Here are the live updates from Day 8 of the 20th edition of the Asian Games 2026, where the Indian athletes are aiming to increase the medal count in this important event.
Published: September 27, 2026, 8:45 AM IST
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Asian Games 2026 Day 8 live
Asian Games 2026, Day 8 Live: Hello everyone and welcome to Day 8 of the Asian Games 2026 as the Indian contigents are willing to add increase their medal to move forward to the events’ points table as they showed an impressive performance by winning bunch of medals in the 20th edition of the Asian Games.
On September 27, many Indian players will be in action at the Asian GamesIn boxing, Ankush will face Tajikistan’s Nekruz Salimov in the men’s 80kg quarter-final at 9:45 AMNarender will face Thailand’s Saengtep Adthapong in the men’s +90kg quarter-final at 3:45 PMHarjinder Kaur will compete in the women’s 69kg weightlifting final at 10 AMParveen will face Uzbekistan’s Navbakhor Khamidova at 2 PM, while Sachin will take on Japan’s Shunsuke Kitamoto at 2:45 PM.
In athletics, Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad will compete in different decathlon eventsMurali Sreeshankar and David Solomon Patturaj will take part in the men’s long jump qualificationShaili Singh and Ancy Sojan will compete in the women’s long jump final, while Animesh Kujur will take part in the men’s 200m finalJothi Shankar Aadarsh and Anil Sarvesh Kushare will compete in the men’s high jump finalAnkita and Parul Chaudhary will also take part in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final.
In other events, India will face Vietnam in men’s volleyball at 12:30 PMAnahat Singh will play Sivasangari Subramaniam in the women’s squash final at 1:30 PM, while Abhay will face Malaysia’s Ng Eain Yaw in the men’s squash final at 12:30 PMIn badminton, Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly will face Malaysia’s Tan and Muralitharan in the women’s doubles quarter-finalUnnati Hooda will play Japan’s Akane YamaguchiIndia’s women’s hockey team will also face Singapore at 3:30 PM.
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