Asian Games 2026, Day 9 Live Updates: Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh chase historic squash golds

Sep 27, 2026 05: 38 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Archery update.

Key points

• The women's compound archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Taniparthi Chikitha has defeated Mongolia 238-223.
• So Indian's sports contingents previously have had athletes called David Beckham and Ronaldo Singh (both cyclists for India) and London Singh (a diver).
• So some good news from archery at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square.
• The first Indian of the day in action today in Nagoya is surfer Kamali Moorthy in action in the Women's Shortboard event.
• While the Indian men are in action against Bhutan, the women are duelling Kazakhstan.

So some good news from archery at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square. The men's team of Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal and Sahil Jadhav has brushed aside the UAE trio of Sultan Almenhali, Yousef Alhosani and Abdalla Almansoori by a 235-215 margin.

Meanwhile, the women's compound archery team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Taniparthi Chikitha has defeated Mongolia 238-223.

Both teams are already competing in the quarter-finals. While the Indian men are in action against Bhutan, the women are duelling Kazakhstan. Sep 27, 2026 05: 35 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Athletics update. Manju Rani finishes 6th, Priyanka disqualified in women's marathon racewalk event. Sep 27, 2026 05: 22 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Today we learnt.

So Indian's sports contingents previously have had athletes called David Beckham and Ronaldo Singh (both cyclists for India) and London Singh (a diver). But here's another unique name, Sugar Shanti Gayen. She's a surfer competing in Nagoya for India right this moment. And she seems to be ahead against her Chinese Taipei opponent Chen Wan-yu. Sep 27, 2026 05: 11 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Archery update.

For context, the women's compound archery troika of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Taniparthi Chikitha has amassed a whopping 178-169 lead over the archers from Mongolia in the 1/8 Elimination Round at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Sq. Sep 27, 2026 05: 09 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Archery update.

Notably, the Indian men's compound archery team of Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal and Sahil Jadhav lead the trio of United Arab Emirates archers Sultan Almenhali, Yousef Alhosani and Abdalla Almansoori by a 175-160 margin right now in the 1/8 elimination round. Sep 27, 2026 05: 02 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Athletics update.

Manju Rani in fourth place. After Priyanka's disqualification, Manju has fallen back to fourth place, just outside the medal spots. She was leading the race after the 3km mark, slipped to second by the 4km mark, stayed in second spot till the 6km mark. Then briefly rose to second spot by the 9th and 10km mark.

As we cross the 12km mark, she's just outside the medal spots, but now. Sep 27, 2026 04: 58 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: Athletics update.

India's Priyanka disqualified in the women's marathon racewalk event! The Indian racewalker cannot win a medal in the seven-woman event since she has been shown four cards! Two cards for knee flexion and two cards for loss of contact! Sep 27, 2026 04: 22 AM IST. Asian Games Day 9 Live: In action in Nagoya.

In practice, the first Indian of the day in action today in Nagoya is surfer Kamali Moorthy in action in the Women's Shortboard event. And the first medal chances come from Priyanka and Manju Rani in the Women's Marathon Race Walk event. Sep 27, 2026 04: 17 AM IST.

Another early morning from Nagoya awaits us sports fans. It's a day where history in squash beckons for Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh and Manu Bhaker returns to the shooting ranges to ensure she makes up for her setback in the 10m air pistol events.

It promises to be a medal-filled day, and we'll have all the live updates all throughout. Create yourself a stiff coffee and keep this blog open on a tab.

For now, asian Games 2026, Day 9 Live Updates: Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh chase remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.