badser, Tejas Manoj Patil - if qualified) - 2:50 PM

Medal event: Women's épée team final (Taniksha Khatri, Kanupriya Chawla, Mitva Chaudhari, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer - if qualified) - 3:50 PM

Hockey

Women's Pool B: India vs Japan - 7:30 AM

Kabaddi

Medal event: Women's team semi-final: India vs Nepal - 9:30 AM

Medal event: Men's team semi-final: India vs Thailand - 10:45 AM

Shooting

10m air pistol mixed team qualification (Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh) - 6:15 AM

Men's 50m rifle 3 positions individual qualification (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar) - 7:15 AM

Medal event: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions team final (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar - if qualified) - 7:15 AM

Medal event: 10m air pistol mixed team final (Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh - if qualified) - 8:30 AM

Medal event: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions individual final (Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar - if qualified) - 10:30 AM

Squash

Mixed doubles quarter-final: Joshna Chinappa & Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) vs David Pelino & Jemyca Aribado (PHI) - 7:00 AM

Men's singles quarter-final: Abhay Singh (IND) vs Ryūnosuke Tsukue (JPN) - 9:15 AM

Women's singles quarter-final: Anahat Singh (IND) vs Tanvi Khanna (IND) - 10:00 AM

Men's singles quarter-final: Veer Chotrani (IND) vs Muhammad Irfan (PAK) - 10:45 AM

Surfing

Women's shortboard round 1 heat 3 (Sugar Shanti) - 4:16 AM

Women's shortboard round 1 heat 5 (Kamali Moorthy) - 5:02 AM

Men's shortboard round 1 heat 3 (Kishore Kumar) - 7:20 AM

Men's shortboard round 1 heat 8 (Sivaraj Babu) - 9:15 AM

Women's shortboard round 2 (Sugar Shanti, Kamali Moorthy - if qualified) - 9:38 AM onwards

Swimming

Men's 50m breaststroke heat 3 (Danush Suresh) - 6:40 AM

Men's 200m backstroke heat 1 (Rishabh Das) - 6:58 AM

Men's 200m backstroke heat 3 (Utkarsh Santosh Patil) - 7:06 AM

Men's 400m freestyle heat 1 (Dhakshan Shashikumar) - 7:10 AM

Men's 400m freestyle heat 3 (Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda) - 7:22 AM

Men's 200m butterfly heat 3 (Sajan Prakash) - 7:36 AM

Medal event: Men's 50m breaststroke final (Danush Suresh - if qualified) - 1:35 PM

Medal event: Men's 200m backstroke final (Rishabh Das, Utkarsh Santosh Patil - if qualified) - 1:55 PM

Medal event: Men's 400m freestyle final (Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Dhakshan Shashikumar - if qualified) - 2:22 PM

Medal event: Men's 200m butterfly final (Sajan Prakash - if qualified) - 2:51 PM

Table tennis

Mixed doubles quarter-final: Manush Shah & Diya Chitale (IND) vs Wong Chun Ting & Doo Hoi Kem (HKG) - 6:30 AM

Mixed doubles quarter-final: Harmeet Desai & Yashaswini Ghorpade (IND) vs Lin Shidong & Man Kuai (CHN) - 6:30 AM

Men's doubles round of 32: G Sathiyan & Harmeet Desai (IND) vs Affan Pratama & Muhammad Negara (INA) - 7:30 AM

Men's doubles round of 32: Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah (IND) vs Tomokazu Harimoto & Hiroto Shinozuka (JPN) - 8:15 AM

Women's singles round of 32: Yashaswini Ghorpade (IND) vs Hend Zaza (SYR) - 9:00 AM

Women's singles round of 32: Sreeja Akula (IND) vs Pyon Song Gyong (PRK) - 9:45 AM

Men's singles round of 32: Manav Thakkar (IND) vs U Tae Ryong (PRK) - 10:30 AM

Men's singles round of 32: Manush Shah (IND) vs Benyamin Farazji (IRI) - 11:15 AM

Women's doubles round of 16: Sreeja Akula & Syndrela Das (IND) vs Man Kuai & Manyu Wang (CHN) - 12:00 PM

Women's doubles round of 16: Diya Chitale & Yashaswini Ghorpade (IND) vs Chen Yi & Fan Shuhan (CHN) - 12:45 PM

Medal event: Mixed doubles semi-final 1: Harmeet Desai & Yashaswini Ghorpade (IND) - if qualified - 3:00 PM

Medal event: Mixed doubles semi-final 2: Manush Shah & Diya Chitale (IND) - if qualified - 3:45 PM

Weightlifting

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