Asian Games 2026: With India increasing their medal count to 17 on September 24, Thursday, Day 6 of Asian Games 2026 will present the sub-continent team more opportunity to do so. Gulveer Singh, who sizzled in the Commonwealth Games this year, will be in action on September 25, Friday in the men’s 10,000m event. Moreover, it will be an all-Indian quarter-final in squash, with Anahat Singh taking on Tanvi Khanna. Additionally, the men’s and women’s kabaddi teams will both compete in the semi-finals, striving for higher honours. The men’s hammer throw and women’s shotput final are set to be medal events too.
Asian Games 2026 Schedule for September 25
From 4:14 am: Surfing – Sugar Shanti Gayen, Kamali Prakash, Kishore Anbarashu, Sivaraj Babu in women's and men's shortboard heats.
5:55 a.m.: Athletics – Anamika Aneesh and Pooja in women’s heptathlon javelin throw.
6:00 a.m.: Fencing – Aditya, Hemash Singh, Tejas Patil, Sachin in men’s team foil round of 16.
6:10 a.m.: Badminton – Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto vs Aminath Abdul Razzaq-Nibal Ahmed of Maldives in mixed doubles first round match.
6:15 a.m.: Shooting – Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh in 10m air pistol mixed team qualification.
6:30 a.m.: Canoe Sprint – Prohit Baroi, Prasanna Kumar in men’s kayak double 500m semifinal 1.
6:30 a.m.: Athletics – Anamika Aneesh and Pooja in women’s heptathlon long jump.
6:30 a.m.: Table tennis – Diya Chitale-Manush Shah vs Wong Chun Ting-Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong in mixed doubles quarterfinals.
6:30 am: Table tennis – Harmeet Desai vs. Yashaswini Ghorpade vs. Lin Shidong-Kuai Man of China in mixed doubles quarterfinals.
6:40 a.m.: Swimming – Dhanush Suresh in men’s 50m breaststroke heats.
6:50 a.m.: Canoe Sprint – Megha Pradeep, Neha Leichonbam in women’s canoe double 500m semifinal 1.
6:58 a.m.: Swimming – Rishabh Das in men’s 200m backstroke heats.
7:00 am: Squash – Joshana Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar vs. David Pelino-Jamesya Aribado of Philippines in mixed doubles quarterfinals.
7:00 am: Fencing – Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari, Tanishka Khatri, Yashkeerat Kaur in women's epee team round of 16.
7:06 a.m.: Swimming – Utkarsh Patil in men’s 200m backstroke heats.
7:10 a.m.: Swimming – Dhakshan Shashikumar in men’s 400m freestyle heats.
7:15 a.m.: Shooting – APS Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions individual and team final.
7:20 am: Swimming – Aneesh Sunil in men's 400m freestyle heats.
7:30 a.m.: Hockey – India vs Japan in women’s Pool B match.
7:30 am: Table tennis – G Sathiyan-Harmeet Desai vs Affan Pratama-Muhammad Negara of Indonesia of men's doubles round 2 match.
7:36 a.m.: Swimming – Sajan Prakash men’s 200m butterfly heats.
7:55 a.m.: Esports – India vs South Korea in Pokémon Unite.
8:10 am: Canoe Sprint – Dhanamanjuri Khwairakpam, Pooja, Soniya Devi Phairembam, Parvathy Geetha in women's kayak four 500m final.
8:30 a.m.: Shooting – Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh in 10m air pistol mixed team final (if they qualify).
9:00 a.m.: Table tennis – Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Hend Zaza of Syria in women’s singles round 2 match.
9:15 a.m.: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Ryunosuke Tsukue of Japan in men’s singles quarterfinals.
9:30 a.m.: Kabaddi – India vs Nepal in women’s kabaddi semifinal.
9:45 a.m.: Table tennis – Sreeja Akula vs Pyon Song Gyong in women’s singles round 2.
10:00 a.m.: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Tanvi Khanna in women’s singles quarterfinals.
10:15 a.m.: Boxing – Sachin vs Abu Jajeh Mohammad of UAE in round of 16 match.
10:30 a.m.: Table tennis – Manav Thakkar vs U Tae Ryong of North Korea in men’s singles round 2 match.
10:30 a.m.: Shooting – APS Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar in men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final (if they qualify).
10:45 a.m.: Kabaddi – India vs Thailand in men’s kabaddi semifinal.
10:45 a.m.: Squash – Veer Chotrani vs Muhammad Irrfan in men’s singles quarterfinals.
11:15 a.m.: Table tennis – Manush Shah vs Faraji Benyamin in men’s singles round 2 match.
12:00 p.m.: Table tennis – Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das vs Man Kuai-Manyu Wang in women’s doubles round 3 match.
12:30 pm: Badminton – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty vs Pakkapon Teeraratsakul-Peeratchai Sukphun of Thailand in men's doubles first round match.
12:45 p.m.: Table tennis – Diya Chitale-Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Fan Shuban-Chen Yi of China in mixed doubles quarterfinals.
1:30 p.m.: Badminton – Treesa Jolly-Gayatroi Gopichand vs Tsang Hiu Yan-Lui Lok Lok in women’s doubles first round match.
1:50 pm: Badminton – Simran Singhi-Kavipriya Selvam vs Febriana Kusuma-Meilysa Puspitasari of Indonesia in women's doubles first round match.
2:15 p.m.: Boxing – Preeti vs Mi Chol Pang of North Korea in round of 16 match.
5:10 pm: Badminton – Hariharan Amsakarunan-MR Arjun vs Fajar Alfian-Shohibul Fikri of Indonesia in men's doubles first round match.
TBD: Unnati Hooda vs Yu Mi Song of North Korea in women’s singles first round match.
3:35 p.m.: Athletics – Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar Menon in women’s shot put final (medal event).
4:11 p.m.: Athletics – Gurindervir Singh in men’s 100m semifinals.
4:19 p.m.: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in men’s 100m semifinals.
4:33 p.m.: Athletics – Sindhusree Ganesha and Baranica Elangoval in women’s pole vault final (medal event).
5:02 p.m.: Athletics – Gulveer Singh in men’s 10,000m (medal event).
5:10 p.m.: Athletics – Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar in men’s hammer throw (medal event).
5:53 p.m.: Athletics – Kiran in women 400m heats.
6:01 p.m.: Athletics – Prachi in women 400m heats.
6:21 p.m.: Athletics – Vishal TK in men’s 400m heats.
6:50 p.m.: Athletics – Animesh Kujur, Gurindervir Singh in men’s 100m final (if they qualify).
Asian Games 2026: When and where to watch?
The television telecast will be available on Sony Sports 1, Sony Sports 2, and Sony Sports 5, while the live streaming of the same will take place on Sony LIV App and website.
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