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France Held 1-1 by Italy as Zidane's Perfect Start Ends in Paris
France were held to a 1-1 draw by Italy at the Stade de France on Friday, October 2, ending Zinedine Zidane's perfect start as head coach in his first home game. France stay top of Nations League Group A1 with seven points . Italy had the better of the first half. Moise Kean shot straight at Mike Maignan from close range early on and later had a goal disallowed for offside shortly before the break. France improved after the interval, with Ousmane Dembele forcing a save from Gianluigi Donnarumma . Michael Olise then put France ahead in the 55th minute, smashing a free-kick in off the crossbar. Inter Milan defender Alessandro Bastoni equalised midway through the second half. France finished with ten men after defender Dayot Upamecano was sent off late on. Olise had also scored the winner in France's 1-0 victory in Belgium four days earlier. He has now been involved in 14 goals in 15 appearances for France this year. Zidane had opened his tenure with 1-0 wins in Türkiye and Belgium. A crowd of 77,118 watched the match, which was Zidane's first meeting with Italy since the 2006 World Cup final, his last game as a player. Belgium are a point behind France on six points after beating Türkiye 3-0. The two sides meet on Monday at the Stade de France in the last game of this international window. Italy have four points and host Türkiye next. They have won one, drawn one and lost one since Roberto Mancini returned as head coach.
Barcelona Tests Find No Significant Injury for Raphinha, Getafe Return Possible
Raphinha has avoided a significant injury, according to tests carried out at Barcelona's Joan Gamper training complex on Friday, October 2. The Brazilian is expected to be available for the club's first match back after the international break, at home to Getafe at the Spotify Camp Nou on Saturday, October 10. The 29-year-old returned to Barcelona early from Brazil duty after being substituted at half-time in Brazil's 4-2 friendly win over Australia in Brisbane. Brazil described the problem as discomfort in his right thigh and released him from the squad for the friendly against India in Kolkata. An earlier scan had shown a small muscle edema in the back of his right thigh. Friday's examinations found nothing more serious, according to Spanish outlets Mundo Deportivo and Sport . He arrived at the training ground at around 11:00 and left shortly before 12:30. The concern at the club was understandable. Raphinha lost more than 150 days to injuries in the same area last season, and he also missed about two weeks with a minor hamstring problem at this year's World Cup. Barcelona's medical staff have also raised questions about why he so often returns from international duty with a knock. Head coach Hansi Flick may still manage his workload carefully, with October a busy month. Barcelona travel to Galatasaray in the Champions League three days after the Getafe match. Raphinha has scored 14 goals this season and won the La Liga Player of the Month award for the second month in a row.
India Face Brazil in Historic Friendly in Kolkata Tonight at 7:30 PM IST
India face five-time world champions Brazil tonight in the first senior men's meeting between the two countries. The friendly kicks off at 7:30 PM IST on Saturday, October 3, at the Salt Lake Stadium (Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan) in Kolkata. Brazil are ranked fifth in the world and India 138th. The match is live on the Sony Sports Network and SonyLIV. Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti is expected to make around seven changes from the side that beat Australia 4-2 in Brisbane. Coritiba goalkeeper Pedro Morisco is confirmed to start and will make his Brazil debut. Athletico Paranaense defender Arthur Dias is also in line for a first cap. Playing Morisco would mean Ancelotti has used all 26 players called up for this international window. Raphinha will miss the match. He left the squad with a small muscular edema in the back of his right thigh after being substituted at half-time against Australia, and Brazil did not call up a replacement. In Friday's final training session in Kolkata, Flamengo striker Pedro was tested in his place, alongside Vinicius Junior and Estevao . Endrick also had minutes in that role. Ancelotti has not officially confirmed the full line-up. Joao Pedro had earlier withdrawn through injury and was replaced by Fluminense midfielder Gabriel Martinelli . Brazil arrive unbeaten since their 2-1 round-of-16 defeat to Norway at the 2026 World Cup. They drew 1-1 with Australia and then won 4-2, with Vinicius scoring in Brisbane. India, coached by Khalid Jamil , are coming off a 1-1 draw with Panama in Bengaluru. Brazil will be only the third CONMEBOL side India have faced, after Peru and Uruguay. India have lost their previous three matches against South American opposition.
India Add Four More Archery Medals as Korea and China Sweep the Golds
India added four more archery medals across the recurve and compound events at the Asian Games, with South Korea and China taking the golds in each. In the recurve team events, China beat India to gold in the mixed team final, with Korea taking bronze, while South Korea topped the men's team podium, with India again settling for silver and Chinese Taipei bronze. In the compound individual finals, Indonesia's Nurisa Dian Ashrifah won women's gold ahead of the Philippines' Amaya Cojuangco and South Korea's Yeonseo Kang, with no Indian medallist in that event. In the men's final, Korea's Jongho Kim won gold over Chinese Taipei's Cheng-Wei Chang, with India's Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru claiming bronze.
Kumkum Mohod Wins India's First Individual Recurve Archery Gold in Shoot-Off Thriller
Kumkum Mohod won India's first individual recurve archery gold at the Asian Games, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off to claim the women's title in Nagoya. The 17-year-old from Amravati arrives at these Games off the back of a breakout season, having already beaten Oh Yejin and her Olympic champion teammates to win recurve mixed team gold with Dhiraj Bommadevara at an Archery World Cup stage in Antalya earlier this year, and claiming women's team gold in Shanghai before that. China's Huang Yuwei took bronze in the Asian Games final. The win adds to a strong Games for India's recurve archers. India's women's team had already won team gold earlier in the week, while the mixed team and men's team both settled for silver, finishing behind China and South Korea respectively.
Pranavi Urs Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Individual Golf Gold at Asian Games
Pranavi Sharath Urs became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games, closing with a final-round 68 to finish at 15-under 265, one stroke clear of the field in Nagoya. Pranavi carried a three-shot overnight lead into the final round but opened with a triple bogey on the third hole. She steadied herself with three birdies through the middle of the round, then held her nerve with crucial par putts on the final two holes to close out the title. China's Yin Ruoning took silver, with Singapore's Shannon Tan claiming bronze. It is India's first individual women's golf gold at the Asian Games, improving on Aditi Ashok's silver at Hangzhou 2022, and the country's first golf gold of any kind since Shiv Kapur's men's individual title in 2002. Pranavi also combined with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar to win silver in the women's team event, with China taking team gold.
Ratnayake's 65 and Two Wickets Lead Sri Lanka to Asian Games Cricket Bronze
Sri Lanka won the bronze medal in men's cricket at the Asian Games 2026 , beating Bangladesh by 63 runs in the 3rd place play-off at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin on Saturday, October 3. Sri Lanka chose to bat and were in trouble at 21 for 4 inside four overs. Captain Sahan Arachchige and Tharindu Ratnayake then added 93 runs in 44 balls on a difficult surface. Ratnayake smashed 65 off 32 balls with 7 fours and 5 sixes, and Arachchige made a composed 33 off 37 . Sri Lanka finished on 165 for 9 . Mustafizur Rahman and Saif Hassan took two wickets each for Bangladesh. Ratnayake then starred with the new ball. He and Nuwan Thushara took two wickets apiece as Bangladesh slipped to 18 for 4 in 3.5 overs. The top three batters were all dismissed for ducks. Parvez Hossain Emon (20), Yasir Ali (21) and Nasum Ahmed (26) got starts, but none could turn the chase around. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth and Wanuja Sahan also took two wickets each, and all six Sri Lankan bowlers got among the wickets. Bangladesh were bowled out for 102 in 17.3 overs . Sri Lanka lost their semi-final to India by 124 runs after being bowled out for 45. They bounced back to finish on the podium, with Nasum Ahmed caught at long-on by Ashen Bandara off Arachchige to end the match. Bangladesh, who lost their semi-final to Pakistan, finished fourth. The bronze is Sri Lanka's third medal at these Games. Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage won javelin gold, and the women's cricket team took silver behind India. The men's gold medal match between India and Pakistan is being played at the same venue later on Saturday.
Xiyu Wang Beats Compatriot Zhang Shuai for Tennis Women's Singles Gold
China's Xiyu Wang won the women's singles tennis gold at the Asian Games, beating compatriot Shuai Zhang in an all-Chinese final, with Kazakhstan's Yuliya Putintseva and the Philippines' Alexandra Eala sharing bronze.
Japan Add Three More Judo Golds as Korea, UAE and Uzbekistan Also Strike Gold
Japan continued to dominate the judo mats at the Asian Games, winning three more golds across the men's -81kg and women's -63kg and -70kg categories, while South Korea , the UAE and Uzbekistan picked up titles elsewhere on the programme. Mimi Huh gave South Korea gold in the women's -57kg final, beating Mongolia's Ariunzaya Terbish, while the UAE's Kazbek Naguchev won the men's -73kg title over Uzbekistan's Shakhram Ahadov. Japan then swept three of the remaining categories, with Sotaro Fujiwara winning men's -81kg, Narumi Tanioka taking women's -63kg and Rin Maeda adding women's -70kg gold. In the men's heaviest category, Uzbekistan won the +100kg final ahead of Japan, with South Korea and Mongolia sharing bronze.
Yui Susaki Stays Unbeaten as Japan and Iran Share Final Wrestling Golds
Iran and Japan shared the final freestyle wrestling golds of the Asian Games, with Japan's legendary Yui Susaki continuing her unbeaten career with gold in the women's 50kg final. In the men's divisions, Iran's Amir Hossein Zare won the 125kg title, with China and Bahrain's Shamil Sharipov among the medallists, while Mohammad Nokhodilarimi added Iran's second gold of the day in the 86kg category, beating Japan's Hayato Ishiguro to the title. In the women's divisions, Susaki , an Olympic and multiple world champion who remains undefeated in senior international competition, won the 50kg gold ahead of North Korea's Son Hyang Kim, with China and Kazakhstan sharing bronze. Japan completed a wrestling double on the day through Yuka Kagami , who won the women's 76kg title ahead of Kazakhstan's Elmira Syzdykova.
Lovlina Borgohain Headlines India's Historic Boxing Gold Sweep
India enjoyed their best-ever day in Asian Games boxing, sweeping all three gold medal finals they contested, with Lovlina Borgohain , Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal all striking gold within hours of each other at Aichi-Nagoya. Borgohain got the day started, beating China's Ziyi Bao 5-0 in the women's 75kg final to win on her birthday and become only the second Indian woman boxer to win Asian Games gold, after Mary Kom's triumph in 2014. The Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist had earlier beaten South Korea's Seong Suyeon and Kazakhstan's Natalya Bogdanova to reach the final. Parveen Hooda followed with gold in the women's 65kg category, before Ankush Panghal completed the hat-trick in the men's 80kg final, beating South Korea's Kim Minseong 4-0 to win India's first men's 80kg boxing gold at the Asian Games since 2018. The three golds took India's overall tally to 75 medals on the day, alongside a maiden women's hockey title and a wrestling gold for Sujeet in the men's freestyle 65kg category, making it one of the most productive single days in the country's Asian Games history.
Kumkum Mohod Wins India's First Individual Recurve Archery Medal With Gold
Kumkum Mohod became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve archery medal at the Asian Games, beating South Korea's Yejin Oh in the gold medal match at Okazaki Central Park, capping a historic week for the 17-year-old. Mohod reached the final by beating China's Zhu Jingyi 6-2 in the semi-final, sealing the contest with a 10 on her final arrow after both archers had traded 9s and 10s through the fourth set. China's Yuwei Huang took bronze. It is Mohod's third medal of the Games, having earlier combined with Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma to win India's first-ever Asian Games women's recurve team gold, beating South Korea 5-3, before adding a mixed team silver alongside Dhiraj Bommadevara. The individual gold completes a breakout campaign for the teenager and marks a historic shift in a discipline South Korea has dominated for decades.
China Fill Tennis Singles Podium, Thailand Win Beach Volleyball Gold
China won gold and silver in the tennis women's singles final at the Asian Games in Nagoya, with an all-Chinese podium decider settling the title, while Thailand won gold in beach volleyball's women's event elsewhere in the programme. China's top seed beat her compatriot in straight sets in the women's singles final, continuing the country's strong run in Asian tennis. The result means China has topped the women's singles podium for a second successive edition of the Games, with the all-Chinese final reflecting the depth of the country's women's tennis programme at continental level. In men's doubles, decided a day earlier, Japan had beaten South Korea to gold. In beach volleyball, Thailand won the women's gold medal match, beating China in the final, with the Philippines taking bronze. Thailand have a strong pedigree in the discipline at continental level, and the win adds another gold to a Games that has already seen the country feature prominently across combat and beach sports. Both results round out two more of the Games' net and court-based disciplines, with tennis's team and mixed doubles events still to be completed and beach volleyball's men's final still to come as the respective programmes in Nagoya move toward their closing stages.
South Korea Beat Chinese Taipei to League of Legends Gold
South Korea won gold in the League of Legends event at the Asian Games esports programme in Nagoya, beating Chinese Taipei in the final. The win adds League of Legends gold to South Korea's esports medal collection at these Games, a title the country has traditionally been among the strongest contenders for given the strength of its domestic competitive gaming scene, one of the most established in the world. Chinese Taipei's silver continues a solid Games for the team, who have been competitive across several of the esports titles on the Asian Games programme in Nagoya. The result adds to what has already been a varied esports medal table at these Games, with five different nations, Malaysia, Iran, China, South Korea and Japan, having won gold across the earlier finals in titles spanning racing, football, battle royale and fighting game disciplines. South Korea's win in League of Legends, one of the most widely followed titles on the programme globally, is likely to be one of the most closely watched results of the esports competition. Esports remains a demonstration-turned-medal discipline at the Asian Games, having first been included as a medal sport at Hangzhou 2023, and continues to expand its footprint at these Games with a wider range of titles on the programme in Nagoya than at the previous edition.
South Korea Beat India to Recurve Men's Team Archery Gold
South Korea won the recurve men's team archery gold at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, beating India in the final, with Chinese Taipei taking bronze. The result restored some order for Korea in the recurve discipline after a mixed day for the traditional powerhouse, having already been beaten in both the women's and mixed recurve team finals earlier on the programme. India's silver continues what has been an outstanding campaign for the country's recurve archers at these Games, adding to the gold won in the women's team event and the silver claimed in the mixed team final on the same day. Korea has historically been the dominant nation in Olympic recurve archery at the Asian Games, and the men's team gold ensures the country ends the team competition with at least one title despite India's breakthrough results elsewhere in the discipline. Chinese Taipei's bronze continues a solid campaign for the team, who also featured on the podium in the men's compound events earlier in the week. With all three recurve team finals now decided, India has walked away with a gold and two silvers from the event, a historic return for a country whose recurve archers had never previously reached an Asian Games team final before this edition. The individual recurve events remain to be contested as the archery programme in Nagoya heads toward its closing days.
Japan Win Men's Kayak Cross Gold, China Take Women's Title
Japan and China shared the golds in the kayak cross finals at the Asian Games canoe slalom venue, with Japan winning the men's event and China taking the women's. In the men's kayak cross final, Japan won gold on home water, with China taking both the silver and bronze medals on offer. China responded in the women's final, winning gold themselves, with Chinese Taipei taking silver and a second Chinese paddler claiming bronze. Kayak cross is a head-to-head knockout format in which four paddlers race down the course simultaneously, making it one of the more unpredictable and spectator-friendly disciplines on the canoe slalom programme. The event's addition alongside the traditional individual kayak and canoe slalom finals has added a new dimension to the sport at these Games, with both finals producing tight, close-quarters racing through the gates. The results mean China have now topped the podium in three of the four canoe slalom events held in Nagoya, having also won both the men's kayak single and women's canoe single golds earlier in the competition. Japan's win in the men's kayak cross is the host nation's only gold of the canoe slalom programme, giving the sport's medal table a strong Chinese tilt as the discipline's events at these Games draw to a close.
Uzbekistan Win Two More Boxing Golds, Thailand Take Women's 54kg
Uzbekistan won two more boxing golds at the Asian Games in Nagoya, taking the men's 60kg and 90kg titles, while Thailand won the women's 54kg final. In the men's 90kg final, Uzbekistan beat China. Uzbekistan's second gold of the day came in the men's 60kg final, beating South Korea. In the women's 54kg final, Thailand beat North Korea to gold. The results add to what has become a strong boxing campaign for Uzbekistan at these Games, with the country's men's squad now among the most successful in the discipline alongside Japan and Kazakhstan, who have also picked up multiple golds across the programme. China, beaten finalists in the 90kg category, have otherwise had a mixed boxing campaign, with a gold and two silvers across the week's finals so far. With these results, the bulk of the boxing programme's finals have now been decided in Nagoya, spanning weight categories across both the men's and women's draws. The sport has produced a wide spread of gold medallists at these Games, with no single nation dominating the medal table the way China and Japan have in several of the other combat disciplines.
UAE Add Two More Ju-jitsu Golds, Saudi Arabia Break Their Run
UAE continued their dominant run in ju-jitsu at the Asian Games, winning two more golds in the men's -77kg and women's -52kg categories, while Saudi Arabia broke up the UAE's sweep with gold in the men's -94kg final. In the men's -77kg final, UAE's fighter beat Jordan, with Kazakhstan and South Korea sharing bronze. Saudi Arabia then won the men's -94kg gold, beating South Korea, with UAE and South Korea sharing bronze. UAE closed out the session with a second women's gold of the day, winning the -52kg final against South Korea, with the Philippines and Thailand sharing bronze. The results extend what has already been a near-total sweep of ju-jitsu's gold medals by the UAE at these Games, having also topped the podium in the men's -62kg, men's -69kg and women's -48kg finals earlier in the competition. Saudi Arabia's win in the men's -94kg category is one of the few to interrupt that dominance, continuing a pattern where the UAE's traditional strength in the sport, which originated in the Emirates and has been heavily invested in domestically, has translated directly into results on the biggest continental stage. South Korea have been the most consistent nation on the podium behind UAE across the ju-jitsu programme, picking up a mix of silver and bronze medals across several weight categories, without yet managing to break through for a gold of their own in Nagoya.
Malaysia Sweep Both Squash Team Golds, Beat Hong Kong and Pakistan
Malaysia completed a squash team double at the Asian Games in Nagoya, winning both the men's and women's team golds on the same day. In the women's final, Malaysia beat Hong Kong to the title. The men's team followed suit shortly after, with Malaysia beating Pakistan in the final to complete the sweep. The results cap a strong campaign for Malaysian squash at these Games, building on the individual medals already won earlier in the competition, including Malaysia's success in the women's singles draw. Squash has traditionally been one of Malaysia's strongest disciplines at the Asian Games, and the team double continues that pedigree, with both finals played out at the purpose-built squash courts in the Aichi-Nagoya venue cluster. Hong Kong and Pakistan, both squash powerhouses in their own right, will have been disappointed to finish as runners-up in their respective finals, but both performances continue a trend of the sport's traditional top nations filling out the podium at these Games. With the team events now decided, squash's programme at these Games draws toward a close, having already produced a full slate of individual and team medals across the week in Nagoya.
Malaysia Upset China in Keirin as Japan Win Madison and Omnium Golds
China and Japan shared the spoils on another busy day of track cycling at the Asian Games, with China's grip on the women's sprint events continuing and Japan striking gold in the endurance events on home boards. Malaysia provided the surprise of the session, winning the men's keirin gold ahead of China, who took silver and bronze. Japan then won the men's madison, beating China into silver with Uzbekistan taking bronze, before adding a second gold in the women's omnium, ahead of Kazakhstan and Hong Kong. China continued their dominance of the women's sprint, winning gold and bronze in the event, with Japan splitting the Chinese pair to take silver. The results cap a strong week for China and Japan on the track at the Aichi Velodrome, with China having already swept the team pursuit and team sprint golds earlier in the programme before Malaysia's keirin win denied them a clean sweep of the individual sprint events too. Japan's two golds on the day, in the men's madison and women's omnium, reflect the strength of the host nation's endurance riders, complementing the sprint medals won by China and Malaysia as the track programme nears its conclusion in Nagoya.
Japan Win Three More Judo Golds, China Deny Clean Sweep
Japan won three more judo golds at the Asian Games in Nagoya, taking the men's -90kg, men's -100kg and women's -78kg titles, with China claiming the women's +78kg gold to deny the hosts a clean sweep on the day. In the men's -90kg final, Japan beat Kyrgyzstan, with China and South Korea sharing bronze. Japan backed that up in the men's -100kg final, beating Tajikistan to gold, with Uzbekistan taking bronze. In the women's -78kg final, Japan beat South Korea, with Lebanon and Kazakhstan sharing bronze. China avoided a Japanese sweep of the day's finals by winning the women's +78kg gold, beating South Korea, with Mongolia and Japan sharing bronze. The results continue Japan's dominant showing on home judo mats, having also won two golds on the discipline's opening day earlier in the week. With three more titles added on the day, Japan has now won five of the judo golds decided so far at these Games, well clear of the chasing pack as the competition heads toward its closing stages at the Aichi International Arena. Japan won five judo golds in total at Hangzhou 2023, a mark the hosts have now equalled with a handful of weight categories still to be contested in Nagoya.
Sujeet Kalkal Wins India's First Freestyle Wrestling Gold of the Asian Games
Sujeet Kalkal won India's first freestyle wrestling gold of the Asian Games, topping the men's 65kg podium in Nagoya. The 23-year-old arrived at these Games as the reigning Asian champion in the category, having beaten Uzbekistan's Umidjon Jalolov in the final at this year's Asian Wrestling Championships in Bishkek. He had also won gold at the UWW Ranking Series events in Zagreb and Tirana earlier this year, arriving in Nagoya unbeaten in the category through the season. The gold adds to India's growing wrestling medal count at these Games, after Sunil Kumar's bronze and Nitesh Kumar's silver in the Greco-Roman events earlier in the competition.
Ankush Panghal and Parveen Hooda Add Two More Boxing Golds for India
India won two more boxing golds at the Asian Games, with Ankush Panghal topping the men's 80kg podium and Parveen Hooda winning the women's 65kg final, on the same day Lovlina Borgohain claimed gold in the 75kg category. The results mean India has now won three boxing golds in a single session at these Games, a rare feat for the country's boxing contingent. It continues a strong week for the sport, with the squad already having reached several other medal rounds across the men's and women's draws in Nagoya. With India now holding golds across three different weight categories in the same boxing session, the result marks one of the country's best single-day Asian Games boxing performances in recent memory.
Neeru Dhanda Becomes First Indian Woman to Win Individual Trap Medal With Gold
Neeru Dhanda became the first Indian woman to win an individual trap medal at the Asian Games, scoring 28/30 in the final to take gold in Nagoya. She beat China's Sun Yunong , who took silver with 26/30, and Hajar Abdulmalik , who won bronze with 21/25. It is Neeru's second gold of these Games, after she and Kynan Chenai set an Asian record on their way to winning the trap mixed team title a few days earlier. The result continues a strong campaign for India's shooting contingent at these Games, with Neeru's individual gold adding to the country's medal haul in the discipline alongside the earlier mixed air pistol and trap team golds.