Our men's and women's squash teams a step from Asian Games finals

NAGOYA: The Malaysian contingent will look to build on their achievements at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today with high-stakes knockout rounds, medal matches, and crucial preliminary ties scheduled across 10 sports.

In track cycling, Azizulhasni Awang leads the charge at the Izu Velodrome, taking on Japan's Takahashi Kanata in the men's sprint quarter-finals, and aiming to reach the afternoon semi-finals and final.

Endurance rider Lau New Joe will be on a four-part campaign in the men's omnium across the scratch, tempo, elimination, and points races, while Nur Alyssa Farid and Izzah Izzati Asri feature in the women's individual sprint early rounds.

In archery, Fatin Nurfatehah Mat Salleh competes in the women's individual compound quarter-finals against South Korea's Park Jung Yoon, eyeing a semi-final berth and potential medal matches later in the day.

In squash, the Malaysian women's team face hosts Japan in the semi-final, while the men's team square off against India for a place in the final.

In field hockey, the men's team take on South Korea in a high-stakes semi-final encounter.

In judo, Amir Daniel Abdul Majeed opens his campaign in the men's -81kg round of 16 against Japan's Fujiwara Sotaro at the Aichi International Arena, with repechage, semi-final, and medal rounds following in the afternoon.

In taekwondo, Yow Mei Yee and Chin Ken Haw see action in the women's and men's individual poomsae semi-finals.

In padel, Aidan Yunus and Christian Didier Chin team up against the Philippines' Jason Lapidus and Argil Canizares in the men's pair quarter-finals.

In rugby sevens, both the national men's and women's teams feature in group stage double-headers against China and Hong Kong.

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In sepak takraw, the women's quadrant team open their preliminary round campaign against Indonesia in the morning before returning to face Japan in the afternoon.

In sailing, Khairulnizam Mohd Afendy (men's dinghy, races 6-9), Nur Shazrin Mohd Latif (women's dinghy, races 6-9), Juni Karimah Noor Jamali-Muhammad Fauzi Kaman Shah (mixed dinghy, races 6-8), Danyal Marczqui Rahmat Haron Muzaffa-Nur Aina Norhazram (youth mixed dinghy, races 6-8), Aiman Aqeel Mohd Firdaus (boys' dinghy, races 5-7), Iqbal Nazham Musmuliadi-Adam Aierell Mohd Azizol (boys' skiff, races 5-8), Aina Zulaikha Azizul Rahman-Nor Izniey Humaira Mohd Azri (girls' skiff, races 5-8), and Nur Hafizanah Zailan (girls' dinghy, races 4-7) will compete in their respective fleet races at the Kaiyoh Yacht Harbour.