Asian Games 2026: India’s complete schedule on September 27; medal events, times

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Anahat Singh (Reuters photo) India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan continues on Sunday, September 27, with athletes competing across various sports and disciplines.There will be plenty of action for Indian athletes throughout the day, with Manju Rani and Priyanka Goswami competing in the women’s marathon walk, while Harjinder Kaur will be in the women’s 69kg weightlifting event.India will also have two athletes competing in the squash gold medal matches, with Abhay Singh taking on Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yow in the men’s singles final and Anahat Singh taking on Sivasangari Subramaniam in the women’s singles final.In athletics, Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad will continue their decathlon campaign, while Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan, Harita Bhadra, Unnathi Bolland, Animesh Kujur, Sarvesh Kushare, J Aadarsh​​​​​​​​​Ram, Nandhini Kongan, Parul Chaudhary and Ankita will compete in the medal events.India will also be in action in shooting, boxing, badminton, archery, hockey, fencing, sailing, surfing, sepak takraw, volleyball, kurash and equestrian.

Complete Schedule of Asian Games in India for September 27 (All times are in IST)

  • Athletics – 4:00: Manju Rani and Priyanka Goswami in the women’s marathon walk (medal event).
  • Archery – 4.45am onwards: Indian recurve, compound and mixed teams in action from round of 16 to quarter-finals.
  • Surfing – from 4.54am: Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu in the men’s and women’s shortboard heats.
  • Sepaktakraw – 5:30: India Vs. South Korea in Women’s Doubles Group B.
  • Badminton – 6:00 AM: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Vs. Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia in the women’s doubles quarterfinals.
  • Equestrian – 6:00: Hriday Chheda in individual dressage.
  • Equestrian – 6:00: Jai Sud in individual dressage.
  • Shooting – 6:10 a.m.: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat in the women’s 25 m pistol individual and team accuracy qualification.
  • Badminton – from 6:10: Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto vs. Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping of China in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
  • Shooting – 6.30am: Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai and Shapath Bharadwaj in Men’s Trap Individual and Team Qualification (Day 1).
  • Shooting – 6.30 am: Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat and Neeru in women’s individual and team trap qualification (Day 1).
  • Athletics – 7.38am: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the men’s decathlon 110m hurdles.
  • Athletics – 8.10am: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the men’s decathlon discus.
  • Athletics – 8.35am: Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan and Yashas Palaksha in the men’s 400m hurdles heats.
  • Athletics – 9.05am: Vithya Ramraj in the women’s 400m hurdles heats.
  • Athletics – 9.10am: Sreeshankar Murali and David Solomon in the men’s long jump qualification.
  • Athletics – 9:10 a.m.: David Solomon Patturaj in Men’s Long Jump Group A Qualification.
  • Athletics – 9.13am: Anu Raghavan in the women’s 400m hurdles.
  • Fencing – from 9:20 a.m.: India vs. Indonesia in the women’s saber round of 16 match. Bhavani Devi and Shreya Gupta will represent India.
  • Cruise – from 9.30am: Prince Noble and Manu Francis in Men’s Skif/49er.
  • Badminton – 9.30am: PV Sindhu in women’s singles quarter-finals, subject to qualification.
  • Badminton – 9.30 am: Unnati Hooda Vs. Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the women’s singles quarterfinals.
  • Sailing – from 9.40 am: Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma in Ladies Skif/49er FX.
  • Boxing – 9.45am: Ankush vs Nekruz Salimov of Tajikistan in the men’s 80kg quarter-final.
  • Athletics – 9.50am: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the men’s decathlon pole vault.
  • Weightlifting – 10am: Harjinder Kaur in Women’s 69kg (medal placement).
  • Sepaktakraw – 11.30am: India Vs. Philippines in Group B women’s doubles.
  • Squash – 12.30pm: Abhay Singh vs Ng Eain Yow of Malaysia in the Men’s Singles Gold Match.
  • Volleyball – 12.30pm: India Vs. Vietnam in the Men’s Group C match.
  • Squash – 1.30pm: Anahat Singh vs Sivasangari Subramaniam of Malaysia in the women’s singles gold medal.
  • Boxing – 2pm: Parveen v Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan in the women’s 65kg quarter-final.
  • Boxing – 2.45pm: Sachin Siwach vs Shunsuke Kitamoto of Japan in the men’s 60kg quarter-final.
  • Athletics – 3.30pm: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the men’s decathlon javelin.
  • Athletics – 3.30pm: Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan in the women’s long jump final (medal event).
  • Hockey – 3.30pm: India Vs. Singapore in the women’s pool match.
  • Boxing – 3.45pm: Narender Vs. Adthapong Saengtep of Thailand in the men’s over 90kg quarterfinals.
  • Athletics – 3.55pm: Harita Bhadra and Unnathi Bolland in the women’s 200m final (medal event).
  • Athletics – 16:05: Animesh Kujur in men’s 200m final (medal placement).
  • Athletics – 4:15 pm: Sarvesh Kushare and J Aadarsh​​​​​​Ram in the men’s high jump final (medal event).
  • Athletics – 16:53: Nandhini Kongan in the women’s 100m hurdles (medal event).
  • Athletics – 5pm: Mohammed Afsal and Krishan Kumar in the men’s 800m heats.
  • Athletics – 5.40pm: Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the men’s 1500m decathlon.
  • Athletics – 17:52: Parul Chaudhary and Ankita in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final (medal event).
  • Athletics – 6.15pm: India in the women’s 4x100m relay.
  • Kurash – From 6.30 pm: Sangita, Bharti, Yash Kumar Chauhan and Vishal in Women’s Under 57kg and Men’s Over 90kg Round of 32, Round of 16, Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final.