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Asian Games 2026 India: Get the latest updates, medal tally, live scores, results, schedule, and highlights from the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

Updated : Sep 23, 2026 07:18 IST

BHOPAL, 07/09/2026. Indian Sport Shooter and Olympic Medalist Manu Bhaker during a training session at the Shooting Range in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh on Monday, September 07, 2026. Photo R V Moorthy / The Hindu | Photo Credit: MOORTHY RV

Welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of Day 5 of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.From an Indian perspective, it is yet another important day. The country’s athletes will be in action in multiple disciplines - swimming, badminton, boxing, equestrian, fencing, canoe sprint, rowing, esports, hockey, kabaddi, karate, sepaktakraw, shooting, table tennis, soft tennis, weightlifting and wushu.

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Asian Games 2026, Day 5: Here are all fixtures and event timings involving Indian athletes in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

September 23, 2026 06:57
Rowing
Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar finish fourth (last) in the Men’s Pair Heats. They will now be in action in Final B.
September 23, 2026 06:55
Canoe Sprint
Megha Pradeep finishes fifth in the Women’s Canoe Single 200m Heats and will now take part in the semifinals.
September 23, 2026 06:54
Shooting
Manu Bhaker is the best-placed Indian currently. She moves into the sixth position after a strong third series, which yielded 98 points.
September 23, 2026 06:50
Swimming - Men’s 100m Butterfly - Heat 2
Benedicton Rohit finishes fourth in his heat with a timing of 53.08.
September 23, 2026 06:43
Table Tennis
India’s Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade lose the first game to Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali of Maldives 9-11. The Indians will be looking to fightback in the second game.
September 23, 2026 06:41
Fencing - Women’s Foil Individual, Pool Stage
Mina Devi Naorem loses to Japan’s Yuka Ueno 1-5.
Joys Ashitha Stalinraj loses to Macao’s Hio Lam Ku 0-5.
September 23, 2026 06:37
Equestrian
Eventing Cross Country (team and individual) medal rounds are underway. Fouaad Mirza, Arjan Singh Nagra and Ashish Limaye are the ones representing India.
September 23, 2026 06:34
Canoe Sprint
India’s Oinam Arun Singh, Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, Naocha Singh Laitonjam finish third in the Men’s Kayak Four 500m Heats and qualify for the Final A with a timing of 1:29.447.
September 23, 2026 06:31
Shooting
Poor start for the Indians in the 10m air rifle event. Suruchi Singh has dropped six points in the first series itself, while Manu has dropped five. Esha is halfway into her opening series and has already dropped four points.
September 23, 2026 06:29
Table Tennis - Mixed Doubles, Round of 32
India’s Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade will take on Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali of Maldives, with the match starting soon.
September 23, 2026 06:26
Canoe Sprint
India’s Oinam Arun Singh, Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, Naocha Singh Laitonjam will be in action in the Men’s Kayak Four 500m Heats.
September 23, 2026 06:21
Sepaktakraw (Men’s Regu Team event)
India claims the first match against Philippines with a straight set win.
September 23, 2026 06:19
Soft Tennis (Men’s Singles)
Jay Meena’s quarterfinal against Sherwin Nuguit has been delayed.
September 23, 2026 06:16
Shooting
The 10m Air Pistol Women Individual Qualification and Team Final is about to start. Suruchi Singh, Esha Singh and Manu Bhaker will represent India. Can they combine to produce India’s first shooting gold of this Games. Our shooting correspondent, Santadeep Dey, certainly thinks so.
September 23, 2026 06:13
Rowing
Satnam Singh, Salman Khan finish second in the Men’s Double Sculls Heats and will now take part in the Final A.
September 23, 2026 06:11
Rowing
Balraj Panwar finishes third in the Men’s Single Sculls Heats and will now take part in Final A.
September 23, 2026 06:07
Sepaktakraw
India is taking on Philippines in the Men’s Regu Team event in a Group B match. India has won the first set 15-7.
September 23, 2026 06:04
Welcome!
Good morning folks! We are here, and if you are reading this, so are you. Day 5 of Asian Games is upon us and what does it have in store for us? Let’s find out together.

Published on Sep 23, 2026

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