India defend Asian Games hockey gold for the first time
A 5–1 win over Malaysia completes what the semifinal set up. Harmanpreet Singh scored twice, Manpreet Singh won his third gold, and the Olympic berth is banked.
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India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to win back-to-back Asian Games gold
The first India–Pakistan final in Asian Games cricket history ended with India defending their title. Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma set up the total; the spinners protected it.
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India’s women win Asian Games gold, 44 years after the first
Lalremsiami’s tenth-minute strike and Savita’s penalty-stroke save beat China 1–0 in the final. The Olympic berth is secured. The wait is over.
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Sri Lanka 45 all out, and India have a final they have never played
The joint-lowest T20I total by a Full-Member nation. A semi-final that lasted under ten overs. And on Saturday, the first India–Pakistan men’s cricket final in Asian Games history.
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India beat Pakistan 4-3 with 59 minutes gone, and no lead was safe
A three-goal lead turned into 3–3 in nineteen minutes. Abhishek’s deflected winner in the final minute sent India through. The final is on Friday, and an Olympic berth comes with it.
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Vithya Ramraj breaks PT Usha’s 42-year-old record with Asian Games bronze
A 54.75 in the 400m hurdles final erases the mark that had stood since 1984. PT Usha was in the stadium to see it fall.
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Sawan Barwal wins marathon silver, ending a 44-year wait
A debut in Rotterdam, a national record broken twice, and India’s first Asian Games marathon medal since 1982. The distance runner’s year.
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India beat Iran twice in one afternoon to defend both kabaddi titles
The men win their ninth Asian Games gold. The women win their fourth. And both finals came down to the same opponent.
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Baranica Elangovan wins bronze, India’s first Asian Games pole vault medal
In 28 years of women’s pole vault at the Asian Games, no Indian had reached a podium. A national record holder from Tamil Nadu just changed that.
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India’s men win bronze, and back-to-back medals for the first time in 40 years
A loss to China in the semi-final, a doubles win over the world champions, and a milestone that says more about depth than about this result.
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Mirabai Chanu wins silver. India’s 28-year wait is over.
The only major medal missing from her collection, and the longest drought in Indian weightlifting. Both ended on the same platform in Aichi.
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India crush Sri Lanka for second successive Asian Games gold
Mandhana became the first woman to reach 11,000 international runs, and India posted the highest total in Asian Games history. The final was over before it began.
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Shafali Verma scores the first women’s century at the Asian Games
The opener’s unbeaten 100 off 49 balls powered India past Bangladesh and into the final, on an afternoon that also saw Smriti Mandhana become the leading run-scorer in women’s T20I history.
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Deepika's eight goals set an Asian Games record
India beat Uzbekistan 19-0 in their Asian Games opener, and a 22-year-old drag-flicker from Haryana rewrote the tournament’s scoring history.
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How kabaddi works at the 2026 Asian Games, and what India must defend
A group stage, knockout rounds, and no second chances. India have won eleven golds across the two events since 1990. This is how the format tests them.
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Neeraj Chopra is out. Yashvir Singh steps in.
A ligament tear ends the defending champion’s season. India’s javelin at the Asian Games now rests on a 24-year-old who won Commonwealth bronze six weeks ago.
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How esports works at the 2026 Asian Games, and where India stands
Eleven medal events across fighting games, MOBAs and battle royales. The format, the qualification, and what a medal would actually mean.
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Satwik-Chirag win China Masters, the first Indians in 21 years
Down 11-21 in the first game, they took the next two 21-13, 21-17. What the comeback says about how they play under pressure.
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Three wins or nothing: India’s women defend Asian Games gold
Eight teams, no league stage, straight to the quarter-finals. The format at Aichi-Nagoya gives the defending champions no room for a bad afternoon.
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India send 503 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya. The number is the story.
A 768-strong contingent across 36 disciplines, three weeks after a fourth-place Commonwealth Games. What the size of a squad does and does not tell you.
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