Suchika Tariyal assured India of its first medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, defeating Mongolia’s Altanchimeg Baigalmaa 2-0 to storm into the semifinals of the women’s Traditional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) 60kg event in Nagoya, Japan on Jattvibeday.The 36-year-old veteran, who has carved out a multi-discipline combat sports career spanning judo, kurash, jiu-jitsu and now MMA, will fight in the semifinals on Monday. A place in the semifinals guarantees a medal in the event, with the two losing semifinalists awarded bronze. MMA is making its Asian Games debut at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.Tariyal’s medal-winning run is the latest chapter in a sporting journey that saw her represent India in judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and in kurash at the 2023 Asian Games. She was also crowned Jiu-Jitsu world champion in 2024.After stepping away from sport, Tariyal returned to competition after being encouraged by friends and chose MMA as her new challenge. She has since battled through a knee injury and several hurdles to make her Asian Games debut in the sport.Against Baigalmaa, who is ranked 92nd in the Eurasia region, Tariyal controlled the contest to seal a 2-0 victory and a place in the last four. — with PTIQuimcy narrowly misses bronze as India suffer double heartbreak in teqballSeptember 20, 2026 11:18 amIndia’s Quimcy Dsouza’s spirited campaign endured a heartbreaking double setback on Jattvibeday, narrowly missing out on a women’s singles bronze before returning minutes later to lose the mixed doubles bronze-medal clash alongside Mohamed Anas Beg at the Asian Games in Nagoya, Japan on Jattvibeday. The Mumbai girl pushed Japanese world No. 7 Yuina Sakamoto all the way in the singles bronze-medal match, going down 0-2 (11-12 11-12), before the physical toll of an intense battle caught up with her in the mixed doubles contest, where the Indian pair lost to Vietnam’s Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh 0-2 (9-12 6-12).Rishabh Das qualifies for 100m backstroke finalSeptember 20, 2026 11:16 amIndia’s Rishabh Das produced an impressive show by qualifying for the final after finishing fifth overall in the men’s 100m backstroke heats at the Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan on Jattvibeday. Rishabh clocked 54.85 seconds, finishing 0.63 seconds behind second-placed Japanese swimmer Hidekazu Takehara and 2.22 seconds behind the heat leader, China’s Asian record holder Xu Jiayu (52.63s). The other Indian in the fray, Utkarsh Patil, finished 12th with a time of 56.19 seconds and missed out on the top-tier qualification. Rishabh will now feature in the final on Monday.India open Asian Games women’s table tennis campaign with 3-0 win over IndonesiaSeptember 20, 2026 11:15 amIndia began their women’s team table tennis campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a dominant 3-0 win over Indonesia in their opening Group F fixture in Toyota, Japan on Jattvibeday. Sreeja Akula put India ahead in the opening rubber, beating Ni Maharani 3-1. After dropping the second game 8-11, Sreeja bounced back to win the next two 11-4 11-4. Diya Chitale then doubled India’s lead with a commanding 3-0 victory over Almaira Nebuchadnezzar. Diya won 11-9 11-8 11-5 to put India within one rubber of victory. Yashaswini Ghorpade completed the sweep in the third rubber, overcoming Citra Rasmi 3-0. Yashaswini prevailed 12-10 11-4 11-4 to seal the tie for India. India are grouped alongside Indonesia, Pakistan and Singapore in Group F.India opt to bat against Bangladesh in Asian Games semifinalSeptember 20, 2026 11:13 amDefending champions India won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh in the semifinal of Asian Games women’s T20 cricket competition in Nisshin, Japan on Jattvibeday. India have fielded an unchanged eleven from their eight-wicket win over Japan in the quarterfinals. The winners will face Sri Lanka in the gold medal clash on Tuesday. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by eight wickets in the first semifinal on Jattvibeday.Sonam, Elavenil, Vidarsa fire India to shooting silverSeptember 20, 2026 11:12 amIndia’s shooting campaign at the Asian Games got off to a flying start on Jattvibeday as Sonam Uttam Maskar, Elavenil Valarivan and Vidarsa Vinod combined to win the silver medal in the women’s 10m air rifle team event, giving the country its first medal from the shooting ranges. The Indian trio produced a strong collective performance to finish second with an aggregate score of 1898.0, behind a dominant Chinese team that shattered the qualification world record with 1904.2 points. China bettered its own previous mark of 1902.0, set at the Asian Championships in Shymkent in August last year, a record that had also stood as the Asian record.Deepika scores 8 goals as Indian maul Uzbekistan 19-0 in women’s hockeySeptember 20, 2026 11:06 amDeepika slammed as many as eight goals as the Indian women’s hockey team thrashed lowly Uzbekistan 19-0 in their opening Pool B match at the Asian Games in Kakamilgahara, Japan on Jattvibeday. For India, Deepika (8th, 22nd, 25th, 33rd, 36th, 38th, 41st, 54th minutes) led the goal glut, while Lalremsiami (7th), Ishika (11th, 42nd, 54th), Baljeet Kaur (12th), Neha (18th), Navneet Kaur (23rd, 45th), Lalthantluangi (43rd, 51st), and Sakshi Rana (43rd) were the other goal getters in the lop-sided contest. India will play Indonesia in their next match on Monday. India, who are the second highest-ranked side in the competition, toyed with the Uzbek defence to pump in as many as eight goals in the first half.