Asian Games 2026 News

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.

Gulveer Singh made history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win a medal in the men's 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games with a silver.

Commonwealth silver medallist Rishikanta Singh, the lone male weightlifter in the Asian Games squad, has been ruled out of the continental event due to a knee injury.

Ahead of the Asian Games, Sunil Kumar, six-time Asian champion and Indian Greco-Roman wrestler in the 87kg category, reflects on his journey from starting wrestling in his village to becoming one of the country's most experienced wrestlers.

Japan captain Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming and teenaged all-rounder Charlie Hara-Hinze believe the country's historic one-off T20 against India can be far more than a landmark occasion.

As he prepares for his Asian Games debut, 20-year-old Aman reflects on his journey back to the mat after three surgeries, the support that helped him overcome setbacks, and his father's unfinished wrestling dream that continues to inspire him.

Ahead of his Asian Games debut, 23-year-old Greco-Roman wrestler Nitesh Siwach reflects on the journey that brought him to this stage, from stepping away from wrestling to returning with just six months to prove himself.

An Indian swimmer, who had qualified for the Asian Games, was on Wednesday suspended for 18 months after failing a dope test and will miss the continental event in Aichi-Nagoya this month.

Defending 5000m champion Parul Chaudhary will take on an expanded programme at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.

Indian wrestler Antim Panghal is confident about India's wrestling contingent ahead of the upcoming Asian Games, saying the team has a good mix of senior and junior wrestlers and has been training together for the past three months.

Athletes who've arrived early for the Asian Games were unharmed by extensive flooding that hit the central Japanese city of Nagoya, Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa said Wednesday.