The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 close today, and India finish fourth with 85 medals. Saturday, the last day of competition, brought five more golds, including men’s hockey and cricket. At home, West Indies won a high-scoring final ODI, and Brazil beat India 4-0 in Kolkata.
India finish fourth at Asian Games with 85 medals
The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games end today with the closing ceremony at Nagoya’s Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. India finished fourth in the medal table with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. Saturday was the last day of competition, and India won five gold medals on it. Trap shooter Neeru Dhanda will carry the Tricolour at the ceremony.
Sources: All India Radio News, Yahoo Sports
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to keep Asian Games cricket gold
Shreyas Iyer’s side kept India’s Asian Games T20 title with a 19-run win over Pakistan in Saturday’s final at Nisshin. India chose to bat and made 211 for six. Abhishek Sharma hit 61 off 28 balls and Tilak Varma made an unbeaten 51 off 22. Hasan Nawaz kept Pakistan in the hunt with 96, but they finished on 192 for six.
Source: All India Radio News
Harmanpreet scores twice as India keep men’s hockey title
India beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final to win men’s hockey gold and a place at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. Captain Harmanpreet Singh scored twice from penalty corners. Jugraj Singh, Hardik Singh and Shilanand Lakra also scored. Shello Silverius got Malaysia’s goal. This is the first time India have defended the men’s title, and it is their fifth gold in the event.
Source: The News Mill
Odisha announces Rs 11 lakh for each gold-winning women’s hockey player
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has announced Rs 11 lakh for each player in India’s women’s hockey team and Rs 5.5 lakh for each member of the support staff. Salima Tete’s side beat China 1-0 in Friday’s final, with Lalremsiami scoring in the 10th minute. It was India’s first women’s hockey gold at the Asian Games since 1982 and brings a direct LA 2028 place.
Sources: OdishaBytes, The Bridge
Hope’s unbeaten 162 wins final ODI for West Indies
Shai Hope’s unbeaten 162 off 143 balls took West Indies past 352. They beat India by five wickets in the third ODI at New Chandigarh on Saturday. India had made 351 for seven, with KL Rahul unbeaten on 129 off 87 balls and Rohit Sharma scoring 92. India still won the series 2-1. The five-match T20I series starts on Tuesday.
Sources: Outlook India, Cricket Times
Aman Sehrawat beats world champion to win 57kg gold
Aman Sehrawat won gold in men’s freestyle 57kg, beating North Korea’s world champion Chong Song Han 11-7 in the final. The 23-year-old won bronze at the last Asian Games in Hangzhou. Antim Panghal won silver in women’s 53kg. Deepak Punia took bronze in men’s 97kg by beating Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar. A day earlier, Sujeet Kalkal won gold at 65kg.
Source: All India Radio News
Pranavi Urs is first Indian woman golfer to win Asian Games gold
Pranavi Urs, 23, from Mysuru, won the women’s individual golf gold. She finished 15 under par on 265, one shot clear of the field. She made a triple bogey on the third hole of her last round but still finished it at level-par 70. It is India’s first golf gold since Shiv Kapur in 2002. With Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar, she also won team silver.
Source: All India Radio News
Kumkum Mohod wins recurve gold in a shoot-off
Kumkum Mohod is the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and it was gold. Her final against South Korea’s Oh Yejin finished 5-5. Kumkum then won the shoot-off with a 10 to Oh’s 8. The win also gives her a quota place for LA 2028. In the men’s event, Neeraj Chauhan beat Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4 for bronze.
Source: All India Radio News
Brazil beat India 4-0 in Kolkata friendly
Brazil beat India 4-0 in a friendly at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on Saturday. Estêvão scored first in the 28th minute, and Pedro added a second before half-time. Samuel Lino scored twice after the break, the second in stoppage time. Vinícius Jr played for Carlo Ancelotti’s side and caused problems down the left. India, coached by Khalid Jamil, started well but faded.
Source: Outlook India
Chahal retires from first-class cricket
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has retired from first-class cricket. His last red-ball match was for Northamptonshire against Middlesex at Lord’s. He took 148 wickets in 49 first-class matches at an average of 32.27, with six five-wicket hauls. Chahal never got a Test cap, but he says he still wants to play white-ball cricket for India. He last played for India in August 2023.
Source: Outlook India
