Asian Games 2026 News

Widespread transport delays left numerous athletes and officials from various countries and regions stranded on Wednesday at Aichi Sky Expo.

The President of the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Aisam ul Haq Qureshi will be competing as a doubles player in the upcoming Asian Games in Japan's Aichi-Nagoya.

Indian boxers finishing on the podium at the upcoming Asian Games will directly qualify for next year's World Boxing Championships, which is the first Olympic qualifier for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, the BFI announced on Wednesday.

Ahead of the Asian Games 2026, former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar spoke about how Team India has "set the benchmark" in the continent's cricket.

Only three months ago, World Champion and Asiad superstar shooter Jaspal Rana passed away at the age of just 49, sending a wave of grief across the entire Indian sports fraternity.

Sumit Nagal goes into the Asian Games as India's highest-ranked men's singles tennis player

The Sports Ministry on Tuesday said more than Rs 702 crore have been spent in the last three years on the training, equipment support and hiring of coaches and experts to prepare athletes for the Asian Games beginning September 19 in Japan where India's contingent will feature 310 event debutants.

The Asian Games will pose a different challenge for the Indian women's hockey team, with lower-ranked opponents likely to offer more scoring opportunities than the top sides they faced at the World Cup, coach Sjoerd Marijne said.

In a significant boost to India-Nepal sporting ties, the Sports Authority of India's National Centre of Excellence, or NCOE, in Guwahati is hosting the Nepal Boxing Team for an extended high-performance training camp ahead of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The Asian Games 2026 are set to begin on September 19 and conclude on October 3 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.

At the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, Mairaj Ahmad Khan will be the second-oldest member of the Indian contingent, behind equestrian Shruti Vora, and will compete at his fourth continental games.

Some of the brightest talents in sport will be going for gold when the Asian Games open in Nagoya-Aichi on Saturday.

The Asian Games open in Japan on Saturday with 2028 Olympics places up for grabs, fast-rising talents of world sport in action and thousands of athletes staying on a cruise ship in typhoon season.

Buoyed by his recent Commonwealth Games success, India's premier long-distance runner Gulveer Singh has set his sights firmly on a medal haul at the upcoming Asian Games in Japan.

Wushu player Divyanshi Choudhary has dialled down her anger against the sport's national federation after being dropped from the Asian Games squad due to an injury, saying she has full support of the governing body to make a stronger comeback.

India will start the cricket event as defending champions in both the men's and women's categories.

India's three-match series against Afghanistan, beginning in Delhi on September 13, comes at an important point in the calendar. The same group has the Asian Games in sight, with India looking to defend its gold medal.

The 18-year-old wushu athlete was part of India's Asian Games squad, received her kit and attended the September 8 send-off ceremony before being replaced by Roshibina Devi on September 10. Divyanshi has alleged mental harassment and questioned why she was dropped after winning the trials.