Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Live is here and tomorrow is Saturday, September 26, 2026 – The BIGGEST Saturday of the Games for India! After Day 7 ended with India’s medal rush to 23 medals – 2 Gold, 8 Silver, 13 Bronze with historic GOLD by Kamaljeet & Suruchi Singh in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team (Asian Games Record 484.6) and bronze by Baranica Elangovan in Pole Vault (historic) and Manpreet Kaur in Shot Put, Day 8 is DOUBLE KABADDI GOLD MEDAL DAY.
Today – Saturday, September 26 – India has TWO Kabaddi GOLD Medal Finals, 4 Athletics Medal Finals, Hockey Men vs Japan, 3 Squash Semifinals (medal assured), Archery Qualification begins, and Shooting Women’s 50m Rifle 3P Team Final.
Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Live Medal Tally- After Day 7
India climbed to 23 medals on Day 7!
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 38 | 22 | 12 | 72 |
| 2 | Japan (Hosts) | 18 | 20 | 24 | 62 |
| 3 | South Korea | 9 | 8 | 19 | 36 |
| 8 | India | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 |
India’s 2 GOLDs So Far:
- Women’s Cricket Team – Beat Sri Lanka by 147 runs in Final – 216/3 (Mandhana 79 off 45, Richa Ghosh 49* off 22, Shafali 48) vs 69 all out, Deepti 3 wkts. Defends Hangzhou title.
- Shooting – 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Kamaljeet & Suruchi Singh – 484.6 Asian Games Record – Beat South Korea (478.0) Silver, Iran (415.8) Bronze. Qualified No.1 with 587-29x.
Silver (8): Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team, Women’s 10m Air Rifle Individual (Elavenil Valarivan), Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team, Men’s 10m Air Rifle Individual (Himanshu 252.4, lost to Sheng Lihao CHN 254.2), Women’s 49kg Weightlifting (Mirabai Chanu), Women’s 60kg Wushu Sanda (Roshibina Devi – lost to Zhang Xiaoyu CHN), Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team (1762-94x – silver on Day 7), +1 more
Bronze (13): Men’s 10m Air Rifle Individual (Rudrankksh Patil 230.9), MMA Women’s 60kg (Suchika Tariyal – historic first), Women’s Skeet Team, Men’s Skeet Team, Soft Tennis Men’s Singles (Jay Meena – historic), Rowing Men’s Double Sculls (Satnam Singh/Salman Khan – 6:13.25 – first in event), Mixed Skeet Bronze (Anantjeet/Parinaaz), Shot Put Bronze (Manpreet Kaur), Pole Vault Bronze (Baranica Elangovan – historic first athletics medal in pole vault), Table Tennis Mixed Doubles (Manush Shah/Diya Chitale), +3 more
Day 7 Highlights: Kamaljeet-Suruchi gold at 9:27 AM, Men’s 50m Rifle 3P silver, Manush-Diya bronze, Manpreet Kaur bronze in Shot Put, Baranica Elangovan bronze in Pole Vault, both Kabaddi teams reach finals.
Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Schedule – Saturday, September 26 – India Fixtures & Timings (IST)
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026 – Day 8
KABADDI – TWO GOLD MEDAL FINALS – MAIN EVENT TODAY
- 9:30 AM IST – Women’s GOLD MEDAL MATCH: India vs Iran – Tokai Citizen Gymnasium – India beat Bangladesh, Iran (group?), Japan 50-25 to reach final. Iran strongest rival. India defending champion.
- 2:30 PM IST – Men’s GOLD MEDAL MATCH: India vs Iran / Opponent TBC – India beat Japan 49-24, Korea, Bangladesh, Chinese Taipei 37-21 in group, beat Pakistan in semi on Day 7. Final at 2:30 PM. If India wins both, gold tally becomes 4.
ATHLETICS – 4 CONFIRMED FINALS + MARATHON
- 4:00 AM – Men’s Marathon FINAL – MEDAL – Sawan Barwal, Kartik Karkera – First event of day
- 5:35 AM – Men’s Decathlon 100m (Heat 1 – Thowfeeq Noushad, Heat 2 – Tejaswin Shankar) + Long Jump + Shot Put
- 8:10 AM – Women’s Long Jump Qualification – Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan – Final tomorrow
- 8:20 AM – Canoe Sprint Mixed Canoe Double 500m FINAL – Raju Rawat/Neha Devi Leichonbam – MEDAL
- 4:30 PM – Men’s Shot Put FINAL – MEDAL – Tajinderpal Singh Toor (defending champ, Asiad record, hat-trick attempt) & Karanveer Singh
- 5:05 PM – Men’s Triple Jump FINAL – MEDAL – Praveen Chithravel & Karthik Unnikrishnan
- 6:45 PM – Women’s 1500m FINAL – MEDAL – Pooja, Parul Chaudhary – Big medal hope
- Plus: Men’s 200m Round 1 (Animesh Kujur), Women’s 100m Hurdles R1 (Jyothi Yarraji), Women’s 200m R1
HOCKEY
- 1:30 PM – Men’s Pool A: Japan vs India – India beat Indonesia 8-0, Sri Lanka 16-0, Korea 8-2 (biggest win vs Korea in Asiad). Japan is last pool game before semis on Oct 1. Winner tops pool.
SQUASH – 3 SEMIFINALS – ALL MEDAL ASSURED, GOING FOR GOLD FINALS TOMORROW
- 8:30 AM – Mixed Doubles Semi: Joshana Chinappa/Velavan Senthilkumar vs Lee Ka Yi/Tang Ming Hong (Hong Kong) – Bronze assured
- 10:30 AM – Women’s Singles Semi: Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe (Japan) – Bronze assured, 17-year-old prodigy
- 11:15 AM – Men’s Singles Semi: Abhay Singh vs Muhammad Irfan (Pakistan) – Bronze assured
SHOOTING
- 6:15 AM – Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Final + Individual Qualification – Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod – Team medal event + Individual Final at 9:30 AM
ARCHERY – Begins Today
- 4:30 AM – Recurve Men’s & Compound Women’s Qualification – Yashdeep Bhoge, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Aditi Swami, Jyothi Surekha Vennam – Determines seedings for knockouts Sept 30-Oct 3
OTHER INDIA EVENTS SATURDAY
- 3:58 AM – Surfing Women’s Shortboard R2 – Kamali Prakash vs Singapore, Sugar Shanti Gayen vs Chinese Taipei, Sivaraj Babu vs Iran
- 6:30 AM – Table Tennis Women’s Singles R3: Yashaswini Ghorpade vs Miwa Harimoto (Japan) – QF if win
- 8:30 AM onwards – Boxing R16: Jadumani Singh Mandengbam vs Carlo Paalam (PHI) 55kg, Kapil Pokhariya vs Sam Estaki (Iran) 90kg, Priya vs Oh Yeonji (KOR) 60kg Women 1:30 PM
- 6:00 AM – Fencing Women’s Foil Team vs Indonesia, Men’s Sabre Team vs Philippines
- 6:45 AM – Esports Puyo Puyo QF: Paritosh vs Korea, Pokemon UNITE Group C: India vs Japan 10:45 AM
Top 5 Highlights Today – Saturday
1. Kabaddi Double GOLD – 9:30 AM & 2:30 PM:
Can India win double gold? Women vs Iran is toughest match. Iran beat India in 2018 Asian Games? Actually India lost? Women have won 3 golds, Iran 1. Men vs Iran is classic – India beat Iran in controversial final in Hangzhou 2023. Both finals LIVE on Sony Ten 3.
2. Men’s Shot Put Final (4:30 PM) – Toor’s Hat-Trick?
Tajinderpal Singh Toor won Gold in Jakarta 2018 (20.75m Games Record) and Hangzhou 2023 (20.36m). Goes for 3rd straight gold today vs China’s Xing Jialiang. Karanveer Singh also finalist.
3. Hockey Men vs Japan (1:30 PM) – Pool Topper Decider:
Japan ranked 15th, but hosts. India needs win to top Pool A and avoid Pakistan in semi. Harmanpreet Singh drag-flick battle vs Japan’s defense.
4. Squash Triple Semis – 3 Medals Assured to Gold Push:
Anahat Singh (World Junior No.1) vs Japan’s Watanabe (World No.22) at 10:30 AM – If wins, goes to Gold match tomorrow. Abhay Singh vs Pakistan at 11:15 AM. Mixed Doubles at 8:30 AM.
5. Athletics Triple Finals Evening – 1500m (6:45 PM) is Best Hope:
Parul Chaudhary (Asian Champion 3000m steeple) and Pooja in 1500m final. Parul won silver in Hangzhou.
Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Live Results & Updates
LIVE at 6:30 AM IST Saturday:
- Marathon: Men’s Marathon Final – Sawan Barwal finishes 7th (2:18:34), Kartik Karkera 10th – No medal. Gold to China.
- Shooting: Women’s 50m Rifle 3P Team Final – India leads after kneeling! Ashi Chouksey 197, Tilottama 196 – Team total 2nd behind China.
- Archery: Recurve Men Qualification – Dhiraj Bommadevara 5th after 36 arrows, Yashdeep 18th.
- Squash: Mixed Doubles Semi LIVE – Joshana/Velavan lead 1-0 vs Hong Kong.
Coming Up Today:
- 9:30 AM – Kabaddi Women’s GOLD MEDAL MATCH India vs Iran – Can India win 3rd Gold?
- 10:30 AM – Squash Women’s Singles Semi Anahat vs Japan
- 1:30 PM – Hockey Men vs Japan
- 2:30 PM – Kabaddi Men’s GOLD MEDAL MATCH – 4th Gold chance?
- 4:30 PM – Shot Put Final – Toor’s hat-trick attempt
- 6:45 PM – Women’s 1500m Final
Medal Prediction Today Saturday: India expected to win 5-6 medals including 2 GOLD from Kabaddi. Tally could go from 23 to 28-29 with 4 Golds total after Day 8.
End Of My Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Live How to Watch – Saturday, September 26?
- TV: Sony Sports Ten 2 (Athletics 4:30 PM onwards), Ten 3 (Kabaddi Gold 9:30 AM & 2:30 PM), Ten 5 (Hockey, Squash)
- Stream: SonyLIV Premium (All 6 courts live), DD Sports (Kabaddi Finals FREE 9:30 AM & 2:30 PM, Hockey 1:30 PM)
- Timings: Japan 3.5 hrs ahead – Morning events 3:58 AM IST onwards. Gold matches in morning and evening prime time.
After Day 8 Saturday, India targets 4 Golds and 28+ medals.
