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India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Reach Asian Games Cricket Semi-Finals After Washouts
India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have reached the semi-finals of the men's cricket competition at the Asian Games 2026 without a ball bowled in the quarter-finals. All four quarter-finals at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin were abandoned because of persistent rain. The higher-seeded side in each tie went through. The first two washouts came on Monday, September 28. India's tie with Afghanistan and Pakistan's tie with Hong Kong, China were both abandoned. On Tuesday, September 29, the Sri Lanka vs Nepal and Bangladesh vs Malaysia quarter-finals met the same fate. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka were the four seeded teams, picked on their ICC T20I rankings, so they moved forward. Pakistan will play Bangladesh in the first semi-final on Thursday, October 1, at 5:30 AM IST. India , led by Shreyas Iyer , face Sri Lanka in the second at 10:30 AM IST. The winners meet in the final on October 3, and the losing sides play off for bronze the same day. The weather forecast for Nisshin is expected to improve for the semi-finals and the medal matches. Bangladesh arrive with a solid Asian Games record. They lost the 2023 semi-final to India but won bronze by beating Pakistan in the third-place play-off. Their only men's gold came in 2010, when they beat Afghanistan in the final. None of the four semi-finalists has been able to practise because of the rain.
ICC and CSA to Unveil Full 2027 World Cup Schedule on October 1
ICC and Cricket South Africa (CSA) are set to jointly reveal the full match schedule for the 2027 Men's Cricket World Cup on Thursday, October 1, at a special event in Cape Town — marking the traditional one-year-to-go milestone before the tournament. The reveal is expected to confirm official dates, venues and the complete fixture list for the 14-team tournament, which returns to African soil for the first time since 2003. South Africa , Zimbabwe and Namibia will co-host, after the ICC unveiled the 12 host venues at a launch event in Johannesburg on July 30. Eight venues are in South Africa, including the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and Newlands in Cape Town, with three in Zimbabwe and one, a new ground in Windhoek, in Namibia. The tournament is provisionally set to run across October and November 2027, with South Africa expected to host the majority of the 54 matches, Zimbabwe around ten and Namibia a handful. The competition expands to 14 teams for the first time since 2011, split into two groups of seven, with the top three from each group advancing to a Super Six stage ahead of the semi-finals and final. The October 1 event is expected to lock in marquee fixtures, including the dates and venues for potential India-Pakistan clashes, once the official draw and schedule are confirmed.
China Win Both Track Cycling Team Sprint Golds, Japan and Malaysia Take Silver
China won both team sprint golds in track cycling at the Asian Games. Japan and Malaysia took the two silvers. China's men's team beat Japan to gold in the men's team sprint, with Hong Kong taking bronze. China's women's team then won their own team sprint final, with Malaysia taking silver and Chinese Taipei bronze.
Kanoa Igarashi Leads Japan Sweep of Shortboard Surfing Golds at Asian Games
Japan swept both shortboard surfing golds at the Asian Games, with Tokyo 2021 Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi winning the men's title and Mirai Ikeda taking the women's. Igarashi beat Indonesia's I Made Pajar Ariyana to gold, with the Philippines' Jayuard Alciso taking bronze. In the women's final, Ikeda held off China's Siqi Yang for gold, with fellow Japanese surfer Minami Nonaka completing an all-Japan podium in bronze. Igarashi remains one of Asia's most recognisable surfers, having become the first Asian surfer to win a World Surf League Championship Tour event in 2019 before taking silver at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Sweep Park Skateboarding Golds on Home Soil
Japan swept both park skateboarding golds at the Asian Games on home soil, with Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara winning the women's and men's titles. Chinese Taipei took both silvers, through Yi-fan Lin and Yong-yan Ku . Japan added a second bronze in the men's event through Gunjo Shiji , with Misugu Okamoto taking bronze in the women's. China and South Korea later broke up the host nation's dominance, winning the street skateboarding golds.
Neeru Dhanda Wins India's Fifth Gold With Record-Breaking Trap Title
Neeru Dhanda became the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal in trap or skeet shooting, striking gold in the individual trap final with a Games-record score of 28 that shattered the previous Asian record of 24. It is India's fifth gold of the Games. The 26-year-old from Haryana had earlier qualified for the eight-shooter final as joint topper alongside Qatar's Ray Bassil on 118, a qualification Games record, before missing just twice across the entire final to complete the individual title. It came hours after she anchored India to silver in the women's team trap event, combining with Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer for a total of 328, behind gold medallists China on 346. India's last individual trap gold at the Asian Games came from Randhir Singh in the men's event at Bangkok 1978, with Ronjan Sodhi later winning men's double trap gold in 2010. Dhanda had already made history this year, becoming the first Indian woman to win a Shotgun World Cup gold in trap, in Italy in July.
China's Jiang and Wei Win Badminton Mixed Doubles Gold
China's Zhen Bang Jiang and Yaxin Wei won the badminton mixed doubles gold at the Asian Games, beating Indonesia's Amri Syahnawi and Nita Violina Marwah in the final. Bronze medals went to Chinese Taipei's Hong-Wei Ye and Nicole Gonzales Chan , and China's second pair, Yan Zhe Feng and Dongping Huang . The result adds to China's tally in a discipline where the men's and women's doubles and singles titles remain to be decided.
Rishabh Das Sets 200m Backstroke National Record as India Miss Swimming Medals
India's swimmers ended the Asian Games 2026 without a medal. Rishabh Das was the standout, finishing sixth in the men's 200m backstroke final in a new national record of 1:58.77 . The time improved his own previous mark of 1:59.84. Das was sixth in the 100m backstroke final as well. The 200m final was won by Japan's Kodai Nishiono in 1:56.42. South Korea's Lee Ju-ho took silver, and China's Xu Jiayu took bronze in 1:56.73. Das finished about two seconds off the podium. Other Indian results were modest. Srihari Nataraj finished 10th in the 50m backstroke final in 25.52. Sajan Prakash was seventh in the 200m butterfly final. India's men's 4x100m medley relay team finished eighth in the final. The 4x200m freestyle relay team was ninth in the heats and missed the final. Aryan Nehra placed 11th in the 800m freestyle and 12th in the 1500m freestyle. India sent an all-male, 12-member swimming squad to Tokyo. No Indian woman qualified. The medal drought now stands at 12 years. The last Indian swimming medal at the Games was Sandeep Sejwal's bronze in the 50m breaststroke at Incheon 2014.
Siobhan Haughey Ends Asian Games With Two Golds and Two Silvers
Siobhan Haughey finished the Asian Games 2026 with two golds and two silvers . The Hong Kong star won the women's 200m and 100m freestyle. She then added silvers in the 50m freestyle and the 4x100m freestyle relay. Haughey won the 200m freestyle in 1:54.96 , ahead of China's Li Jiaping (1:56.58). She followed with the 100m freestyle in 52.45 , 0.76 seconds clear of Yu Yiting of China. In the 50m freestyle she took silver in 24.32 . China's Wu Qingfeng won gold in a Games-record 23.98, and Cheng Yujie of China took bronze. Haughey also helped Hong Kong to silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay. The team clocked a national record 3:36.59 , and she split 52.22 on her leg. Her four medals made up most of Hong Kong's swimming haul. The team finished third in the swimming table with two golds , three silvers and one bronze. Both golds were Haughey's. Ian Ho won silver in the men's 50m freestyle, and Natalie Kan took bronze in the women's 100m butterfly.
Singapore's Gan Ching Hwee Wins Three Distance Silvers Behind Li Bingjie
Gan Ching Hwee of Singapore won three silver medals in the women's distance freestyle events at the Asian Games 2026. She finished second in the 400m , 800m and 1500m . In each race she was beaten by China's Li Bingjie . Gan's times were 4:06.81 in the 400m, 8:26.25 in the 800m and 16:00.45 in the 1500m. The 400m and 1500m swims were both new Singapore national records. Her silver in the 800m came on the final day of swimming. Li won all three events in 4:02.71 , 8:24.02 and 15:53.52 . The 800m gold was her fifth of the Games. Japan's Ichika Kajimoto took bronze in all three distances. Her times were 4:07.45, 8:27.37 and 16:06.83. The three silvers were Singapore's entire swimming medal haul in Tokyo. The country finished seventh in the swimming table with three silvers and no golds.
Bahrain, Kyrgyzstan and Chinese Taipei Make Swimming History at Asian Games
Three nations broke new ground in the pool at the Asian Games 2026 in Tokyo. Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan won their first-ever Asian Games swimming medals. Chinese Taipei won its first men's swimming gold at the Games. Bahrain's Mikhail Arkhangelskiy won the men's 50m butterfly in 22.91 . That equalled the Asian record. Japan's Shoon Mitsunaga took silver in 23.06, and China's Wang Changhao took bronze in 23.25. It was Bahrain's first swimming medal at the Games, and it was gold. Kyrgyzstan's Denis Petrashov took silver in the men's 200m breaststroke in 2:08.67 . He finished behind Japan's Shin Ohashi , who broke the world record in the same race. Chinese Taipei's Wang Kuan-hung won the men's 200m butterfly in 1:55.05 . The 24-year-old edged China's Xu Fang , who clocked 1:55.65. South Korea's Kim Min-seop took bronze in 1:55.94. Wang called the win "a dream come true".
China Wins 30 of 42 Swimming Golds as Asian Games Pool Action Ends
China topped the swimming medal table at the Asian Games 2026 with 30 golds and 54 medals in total. Racing ran from September 20 to 25 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Some 409 swimmers from 37 nations took part. China's 30 golds matched its tally from Hangzhou. Its total medals fell from 62 at the last Games to 54. Japan finished a distant second with seven golds and 37 medals overall. That was an improvement on its third-place finish last time. The other golds went to Hong Kong (2), South Korea (1), Bahrain (1) and Chinese Taipei (1). South Korea led the bronze count with 13 and finished with 20 medals. Singapore won three silvers and Kyrgyzstan one. In all, 42 golds were awarded across the 41 events, because the men's 100m breaststroke ended in a tie for gold. The meet produced one world record , seven Asian records and 24 Asian Games records . The world record came from Japan's Shin Ohashi in the men's 200m breaststroke. India's 12-man squad finished without a medal.
13-Year-Old Yu Zidi Wins Three Individual Golds at Asian Games
China's Yu Zidi , just 13 years old, won three individual golds at the Asian Games 2026. Each one came in a Games-record time. She was the standout swimmer of the meet in Tokyo. She opened with the 200m butterfly on the first night, winning in 2:05.08 . Her China teammate Chang Mohan took silver in 2:08.44, and Japan's Misa Okuzono took bronze. On the second night she won the 200m individual medley in 2:06.10 . That was an Asian record and a world junior record . Compatriot Yu Yiting took silver in 2:07.99, and Japan's Mio Narita took bronze in 2:10.40. Her third gold came in the 400m individual medley in 4:28.56 . Ke Wenxi of China took silver in 4:32.51. Narita again took bronze, in 4:33.45. The three wins were a big part of China's swimming haul in Tokyo. The team won 30 of the 42 golds on offer.
Zhang Zhanshuo Wins Record Seven Swimming Golds at Asian Games
Zhang Zhanshuo of China won a record seven swimming golds at the Asian Games 2026. The 19-year-old swept the men's freestyle events from 200m to 1500m and added three relay titles. That ties the Asian Games all-sports record. His four individual wins came in the 200m (1:43.49, an Asian record), the 400m (3:41.28, a Games record), the 800m (7:42.49, a Games record) and the 1500m (14:42.42). Japan's Kaito Tabuchi took silver in both the 800m and the 1500m. The relays added the rest. China won the 4x100m freestyle in an Asian record 3:10.60 . They won the 4x200m freestyle in 7:00.17 , another Asian and Games record. Zhang anchored that race in 1:42.92 , the fastest relay split in history, and overtook Japan on the final lap. He also earned gold in the 4x100m medley relay after swimming in the heats. His seventh gold came on the final night in the 400m freestyle. Kazushi Imafuku of Japan took silver in 3:45.55, and China's Fei Liwei took bronze in 3:45.78. Zhang was a key part of China's haul of 30 swimming golds in Tokyo.
Shin Ohashi, 17, Breaks Men's 200m Breaststroke World Record at Asian Games
Shin Ohashi broke the men's 200m breaststroke world record at the Asian Games 2026. The 17-year-old from Japan won gold in 2:04.83 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Thursday, September 24. He is the first swimmer to go under 2:05 in the event. Ohashi took control from the start and raced the clock. He finished 3.84 seconds ahead of silver medallist Denis Petrashov of Kyrgyzstan. Cho Sung-jae of South Korea took bronze in 2:08.76. The old record was 2:05.48 . China's Qin Haiyang set it in July 2023. Ohashi cut more than half a second off that mark. Qin did not swim the 200m at these Games. It was Ohashi's second gold of the meet. He had earlier shared the 100m breaststroke title with China's Dong Zhihao after a dead heat in 58.64 . A day after the record, he finished third in the 50m breaststroke, so he missed out on a hat-trick of golds. Ohashi said he had Covid and a fever of about 39 degrees days before the Games began. He said the forced rest helped him. "My target has always been to break the world record," he said. He now looks like the man to beat at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Japan Sweep Four of Five Soft Tennis Golds, Meena Wins India's First Medal
Japan dominated soft tennis at the Asian Games, winning four of the five golds on offer, with Chinese Taipei denying them a clean sweep in the mixed doubles. Japan won both team titles, beating Chinese Taipei in the men's final and Chinese Taipei again in the women's, with Indonesia and South Korea taking bronze in the men's event and the Philippines and South Korea sharing bronze in the women's. In the singles, Japan's Toshiki Uematsu beat teammate Takuya Kurosaka for men's singles gold, with India's Jay Meena and Chinese Taipei's Po-yi Chen sharing bronze. Japan's Rena Temma won the women's singles final, with North Korea's Jin Mi Ri taking silver. Chinese Taipei's Yu Kai-wen and Huang Shih-yuan won the mixed doubles gold, beating Japan's Toshiki Uematsu and Rena Temma pairing in the final, with a second Japanese pair and South Korea's Park Jaekyu and Kim Yeon-hwa sharing bronze. Meena's bronze is India's first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis, coming after he reached the semi-final on the back of a seven-set quarter-final win over the Philippines.
China Win Six Rowing Golds as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Iran Share the Rest
China dominated the sweep boats and sculling events at the Asian Games rowing regatta in Gifu, winning six golds across the men's and women's programme, with Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Vietnam sharing the rest. China's golds. Wanning Ren and Hongshan Zhu won the women's pair. Xinyu Zhang won the women's single sculls. Sixuan Wang and Shuangmei Shen won the women's double sculls. China also topped the podium in the women's quadruple sculls, the men's quadruple sculls and the men's four. Kazakhstan's Vladislav Yakovlev and Ivan Chernukhin won the men's pair, denying China a clean sweep, with China taking silver and Uzbekistan bronze. Uzbekistan's Shakhzod Nurmatov and Sobirjon Safaroliyev won the lightweight men's double sculls, with Indonesia taking silver and Hong Kong bronze. Hong Kong's Hin Chun Chiu won the lightweight men's single sculls ahead of Iran and South Korea. In the lightweight women's events, Iran won both. Fatemeh Mojallaltopraghghale won the single sculls, with Hong Kong taking silver and Thailand bronze, while Kimia Zarei and Zeinab Norouzi Tazeh Kand won the double sculls ahead of Hong Kong and Japan. Vietnam won the women's four, ahead of China and Uzbekistan.
Iran's Ali Alipour Wins Men's 95kg Weightlifting Gold
Iran's Ali Alipour won gold in the men's 95kg weightlifting final at the Asian Games in Nagoya. Kazakhstan's Nurgissa Adiletuly took silver, and China's Yi Tu claimed bronze. The gold is Iran's latest medal in a weightlifting programme that North Korea and China have otherwise dominated, with North Korea taking seven golds and China three across the earlier weight categories at these Games.
Uzbekistan Add Two More Kurash Golds, India's Balhara Takes Bronze
Uzbekistan added two more kurash golds at the Asian Games, taking the men's -81kg and women's -78kg titles. In the men's -81kg final, Akxror Ziyodullaev won gold for Uzbekistan. Iran's Ramin Ahmadzadeh took silver. Kazakhstan's Adilet Akhmetgali and Japan's Ken Oyoshi shared bronze. In the women's -78kg final, Pokizakhon Kamoldinova won gold for Uzbekistan. South Korea's Sumin Mo took silver. India's Pincky Balhara and Uzbekistan's Shokhista Nazarova shared bronze. The results extend Uzbekistan's dominance in the sport at these Games. The country has now won four of the six kurash golds decided so far, after already topping the podium in the women's -57kg and men's +90kg finals earlier in the week.
China Sweep All Five Individual Table Tennis Golds
China swept all five individual table tennis titles at the Asian Games, taking every gold and silver on offer across the men's and women's singles and doubles, and the mixed doubles. Lin Shidong completed a hat-trick of golds: men's doubles with Huang Youzheng , mixed doubles with Kuai Man (beating fellow Chinese pair Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin in that final), and men's singles, beating Wang Chuqin in an all-China final. India's Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had earlier secured bronze in the mixed doubles. In the women's events, Wang Manyu beat compatriot Sun Yingsha for singles gold, with Japan's Miwa Harimoto and Hina Hayata sharing bronze. Wang then paired with Kuai Man to win women's doubles gold as well, beating Japan's Harimoto and Hayata in that final. The results add to China's dominant campaign in the sport, having already won three of the four team golds on offer, with only the men's team title going to Japan.
China and South Korea Win Street Skateboarding Golds After Japan's Park Sweep
China and South Korea won the street skateboarding golds at the Asian Games, breaking up Japan's earlier sweep of the park events. Yuanling Zhu won the women's street title for China, with Japan's Yumeka Oda taking silver and China's Chenxi Cui bronze. In the men's final, South Korea's Juni Kang won gold, with Japan's Toa Sasaki and Ginwoo Onodera taking silver and bronze. Japan had earlier swept both park skateboarding titles through Mizuho Hasegawa and Izuru Nagahara.
China Sweep Four More Diving Golds Across Synchronised and 1m Springboard Events
China continued to dominate the diving pool at the Asian Games, adding four more golds across the synchronised 3m and 10m events and the individual 1m springboard. In synchronised diving, China's Yiwen Chen and Jia Chen won the women's 3m springboard ahead of South Korea and Malaysia, while Hao Yang and Junjie Lian topped the men's 10m platform, with Malaysia taking silver and South Korea bronze. China also swept the 1m springboard podiums. Shan Lin beat teammate Yiping Long to women's gold, with South Korea's Suji Kim taking bronze, while Zongyuan Wang won men's gold ahead of South Korea, with teammate Chengzan Liu taking bronze.
China Win Six of Eight Wushu Taolu Golds Across Changquan and Nanquan
China dominated wushu's taolu (forms) events at the Asian Games, winning six of the eight golds decided across changquan, taijiquan, nanquan and daoshu/gunshu disciplines, with Macau and Hong Kong sharing the rest. In changquan, Macau's Kuong Chi Hin won men's gold, while Hong Kong's Sham Hui Yu Lydia topped the women's event. China's Tong Xin won the women's taijiquan/taijijian title, with Japan taking silver, and China's Dewen Liu claimed the men's taijiquan/taijijian gold ahead of Chinese Taipei. China completed the sweep in nanquan and daoshu, with Jianming Li and Yaling Zhang winning the men's and women's nanquan titles, and Xiaobin Gao and Yang Yao winning the men's daoshu/gunshu and women's jianshu/qiangshu events respectively. Indonesia, Chinese Taipei, South Korea, Brunei and Singapore picked up minor medals across the events, with Hong Kong, Japan and Vietnam also featuring on the daoshu/gunshu podium.
Vietnam Win Women's Team Kata Gold as Jordan and Malaysia Top Kumite
Karate's second day of finals at the Asian Games produced golds for Jordan, Malaysia, Iran and Vietnam across four weight categories and the women's team kata. Jordan's Mohammad Alja'Fari won the men's kumite -84kg title, while Malaysia's Adeola Fay Robert took women's -55kg gold. Iran's Morteza Nemati added the men's -75kg title to the country's growing tally in the discipline. In the women's team kata final, Vietnam won gold ahead of Iran, with the Philippines and Chinese Taipei sharing bronze.