Asian Games 2026 Day 6 Highlights: Seema Kumari wins bronze in women's 10000m, India win Mixed 4×400m Relay silver

Another medal in athletics for India today as the Indian quartet of Manu TS, Poovamma MR, Vishal TK and Vithya Ramraj win silver in the Mixed 4 × 400m Relay event. Second medal for Indian athletics at Asian Games 2026.

History for India. Seema Kumari breaks India's medal drought in women’s 10,000m in athletics at the Asian Games, with a bronze medal.

ESports news! India's Paritosh enters the next round after winning two matches and losing two matches in the Puyo Puyo Puzzle Championship. He currently has six points and will next take on Korea’s Dongshin Kang on September 26.

Indian boxer Parveen Hooda enters the quarterfinal of the women's 65kg boxing event following a walkover against Malika Nozimova of Tajikistan.

It is a disappointing outcome for Indian boxer Sakshi Chaudhary as she is knocked out in women's 51kg round of 16 clash. She loses to Kazakhstan's Alua Balkibekova in a 2-3 split decision verdict.

It is now time for boxer Sakshi Chaudhary's round of 16 bout against Alua Balkibekova of Kazakhstan in women's 51kg.

In the men's quadruple sculls rowing event, India's quartet of Navdeep Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Balraj Panwar and Jakar Khan finish fifth with a time of 5:52.17. China won gold, whereas Indonesia and Uzbekistan clinched silver and bronze respectively.

The India men's hockey team has clinched a thumping 8-2 win over South Korea, thus maintaining their unbeaten run with three wins in three matches.

Dilpreet Singh and Abhishek scored two goals each, whereas Harmanpreet Singh, Rajinder Singh, Sukhjeet Singh and Shilanand Lakra scored a goal each.

India will next take on Japan on Saturday before rounding off the pool stage with a match against Bangladesh on 28 September.

India's Veer Chotrani has qualified for the quarterfinals of the men's singles event in squash, with a win over Sanjay Jeeva of Malaysia. Veer wins the match 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 15-17, 11-6. Veer will face Irfan Muhammad of Pakistan in the last eight.

Indian squash player Abhay Singh has reached the quarterfinals of the men's singles event in squash. He has defeated Sri Lanka's Ravindu Laksiri 11-3, 11-5, 11-6, and will face Japan's Ryunosuke Tsukue in the last eight.

India have won another medal at the 2026 Asian Games, and it is another bronze. That comes in the mixed team skeet event as the duo of Anant jeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal finish third with 44 points.

India and South Korea (Silver, 44 points) were level on points, but India had to settle for bronze on a countback based on qualification rankings, as South Korea had been placed higher in the qualification round.

India have been assured a medal in the skeet mixed team event that feature Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal.

The duo have so far scored 21 points out of a possible total of 24 and are currently in third place.

The India men's hockey team have taken a 2-0 lead against South Korea in their Pool fixture, with Shilanand Lakra and Dilpreet Singh finding the back of the net.

There is about five more minutes to go in the first quarter.

It is time for hockey as the India men's hockey team face South Korea in their Pool match. The national anthems of both countries are complete, and the match is underway.

There is some positive news from squash as teenager Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna qualify for the quarterfinals. Anahat defeated Au Yeong Wai Lynn of Singapore in straight games with a score of 11-4, 11-5, 11-7, whereas Tanvi Khanna defeated her Singaporean opponent Au Yeong Wai Yhann with a 5-11, 11-4, 11-5, 13-11 scoreline. The two of them will lock horns against each other in the quarterfinals.

Indian boxer Sumit's campaign at Asian Games 2026 comes to an end after sustaining an injury in his 70kg round of 32 bout against Ali Qasim Hamdan Al-Sarray of Iraq.

He sustained the injury during the third round of the bout, and the referee handed a win to the Iraqi boxer.

The India men's hockey team, led by Harmanpreet Singh, will take on South Korea in their third Pool match at the 2026 Asian Games today. That match is scheduled to begin at 11.30 AM IST.

India defeated Indonesia 13-1 in their first Pool match, before thumping Sri Lanka 16-1 in their second match.

India have beaten Chinese Taipei in men's kabaddi with a score of 37-21. India have now made it four wins in four matches, after having beaten Japan, South Korea and Bangladesh earlier.

India currently stands 14th in the 2026 Asian Games medals tally with 14 medals in total. This includes one gold, six silver and seven bronze medals.

The lone gold came through the Harmanpreet Kaur-led women's cricket team, who defeated Sri Lanka in the final.

Indian fencers Bhavani Devi and Shreya Gupta have both qualified for the knockut stage of the 2026 Asian Games. Shreya Gupta finished third in Pool 2, whereas Bhavani Devi finished fourth in Pool 4. While Bhavani qualified for the round of 32, Shreya has received a direct bye into the round of 16.