India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, continues on Saturday, September 26, with athletes competing across multiple disciplines.The men’s and women’s kabaddi teams will have a chance to win gold medals as both teams face Iran in their respective finals.In athletics, two-time Asian Games gold medallist Tajinderpal Singh Toor will compete in the men’s shot put final, while Praveen Chitravel will aim for a medal in the men’s triple jump final.Tejaswin Shankar will also begin his decathlon campaign on Saturday. He will compete in five of the 10 events scheduled for the decathlon on the opening day.India will have medal opportunities across athletics, shooting and kabaddi as the country’s athletes look to add to the medal tally on Day 7.Here’s the full schedule for Indian athletes at the Asian Games 2026 for Saturday, September 26:
- 3:58am onwards: Surfing – Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu in men’s and women’s shortboard heats.
- 4:00am: Athletics – Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera in men’s marathon final (medal event).
- 4:30am: Archery – Dhirag Bommadevara, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and others in recurve and compound individual and team events qualification.
- 5:30am: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon 100m heat 1.
- 5:43am: Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon 100m heat 2.
- 6:00am: Badminton – Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in men’s singles second round match.
- 6:00am: Equestrian – Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora and Jai Sud in dressage second individual qualifier.
- 6:00am: Fencing- India vs Indonesia in women’s foil team round of 16 match.
- 6:15am: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon long jump.
- 6:30am: Table Tennis – Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Miwa Harimoto of Japan in women’s singles round 3 match.
- 6:30am: Shooting – Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod in women’s 50m rifle 3P positions individual qualification and team final.
- 6:30am: Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat in men’s kayak single 500m semifinal 1.
- 6:45am: Esports – Paritosh vs Dongshin Kang in Puyo Puyo Champions quarterfinal match.
- 6:50am: Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar in men’s kayak double 500m semifinal 1.
- 7:00am: Fencing- India vs Philippines in men’s sabre team round of 16 match.
- 7:55am: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon shot put.
- 8:15am: Athletics – Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan in women’s long jump qualification A and B.
- 8:20am: Canoe Sprint – Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam in mixed canoe double 500 final (medal event).
- 8:30am: Squash – Joshna Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar vs Tang Ming Hong-Lee Ka Yi of Hong Kong in mixed doubles semifinal.
- 8:32am: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in men’s 200 heats.
- 9:30am: Kabaddi – India vs Iran in women’s final (medal event).
- 9:30am: Shooting – Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod in women’s 50m rifle 3P positions individual final (if they qualify).
- 10:15am: Boxing – Jadumani Singh vs Carlo Paalam of Philippines in men’s 55kg round of 16 bout.
- 10:35am: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe of Japan in women’s singles semifinal.
- 10:45am: Boxing – Kapil Pokhariya vs Sam Estaki of Iran in men’s 90kg in round of 16 bout.
- 10:45am: Esports – India vs Japan in Pokémon Unite in group match.
- 11:15am: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Muhammad Irfan of Pakistan in men’s singles semifinal.
- 11:30am: Badminton – Unnati Hooda vs Wong Ling China of Malaysia in women’s singles second round match.
- 12:30 p.m.: Badminton – Ayush Shetty vs Makhsut Tajibullayev of Kazakhstan in men’s singles second round match.
- 1:30 p.m.: Hockey – India vs Japan in men’s Pool A match.
- 1:30 p.m.: Badminton – PV Sindhu vs Chiu Pin-chian of Chinese Taipei in women’s singles second round match.
- 2:15 p.m.: Boxing – Priya vs Oh Yeonji of South Korea in women’s 60kg round of 16 bout.
- 2:30 p.m.: Kabaddi – India vs Iran in men’s final (medal event).
- 2:30 p.m.: Badminton – Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand vs Mayu Matsumoto-Yuki Fukushima of Japan women’s doubles second round match.
- 2:35 p.m.: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon high jump.
- 4:04 p.m.: Athletics – Jyothi Yarraji in women’s 100m hurdles heats.
- 4:12 p.m.: Athletics – Nandhini Kongan in women’s 100m hurdles heats.
- 4:30 p.m.: Athletics – Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh in men’s shot put final (medal event).
- 4:33 p.m.: Athletics – Harita Bhadra in women’s 200m heats.
- 4:41 p.m.: Athletics – Unnathi Bolland in women’s 200m heats.
- 5:05 p.m.: Athletics – Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan in men’s triple jump (medal event).
- 5:21 p.m.: Athletics – Yoonus Shah in men’s 1500m heats.
- 5:31 p.m.: Athletics – Gulveer Singh in men’s 1500m heats.
- 5:50 p.m.: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon 400m heats.
- 6:15 p.m.: Athletics – Prachi and Kiran in women’s 400m final (medal event).
- 6:33 p.m.: Athletics – Vishal TK in men’s 400m final (medal event).
- 6:45 p.m.: Athletics – Pooja and Parul Chaudhary in women’s 1500m final (medal event).
