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Quimcy Dsouza. (Photo/Agencies) The Asian Games 2026 will officially begin on Saturday, with the opening ceremony scheduled to start at 2:30pm IST in Nagoya. However, a few competitions, including women’s cricket, soft tennis and teqball, have already got underway ahead of the ceremony. India’s schedule for Saturday (September 19): Teqball6:30am IST: Women’s singles semifinal —…

Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto kicks the ball, Japan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo) India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza moved within one win of creating history after reaching the women’s singles semifinals in teqball at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Friday.Making her Asian Games debut, Quimcy upset top seed Yuina Sakamoto of Japan 2-1 (10-12, 12-11,…

 India’s players celebrate the wicket of Afghanistan’s Sediqullah Atal during the third and final T20I cricket match between India and Afghanistan, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: As reports of a crisis over the accommodation arrangements start coming in from the Asian Games in Japan, it has emerged that the Indian cricket board (BCCI)…

Containers set up to house athletes from various countries participating in the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: With the accommodation crisis at the Asian Games showing little sign of easing, the sports ministry has reached out to the Indian diaspora in Nagoya for help in housing athletes if the shortage…

Anvay Dravid (File photo) India Under-19 held off Australia Under-19 by seven runs in a rain-shortened first Youth ODI in Rajkot on Friday, with Anvay Dravid providing the late push and Yashbardhan Chauhan scoring a half-century.The match was reduced to 20 overs per side after rain interrupted play at the Niranjan Shah Stadium. India posted…

BCCI office bearers at the 95th Annual General Meeting The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will complete 100 years in 2028 and plans to form a committee to organise year-long celebrations. The topic was brought up for discussion during the final phase of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) by an influential administrator…

Abhishek Sharma lit up a dead rubber with a 30-ball century as India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Afghanistan with a 127-run win in the third and final T20I in Delhi on Thursday.Abhishek tore into the Afghanistan bowling attack, scoring 108 off just 34 balls with 11 sixes. His innings took India to 221…

Shiv Kapur (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images NEW DELHI: More than two decades after winning India’s only individual Asian Games golf gold, Shiv Kapur believes the country’s current crop of golfers has the talent to bring another medal home from Nagoya.The golf competition at the 2026 Asian Games begins on Sept 30, with India fielding…

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, BCCI president Mithun Manhas, and BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla (left), Ajit Agarkar The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has authorised its office-bearers to take a decision on the future of the men’s senior selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar, vice-president Rajeev Shukla confirmed after the Board’s 95th…

Nagoya: Members of the Indian delegation arrive during the official welcome and flag-hoisting ceremony ahead of the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav) The Asian Games 2026 officially begin in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Saturday, September 19, with India aiming to improve on its record medal haul from the previous edition in Hangzhou.The…