India Women Claim Kabaddi Gold While Squash Stars Reach Asian Games Finals

UPDATE - follow-up to Asian Games 2026 LIVE | Sawan Barwal wins silver in men's marathon final: India's women's kabaddi team defeated Iran 37-34 in a thrilling final to secure the gold medal at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan. The team held a 22-16 lead at half-time before sealing the victory, which marks India's third gold medal at the Games. In squash, 18-year-old Anahat Singh staged a stunning comeback from two games down to beat Japan's Satomi Watanabe 3-2 and reach the women's singles final. Abhay Singh joined her in the gold-medal matches by recording a dominant 3-0 win over Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan in the men's semifinal, taking the final game 11-6 after winning the first two 11-3 and 12-10. Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar won a bronze medal in mixed doubles squash after losing a close semifinal 2-1 to Hong Kong's Tang Ming Hong and Lee Ka Yi, with scores of 11-10, 2-11, 11-10. This marks the sixth Asian Games medal for 40-year-old Joshna, adding to her past two silvers and three bronzes. Meanwhile, Dhiraj Bommadevara topped the men's recurve archery qualification standings by setting a new record of 698 points. In boxing, Kapil Pokhariya advanced to the men's 90kg quarterfinals with a 5-0 win over Iran's Sam Estaki, while Jadumani Singh lost 0-3 to the Philippines' Carlo Paalam in the 55kg category. Table tennis players Manush Shah and Yashaswini Ghorpade bowed out in the pre-quarterfinals after losses to Lin Shidong and Miwa Harimoto, ending India's table tennis campaign with one mixed doubles bronze. The fencing teams also exited at the quarterfinal stage, with the men's sabre team losing to Korea and the women's foil team falling to Japan, while the canoeing campaign concluded without a medal at Miyoshi Lake.