Stories from the world of sport.
Two finals. Two gold medals. One powerful statement about the changing place of cricket in Asian sport.
On September 22, India and Japan will play their first-ever men's T20I — the Suzuki Cup, opening a year of 75th-anniversary India-Japan diplomatic celebrations and doubling as India's Asian Games warm-up. Why a lopsided-looking fixture could matter far more than the scoreline suggests.
From Takeyuki Nakayama's 40-year-old marathon record to Hangzhou 2023's flurry of swimming marks, a look at which Asian Games records are still standing ahead of Aichi-Nagoya 2026 — and why some records last for decades while others fall almost every edition.
As the 20th Asian Games prepare to open in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on September 19, 2026, here's how a 1951 gathering of 11 nations in New Delhi grew into a 46-nation, 43-sport spectacle — and how India went from co-founder to a 107-medal powerhouse.
India finished 4th at Glasgow 2026 with 39 medals despite missing five traditional medal-producing sports. Boxing delivered a record 7 golds, judo broke new ground, and India now sets sights on hosting Ahmedabad 2030.
