Gulveer Singh will be in action on Friday (September 25) in the 2026 Asian Games, as he aims to win a second successive Asian Games medal in the Men’s 10,000m race after securing a bronze in the previous edition at Hangzhou in 2023. He also comes into the competition after a remarkable display at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) where he won silver in this event and also a bronze in the 5,000m race.
India’s fastest man Gurindervir Singh will be in action. He will aim to be part of the showpiece event, which is the final of the Men’s 100m, which will also take place on Friday evening. However, he will face have to seal his spot when he runs the semi-final.
Meanwhile, a blockbuster Women’s singles quarter-final is on the cards in squash as junior World Champion Anahat Singh takes on counterpart Tanvi Khana. The winner will secure at least a bronze medal, which means India are guaranteed a spot on the podium.
Meanwhile, the Indian men’s and women’s Kabaddi teams will be in action during the semi-final as they aim to continue their dominance and secure their spot in another final.
India Full Schedule at Asian Games 2026 On September 25 (IST)
4:16 AM – Surfing: Women’s Shortboard – Sugar Shanti – Round 1, Heat 3
5:02 AM – Surfing: Women’s Shortboard – Kamali Moorthy – Round 1, Heat 5
6:00 AM – Equestrian: Dressage Individual – Shruti Vora, Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Chheda, Jai Sud – Qualifier
6:00 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Equestrian: Dressage Team – Shruti Vora, Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Chheda, Jai Sud – Team Final
6:00 AM – Fencing: Men’s Foil Team – Sachin Sanasam Hemash Singh, Aditya, Tejas Manoj Patil – Round of 16
6:10 AM – Badminton: Mixed Doubles – Dhruv & Tanisha – Round of 32 vs Maldives
6:15 AM – Shooting: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Kamaljeet & Suruchi Inder Singh – Qualification
6:30 AM – Canoe Sprint: Men’s Kayak Double 500m – Prasanna Kumar CS & Prohit Baroi – Semifinal
6:30 AM – Table Tennis: Mixed Doubles – Manush Shah & Diya Chitale – Quarterfinal vs Hong Kong
6:30 AM – Table Tennis: Mixed Doubles – Harmeet Desai & Yashaswini – Quarterfinal vs China
6:30 AM – Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump – Anamika KA
6:30 AM – Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump – Pooja
6:40 AM – Swimming: Men’s 50m Breaststroke – Danush Suresh – Heat 3
6:50 AM – Canoe Sprint: Women’s Canoe Double 500m – Megha Pradeep & L Neha Devi – Semifinal
6:58 AM – Swimming: Men’s 200m Backstroke – Rishabh Das – Heat 1
7:00 AM – Fencing: Women’s Épée Team – Taniksha Khatri, Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari, Yashkeerat Kaur Hayer – Round of 16
7:00 AM – Squash: Mixed Doubles – Joshna Chinappa & Velavan Senthilkumar – Quarterfinal
7:06 AM – Swimming: Men’s 200m Backstroke – Utkarsh Santosh Patil – Heat 3
7:10 AM – Swimming: Men’s 400m Freestyle – Dhakshan Shashikumar – Heat 1
7:15 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Team – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Niraj Kumar – Final, subject to qualification
7:15 AM – Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Niraj Kumar – Qualification
7:20 AM – Surfing: Men’s Shortboard – Kishore Kumar – Round 1, Heat 3
7:22 AM – Swimming: Men’s 400m Freestyle – Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda – Heat 3
7:30 AM – Hockey: Women’s Team – India vs Japan – Pool B
7:30 AM – Table Tennis: Men’s Doubles – G Sathiyan & Harmeet Desai – Round of 32 vs Indonesia
7:36 AM – Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly – Sajan Prakash – Heat 3
7:55 AM – Esports: Pokémon Unite – India – Group C, Match 1 vs Republic of Korea
7:55 AM – Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw – Anamika KA
7:55 AM – Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw – Pooja
8:00 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Canoe Sprint: Men’s Kayak Double 500m – Prasanna Kumar CS & Prohit Baroi – Final, subject to qualification
8:10 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Canoe Sprint: Women’s Kayak Four 500m – Khwairakpam Dhanamajuri Devi, Phairembam Soniya Devi, Pooja & Parvathy Geetha – Final
8:15 AM – Table Tennis: Men’s Doubles – Manav Thakkar & Manush Shah – Round of 32 vs Japan
8:20 AM – Fencing: Men’s Foil Team – Quarterfinal, subject to qualification
8:20 AM – Fencing: Women’s Épée Team – Quarterfinal, subject to qualification
8:30 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Canoe Sprint: Women’s Canoe Double 500m – Megha Pradeep & L Neha Devi – Final, subject to qualification
8:30 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Shooting: 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Kamaljeet & Suruchi Inder Singh – Final, subject to qualification
9:00 AM – Table Tennis: Women’s Singles – Yashaswini Ghorpade – Round of 32 vs Syria
9:15 AM – Surfing: Men’s Shortboard – Sivaraj Babu – Round 1, Heat 8
9:15 AM – Squash: Men’s Singles – Abhay Singh – Quarterfinal vs Japan
9:30 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Kabaddi: Women’s Team – India vs Nepal – Semifinal
9:38 AM onwards – Surfing: Women’s Shortboard – Sugar Shanti – Round 2, subject to qualification
9:38 AM onwards – Surfing: Women’s Shortboard – Kamali Moorthy – Round 2, subject to qualification
9:45 AM – Table Tennis: Women’s Singles – Sreeja Akula – Round of 32
10:00 AM – Squash: Women’s Singles – Anahat Singh vs Tanvi Khanna – Quarterfinal
10:00 AM – Squash: Women’s Singles – Tanvi Khanna vs Anahat Singh – Quarterfinal
10:15 AM – Boxing: Men’s 60kg – Sachin – Round of 16 vs Jordan
10:30 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual – Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar – Final, subject to qualification
10:30 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual – Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil – Final, subject to qualification
10:30 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Shooting: Men’s 50m Rifle 3P Individual – Niraj Kumar – Final, subject to qualification
10:30 AM – Table Tennis: Men’s Singles – Manav Thakkar – Round of 32
10:45 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Fencing: Men’s Foil Team – Semifinal, subject to qualification
10:45 AM [MEDAL EVENT] – Kabaddi: Men’s Team – India vs Thailand – Semifinal
10:45 AM – Squash: Men’s Singles – Veer Chotrani – Quarterfinal vs Pakistan
11:15 AM – Table Tennis: Men’s Singles – Manush Shah – Round of 32
12:00 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Table Tennis: Women’s Doubles – Sreeja Akula & Syndrela Das – Round of 16 vs China
12:30 PM onwards – Badminton: Mixed Doubles – Dhruv & Tanisha – Round of 16
12:30 PM onwards – Badminton: Men’s Doubles – Satwik & Chirag – Round of 32 vs Thailand
12:30 PM onwards – Badminton: Women’s Doubles – Treesa & Gayatri – Round of 32 vs Hong Kong
12:30 PM onwards – Badminton: Women’s Doubles – Kavipriya & Simran – Round of 32 vs Indonesia
12:30 PM onwards – Badminton: Men’s Doubles – Hariharan & Arjun – Round of 32 vs Indonesia
12:45 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Table Tennis: Women’s Doubles – Diya Chitale & Yashaswini Ghorpade – Round of 16 vs China
12:50 PM onwards [MEDAL EVENT] – Fencing: Women’s Épée Team – Semifinal, subject to qualification
1:30 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Weightlifting: Women’s 61kg – Nirupama Devi – Final, Group A
1:35 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Swimming: Men’s 50m Breaststroke – Danush Suresh – Final, subject to qualification
1:55 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Swimming: Men’s 200m Backstroke – Rishabh Das – Final, subject to qualification
1:55 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Swimming: Men’s 200m Backstroke – Utkarsh Santosh Patil – Final, subject to qualification
2:15 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Boxing: Women’s 54kg – Preeti – Round of 16 vs DPR Korea
2:22 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Swimming: Men’s 400m Freestyle – Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda – Final, subject to qualification
2:22 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Swimming: Men’s 400m Freestyle – Dhakshan Shashikumar – Final, subject to qualification
2:50 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Fencing: Men’s Foil Team – Final, subject to qualification
2:51 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Swimming: Men’s 200m Butterfly – Sajan Prakash – Final, subject to qualification
3:00 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Table Tennis: Mixed Doubles – Harmeet Desai & Yashaswini – Semifinal
3:35 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Women’s Shot Put – Manpreet Kaur – Final
3:35 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Women’s Shot Put – Krishna Jayasankar Menon – Final
3:45 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Table Tennis: Mixed Doubles – Manush Shah & Diya Chitale – Semifinal
3:50 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Fencing: Women’s Épée Team – Final, subject to qualification
4:11 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s 100m – Gurindervir Singh – Semifinal
4:19 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s 100m – Animesh Kujur – Semifinal
4:33 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Women’s Pole Vault – Sindhushree Ganesha – Final
4:33 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Women’s Pole Vault – Baranica Elangovan – Final
4:41 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon 800m – Anamika KA
4:41 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Women’s Heptathlon 800m – Pooja
5:02 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s 10,000m – Gulveer Singh – Final
5:10 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s Hammer Throw – Damneet Singh – Final
5:10 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s Hammer Throw – Praveen Kumar – Final
5:53 PM – Athletics: Women’s 400m – Kiran – Round 1, Heat 2
6:01 PM – Athletics: Women’s 400m – Prachi – Round 1, Heat 3
6:21 PM – Athletics: Men’s 400m – Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi – Round 1, Heat 2
6:50 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s 100m – Animesh Kujur – Final, subject to qualification
6:50 PM [MEDAL EVENT] – Athletics: Men’s 100m – Gurindervir Singh – Final, subject to qualification
TBD – Badminton: Women’s Singles – Unnati Hooda – Round of 64 vs Yu Mi Song (DPR Korea)