India enjoyed a packed day at the 2026 Asian Games on Sunday, adding several medals across athletics, squash and boxing while progressing in archery and other team events.
Sarvesh Kushare and Ancy Sojan won silver in the men’s high jump and women’s long jump respectively, while Parul Chaudhary, Tejaswin Shankar and Harita Bhadra claimed bronze medals in athletics. Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh also won squash silver, while three Indian boxers secured medals by reaching the semifinals.
Monday will bring another busy schedule, with India’s men’s cricket team facing Afghanistan in the quarterfinal, the men’s and women’s hockey teams in action, and key athletics finals including the men’s long jump and javelin throw.
Here is India’s schedule for September 28:
03:58 AM: Surfing – Men’s Shortboard Round 3: Sivaraj Babu vs J. Alciso (PHI)
04:45 AM: Archery – Compound Men Round of 32: Sahil Jadhav vs J. Purevdorj (MGL)
04:45 AM: Archery – Compound Men Round of 32: T. Ganesh Ratnam vs S. Rinaldi (INA)
05:25 AM: Archery – Compound Men Round of 16
06:10 AM: Shooting – 25m Women’s Pistol Qualification, Day 2
06:30 AM: Sepak Takraw – Women's Doubles Group Stage: India vs Japan
06:30 AM: Shooting – Trap Men’s and Women’s Qualification, Day 2
06:30 AM: Volleyball – Men’s Group Stage: India vs Hong Kong
06:30 AM: Tennis – Men’s Singles Second Round: Sumit Nagal vs S. Hong (KOR)
06:30 AM: Squash – Women’s Team Group Stage: India vs China
06:46 AM: Surfing – Men’s Shortboard Round 3: Kishore Kumar vs W. Ma (CHN)
07:30 AM: Sailing – Men’s Skiff, Day 1
07:30 AM: Tennis – Women’s Doubles First Round: Ankita/Rutuja vs Kazakhstan
07:30 AM: Sailing – Men’s Dinghy, Day 1
07:40 AM: Sailing – Women’s Dinghy, Day 1
07:40 AM: Sailing – Women’s Skiff, Day 1
08:00 AM: Kurash – Women’s 78kg Quarterfinals: Pincky Balhara
08:30 AM: Sailing – Mixed Dinghy, Day 2
08:30 AM: Squash – Men’s Team Group Stage: India vs China
09:16 AM: Surfing – Men’s Shortboard Quarterfinals
09:45 AM: Archery – Compound Women Round of 32: Chikitha Taniparthi
09:45 AM: Archery – Compound Women Round of 32: Jyothi Vennam vs Adel Z. (KAZ)
10:00 AM: Men’s Cricket – Quarterfinal: India vs Afghanistan
10:00 AM: Boxing – Women’s 75kg Quarterfinal: India vs South Korea
10:25 AM: Archery – Compound Women’s Round of 16
10:30 AM: Kurash – Women’s 78kg Medal Bouts
10:40 AM: Sailing – Girls’ Dinghy, Day 1
10:45 AM: Shooting – 25m Women’s Pistol Final
12:00 PM: Squash – Women’s Team Group Stage: India vs Japan
02:00 PM: Squash – Men’s Team Group Stage: India vs South Korea
02:15 PM: Boxing – Women’s 60kg Quarterfinal: India vs Tajikistan
02:35 PM: Athletics – Women’s Discus Throw Final
03:00 PM: Athletics – Mixed 4x100m Relay Heats
03:30 PM: Field Hockey – Men’s Group Stage: India vs Bangladesh
03:45 PM: Boxing – Men’s 90kg Quarterfinal: India vs South Korea
03:53 PM: Athletics – Women’s 400m Hurdles Final
04:03 PM: Athletics – Men’s 400m Hurdles Final
04:13 PM: Athletics – Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final
04:25 PM: Athletics – Men’s Long Jump Final
04:35 PM: Athletics – Men’s 1500m Final
04:45 PM: Athletics – Men’s Javelin Throw Final
04:50 PM: Athletics – Women’s 800m Heats
05:13 PM: Athletics – Women’s 5000m Final
05:50 PM: Athletics – Men’s 4x400m Relay Heats
06:34 PM: Athletics – Women’s 4x100m Relay Final