Asian Games 2026 Highlights, Day 12: India women's hockey team enter final; Golden day for Indian archers in Japan

India women's hockey team enter the final of the Asian Games 2026 with a 2-0 win over South Korea. For India, Ishiska and skipper Salima Tete scored. In the final, India will take on China. India haven’t won a women’s hockey gold in an Asiad since 1982.

India's men's doubles pair of Anirudh Chandrasekar and N Balaji exits in quarterfinals at the Asian Games 2026. This is the first time since 1998 India's doubles pairs ended their campaign without a medal. Chandrasekar and Balaji lost to China’s Jiang Fumin and Zhang Tianhui 7-6(4), 6-7(7), 8-10. Yuki Bhambri and Dhakshineswar Suresh also lost 6-7(5), 3-6 to Chinese Taipei Ho Chen-jui and Hsu Yu-hsiou.

In men's Greco-Roman 87 kg, Sunil Kumar won the bronze medal, beating Philippines’ Callum Johnston Roberts 9-0 by technical superiority. This was Sunil's second Asian Games medal. He wrapped up the contest with three minutes still remaining on the clock.

News from men's hockey. Nilakanta Sharma replaces injured Raj Kumar Pal in the India squad ahead of semifinal against Pakistan. Midfielder Raj Kumar Pal has suffered a thumb injury.

Third gold for India in archery. The Indian men’s compound team comprising Kushal Dalal, Sahil Rajesh Jadhav and Ganesh Maniratnam Thirumuru defeated China 238–237 to win the GOLD Medal.

Bronze medal for India in boxing. Kapil Pokhariya bows out with a 1-4 loss to Uzbekistan's Turabek Khabibullaev in the men's 90kg semifinal at the Asian Games. On his Asian Games debut, Kapil clinches a well-deserved bronze for India.

Asian Games: Indian men's squash team beats Kuwait 2-0 in the quarterfinals. They will face the winner of the Japan vs Malaysia game in the semi-final on Thursday

Another gold medal in sight for India in archery as the men’s compound team enter final with a 236-229 win over Korea in the semifinal. India will face China in the gold-medal match later today.

Another gold medal in shooting for India as the Trap mixed team pair of Kynan Chenai and Neeru Dhanda lift the country at the top of the podium. The duo scores 34 to break the Asian Record set by Qatar in Doha in 2026. Qatar wins silver, China bronze.

Lovlina storms into her second straight Asian Games final! Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain edged past Kazakhstan's Natalya Bogdanova 3-2 in the women's 75kg semi-final. With this, she becomes the first Indian woman boxer to reach back-to-back Asian Games finals, assuring India of at least a silver.

Another medal for India. India's Priya Ghanghas lost 1-4 on points against China’s Yang Chengyu to settle for a boxing bronze in the women’s 60kg.

In sports climbing, India's Deepu Mallesh qualifies for quarterfinals. Mallesh clocks 5.09 seconds in the Sport Climbing qualification round. He qualifies as 11th among the 16 qualifiers.

Another gold medal in sight for Neeru Dhanda. The Indian mixed trap team of Kynan Chenai and Neeru shoot an aggregate of 136 to move to the final as the fourth-placed team. China (142 - Games Record), Qatar (139) and Iran (136) have also progressed.

GOLD for India in archery again. The Indian compound mixed team of Sahil Jadhav and Chikitha Taniparthi wins gold medal beating Korea in a shoot-off. With this gold, the Indian compound mixed team also book a ticket to Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. The Indians defended their title in the shoot off 10-9 after both teams were tied at 157–157 at the end of normal sets.

Wrestler Nisha goes down in women's 68kg in the Nisha goes down in the quarterfinals. She lost to North Korea’s Sol Gum Park, who won the game via VPO1 (victory on points).

Indians in boxing semifinal today.

Women’s 60kg - Priya vs Yang Chengyu (China) - 10:15 AM IST

Women’s 75kg - Lovlina Borgohain vs Natalya Bogdanova (Kazakhstan) - 10:45 AM IST

Men’s 90kg - Kapil Pokhariya vs Turabek Khabibullaev (Uzbekistan) - 12:00 PM IST

In judo, India's Asmita Dey is through to the quarterfinal of women's 48kg. She defeated Ngoc Chi Ha of Vietnam 1-0 in the round of 16. Asmita will now face Kazakhstan’s Abiba Abuzhakynova in the quarterfinal.

More good news from archery. India enter the final of the Compound Mixed Team event after beating Thailand in the semifinal. The Indian team will now take on either South Korea or China in the final. Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav are in the Indian Compound Mixed Team.

The Indian women's compound archery team produced a sensational performance to outclass China 238-234 and retain its Asian Games gold medal with a world record-equalling score. The Indian team comprising Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep dominated the summit clash to secure the top spot on the podium. The Indians equalled the world record held by South Korea in achieving the feat. Korea had achieved the total during the Incheon Asian Games in 2014.