Asian Games 2026: India’s complete schedule on September 26; medal events and timing

India’s campaign at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan continues on Saturday, September 26, with athletes competing in multiple events.The men’s and women’s kabaddi teams will have a chance to win gold medals as both teams face Iran in their finals.In athletics, two-time Asian Games gold medalist 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 start his decathlon campaign on Saturday. He will compete in five of the 10 events scheduled for the decathlon on opening day.India will have medal opportunities in athletics, shooting and kabaddi as the country’s athletes look to add to their medal tally on Day 7.Here is the complete schedule for Indian athletes at the 2026 Asian Games on Saturday, September 26:

• 3:58 onwards: Surfing – Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu in the men’s and women’s shortboard heats.
• 4:00: Athletics – Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera in the men’s marathon final (medal event).
• 4.30am: Archery – Dhirag Bommadevara, Jyothi Surekha Vennam and others in the individual and team event twist and compound event qualifiers.
• 5.30am: Athletics – Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon, 100m, heat 1.
• 5:43: Tejaswin Shankar in men’s decathlon, 100m, heat 2.
• 6:00am: Badminton – Lakshya Sen vs Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the men’s singles second round match.
• 6:00 am: Equestrian – Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora and Jai Sud in dressage second individual qualification.
• 6:00: Fencing – India Vs. Indonesia in the women’s round of 16 match.
• 6.15 am: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in long jump in men’s decathlon.
• 6:30: Table Tennis – Yashaswini Ghorpade Vs. Miwa Harimoto of Japan in the women’s singles 3rd round match.
• 6.30am: Shooting – Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod in Women’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual Positions Qualification and Team Finals.
• 6.30am: Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat Men’s Kayak 500m Singles Semi-Final 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 500m doubles semi-final 1.
• 7:00: Fencing – India Vs. The Philippines in the men’s saber round of 16 match.
• 7:55 am: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in men’s decathlon shot put.
• 8.15am: Athletics – Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan in the women’s long jump A and B qualifiers.
• 8.20am: Canoe Sprint – Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam in the 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 the mixed doubles semi-finals.
• 8:32 am: Athletics – Animesh Kujur in the 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 Individual Positions Final (if they qualify).
• 10.15am: Boxing – Jadumani Singh vs Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the men’s 55kg round of 16.
• 10.35am: Squash – Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe of Japan in the women’s singles semi-final.
• 10:45 AM: Boxing – Kapil Pokhariya Vs. Sam Estaki of Iran in the men’s 90kg round of 16.
• 10:45am: Esports – India vs Japan in Pokemon Unite Group.
• 11.15am: Squash – Abhay Singh vs Muhammad Irfan of Pakistan in men’s singles semi-final.
• 11.30am: Badminton – Unnati Hooda vs Wong Ling China of Malaysia in a women’s singles second round match.
• 12.30pm: Badminton – Ayush Shetty vs Makhsut Tajibullayev of Kazakhstan in the men’s singles second round match.
• 1:30 p.m.: Hockey – India vs. Japan in the Men’s Group A match.
• 1.30pm: Badminton – PV Sindhu vs Chiu Pin-chian of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles second round match.
• 2.15pm: Boxing – Priya vs Oh Yeonji of South Korea in the women’s 60kg round of 16.
• 2.30pm: Kabaddi – India vs Iran in men’s final (medal event).
• 14:30: Badminton – Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand vs. Mayu Matsumoto-Yuki Fukushima of Japan in the women’s doubles second round.
• 2.35pm: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the high jump in the men’s decathlon.
• 16:04: Athletics – Jyothi Yarraji in the women’s 100m hurdles.
• 16:12: Athletics – Nandhini Kongan in the women’s 100m hurdles heats.
• 4.30pm: Athletics – Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh in the men’s shot put final (medal event).
• 16:33: Athletics – Harita Bhadra in the women’s 200m heats.
• 16:41: Athletics – Unnathi Bolland in the women’s 200m heats.
• 17:05: Athletics – Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan in the men’s triple jump (medal events).
• 17:21: Athletics – Yoonus Shah in the men’s 1500m heats.
• 5.31pm: Athletics – Gulveer Singh in the men’s 1500m heats.
• 5.50pm: Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the men’s 400m decathlon.
• 18:15: Athletics – Prachi and Kiran in the women’s 400m final (medal events).
• 18:33: Athletics – Vishal TK in the men’s 400m final (medal events).
• 18:45: Athletics – Pooja and Parul Chaudhary in the women’s 1500m final (medal events).