India at Asian Games 2026 Day 8, September 26: Full schedule, venue, fixtures & time

India at Asian Games 2026 Day 8, September 26: Full schedule, venue, fixtures & time Check out details for Indians in action at the Asian Games 2026 on September 26 on our Aichi-Nagoya Asiad schedule for Day 8 (Saturday).

Key points

• 45 8: 30 AM Esports Pokemon Unite Adnan Mohammed Badshah, Deepkumar Vipulbhai Patel, Sai Krishna Nalluri, Dipjyoti Laxman Nath, Rudra Narayan Nayak, Reuben Fernandes Group C Team Japan.
• 22 6: 00 AM Fencing Women's Foil Team Joys Ashitha, Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla, Sonia Devi Waikhom Table of 16 Team Indonesia.
• 40 8: 00 AM Fencing Women's Foil Team Joys Ashitha, Stalinraj, Naorem Mina Devi, Kanupriya Chawla, Sonia Devi Waikhom Quarterfinals (Subject to Qualification) TBC.
• 26 6: 15 AM Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women Team Vidarsa K Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen Final.
• 13 5: 35 AM Athletics Men's Decathlon – 100m Thowfeeq Noushad Decathlon 1 Heat 1 Lane 7.

Check all Indians in action on Day 8 of Asian Games in Aichi Nagoya. (AP).

India enter Day 8 (September 26) of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday with momentum, eyeing two kabaddi golds as both the men's and women's teams face Iran in the final. The women's team will be in action at 9: 30 AM and the men's team at 2: 30 PM. The day opens with the women's shortboard surfing and men's marathon, followed by a packed archery qualification schedule and Lakshya Sen's opener against Loh Kean Yew.

In practice, the evening belongs to athletics, with Tajinderpal Singh Toor in the shot put final, Jyothi Yarraji in the 100m hurdles and Parul Chaudhary in the 1500m. While PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda feature in badminton, anahat Singh and Abhay Singh carry India's squash hopes in their semifinals.

1 3: 58 AM Surfing Women's Shortboard Kamali Moorthy Prakash Round 2 Heat 3. 2 4: 00 AM Athletics Men's Marathon Sawan Barwal Final. 3 4: 00 AM Athletics Men's Marathon Kartik Jayaraj Karkera Final. 4 4: 30 AM Archery Recurve Men's Individual Dhiraj Bommadevara Qualification. 5 4: 30 AM Archery Recurve Men's Individual Neeraj Chauhan Qualification. 6 4: 30 AM Archery Recurve Men's Individual Yashdeep Bhoge Qualification.

7 4: 30 AM Archery Recurve Men's Team Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge Qualification.

8 4: 30 AM Archery Compound Women's Individual Jyothi Surekha Vennam Qualification. 9 4: 30 AM Archery Compound Women's Individual Prithika Pradeep Qualification. 10 4: 30 AM Archery Compound Women's Individual Taniparthi Chikitha Qualification.

11 4: 30 AM Archery Compound Women's Team Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Taniparthi Chikitha Qualification.

12 4: 54 AM Surfing Women's Shortboard Sugar Shanti Gayen Round 2 Heat 7. Wan-yu Chen (Chinese Taipei).

15 5: 50 AM Surfing Men's Shortboard Sivaraj Babu Round 2 Heat 1.

16 6: 00 AM Badminton Men's Singles Lakshya Sen Court 1 Round of 32. Loh Kean Yew (Singapore).

17 6: 00 AM Badminton Men's Singles Ayush Shetty Court 2 Round of 32. 18 6: 00 AM Equestrian Dressage – Individual Shruti Vora Qualification. 19 6: 00 AM Equestrian Dressage – Individual Gaurav Pundir Qualification. 20 6: 00 AM Equestrian Dressage – Individual Hriday Chheda Qualification. 21 6: 00 AM Equestrian Dressage – Individual Jai Sud Qualification.

23 6: 15 AM Shooting 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women (Individual) Vidarsa K Vinod Qualification Round.

27 6: 15 AM Athletics Men's Decathlon – Long Jump Tejaswin Shankar Decathlon 2.

29 6: 30 AM Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 500m Harshwardhan Shaktawat Singh Semifinal 1.

30 6: 30 AM Table Tennis Women's Singles Yashaswini Ghorpade Table 1 Round of 16 Match 4.

31 6: 45 AM Esports Puyo Puyo Champions Paritosh Quarterfinals Match 3. Dongshin Kang (Republic of Korea).

32 6: 50 AM Canoe Sprint Mixed Kayak Double 500m Parvathy Geetha & Prasanna Kumar Semifinal 1.

33 7: 00 AM Fencing Men's Sabre Team Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi, K.P. Lakshay Badser, Vishal Thapar Table of 16.

34 7: 15 AM Onwards Esports Puyo Puyo Champions Paritosh Semifinals (Subject to Qualification) TBD.

37 7: 55 AM Athletics Men's Decathlon – Shot Put Thowfeeq Noushad Decathlon 3.

38 8: 00 AM Badminton Women's Singles PV Sindhu Court 1 Round of 32. Chiu Pin Chian (Chinese Taipei).

39 8: 00 AM Badminton Women's Singles Unnati Hooda Court 2 Round of 32. Wong Ling Ching (Malaysia).

41 8: 00 AM Fencing Men's Sabre Team Karan Singh, Gisho Nidhi, K.P. Lakshay Badser, Vishal Thapar Quarterfinals (Subject to Qualification) TBC.

42 8: 10 AM Canoe Sprint Men's Kayak Single 500m Harshwardhan Shaktawat Final (Subject to Qualification).

43 8: 20 AM Canoe Sprint Mixed Canoe Double 500m Raju Rawat L, Neha Devi Final A.

46 8: 30 AM Squash Mixed Doubles Joshna Chinappa & Velavan Senthilkumar Court 6 Semi-Final Match 1. Lee Ka Yi & Tang Ming Hong (Hong Kong).

47 8: 32 AM Athletics Men's 200m Animesh Kujur Round 1 Heat 5 Lane 5. 48 9: 00 AM Archery Recurve Women's Individual Ankita Bhakat Qualification.

In short, india at Asian Games 2026 Day 8, September 26: Full schedule, venue, is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.