It's another exciting day of the Asian Games 2026 with Indian athletes looking to improve their medal tally on Day 7 in Aichi-Nagoya.
The men's and women's kabaddi teams will have their chances to win the gold medal as they face Iran in both the finals.
Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be in action in the shot put final while Praveen Chitravel will aim for a medal in the triple jump final.
Tejaswin Shankar will look to begin his decathlon event on Saturday with five events out of the 10 scheduled.
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Here is the schedule of Indian athletes on September 26, 2026:
NOTE: The event timings are in IST chronological order.
LIVE
Kabaddi - India vs Iran in women's final (medal event).
Squash - Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe of Japan in women's singles semifinal.
Equestrian - Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora and Jai Sud in dressage second individual qualifier.
Archery - women's recurve and men's compound qualification.
COMPLETED EVENTS
Athletics - Sawan Barwal won SILVER in men's marathon.
Shooting - Tilottama Sen finished 3rd, Vidarsa Vinod finished 6th, Ashi Chouksey finished 15th in women's 50m rifle 3P positions individual qualification, and India won SILVER in team final.
Squash - Joshna Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar lost to Tang Ming Hong-Lee Ka Yi of Hong Kong in mixed doubles semifinal, and took BRONZE.
Shooting - Tilottama Sen finished 4th and Vidarsa Vinod finished 5th in women's 50m rifle 3P positions individual final.
Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar is third after three events in decathlon, with 2484 points, and N Thowfeeq in ninth with 2290 points.
Athletics - Animesh Kujur finished top of men's 200m heat 5, and qualified for semifinal.
Badminton - Unnati Hooda beat Wong Ling China of Malaysia in women's singles second round match.
Archery - Chikitha Taniparthi finished 1st, Jyothi Surekha Vennam 13th, and Prithika Pradeep 20th in women's compound qualifying.
Archery - Dhiraj Bommadevara finished 1st, Neeraj Chauhan 20th, and Yashdeep Bhoge 25th in men's recurve individual qualifying. India finished third in team qualifying.
Boxing - Jadumani Singh lost to Carlo Paalam of Philippines in men's 55kg round of 16 bout.
Canoe Sprint - Harshwardhan Shaktawat finished 5th in men's kayak single 500m semifinal 1.
Fencing - India beat Indonesia in women's foil team round of 16 match.
Canoe Sprint - Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar finished 2nd in mixed kayak double 500m semifinal 1, and qualified for the final.
Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar jumped 7.53m for 942 points, and Thowfeeq Noushad jumped 7.37m for 904 points in men's decathlon long jump.
Badminton - Lakshya Sen lost to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in men's singles second round match.
Table Tennis - Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Miwa Harimoto of Japan in women's singles round 3 match.
Fencing - India beat Philippines in men's sabre team round of 16 match.
Fencing - India lost to Japan in women's foil team quarterfinal.
Fencing - India lost to South Korea in men's sabre team quarterfinal.
Canoe Sprint - Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam finished 8th in mixed canoe double 500 final (medal event).
Esports - Paritosh lost to Dongshin Kang in Puyo Puyo Champions quarterfinal match.
Table Tennis - Manush Shah lost to Lin Shidong (China) in men's singles round 3.
Badminton - Ayush Shetty beat Makhsut Tajibullayev of Kazakhstan in men's singles second round match.
UPCOMING EVENTS
10:45 a.m.: Boxing - Kapil Pokhariya vs Sam Estaki of Iran in men's 90kg in round of 16 bout.
10:45 a.m.: Esports - India vs Japan in Pokémon Unite in group match.
10:58 a.m.: Surfing - Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu in men's and women's shortboard heats. (Rescheduled from 4:00 a.m.)
11:15 a.m.: Squash - Abhay Singh vs Muhammad Irfan of Pakistan in men's singles semifinal.
1:30 p.m.: Hockey - India vs Japan in men's Pool A match.
1:30 p.m.: Badminton - PV Sindhu vs Chiu Pin-chian of Chinese Taipei in women's singles second round match.
2:15 p.m.: Boxing - Priya vs Oh Yeonji of South Korea in women's 60kg round of 16 bout.
2:30 p.m.: Kabaddi - India vs Iran in men's final (medal event).
2:30 p.m.: Badminton - Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand vs Mayu Matsumoto-Yuki Fukushima of Japan women's doubles second round match.
2:35 p.m.: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men's decathlon high jump.
4:04 p.m.: Athletics - Jyothi Yarraji in women's 100m hurdles heats.
4:12 p.m.: Athletics - Nandhini Kongan in women's 100m hurdles heats.
4:30 p.m.: Athletics - Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh in men's shot put final (medal event).
4:33 p.m.: Athletics - Harita Bhadra in women's 200m heats.
4:41 p.m.: Athletics - Unnathi Bolland in women's 200m heats.
5:05 p.m.: Athletics - Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan in men's triple jump (medal event).
5:21 p.m.: Athletics - Yoonus Shah in men's 1500m heats.
5:31 p.m.: Athletics - Gulveer Singh in men's 1500m heats.
5:50 p.m.: Athletics - Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men's decathlon 400m heats.
6:15 p.m.: Athletics - Prachi and Kiran in women's 400m final (medal event).
6:33 p.m.: Athletics - Vishal TK in men's 400m final (medal event).
6:45 p.m.: Athletics - Pooja and Parul Chaudhary in women's 1500m final (medal event).