Asian Games 2026, Day 15: Hockey, cricket, and Pranavi Urs' historic golf gold take India's medal tally to 85

Aman Sehrawat has started off his Asian Games campaign in style. In the men's freestyle 57 kg Round of 16 match, he defeated Yamato Ogawa of Japan, as the Olympic bronze medallist now enters the quarter-final of the event.

On the other hand, Sagar Jaglan was decimated by Yones Emamichoghaei of Iran in the quarter-final. He will now hope for the Iranian to reach the final, so that he gets into the repechage round.

Archery has been the sport that has brought the most gold medals for India at the Asian Games 2026 (5). Of these, three have been in compound archery and two have been in recurve. Want to know the difference between the two disciplines? Read here.

Deepak Punia has advanced to the men's 97kg freestyle semi-final after his opponent, Li Vincent of Hong Kong China forfeited the bout.

Manisha started off her campaign on a positive note, as she defeated Kwon Youngjin of South Korea to win her 57kg Round of 16 match by a margin of 8-0. In the quarter-final she will be up against favourite Akari Fujinami.

Antim Panghal defeated Shugyla Omirbek of Kazakhstan by a margin of 9-0 to begin her campaign in the women's 53 kg category to advance to the quarter-final.

It has been a good start to the day for India in wrestling as well. Sagar Jaglan defeated Mongolia's Tulga Tumur-Ochir in the men's 74kg freestyle Round of 16 to reach the quarter-final.

In the men's 97 kg freestyle category Deepak Punia dominated China's Zhou Junpeng by a margin of 10-2 to reach the quarter-final.

Kumkum Mahod had an extraordinary debut campaign for India at the Asian Games. She finished with two golds and one silver medal. As part of the women's team, she won the first gold medal for India in this event. Her mixed team silver was also the 1st medal for India in that category. Ultimately, she became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in a recurve individual event.

Kumkum Mahod has created history. She becomes the first Indian women's recurve archer to win a gold medal at the Asian Games. In a thrilling final she beat her Korean opponent Oh Yejin via a shootoff. India's final day at the Asian Games 2026 begins on a golden note. To know how she won the gold, read here.

Kumkum Mahod kept her nerves in the final against Oh Yejin of South Korea in the final. It was a neck-and-neck fight, and after the 5 sets, the scores are tied at 5-5. It will now be a shootoff, as both archers have one arrow each at a turn.

No Indian has ever won a gold medal in women's individual recurve archery. 17-year-old Kumkum Mahod has a chance to rewrite history as she takes on Oh Yejin of South Korea. After the first two sets of the final, the Korean leads by a margin of 3-1.

In the women's 67kg Round of 16 in taekwondo, Jyoti Yadav loses to Kannaluck Chuenchooklin 0-2 (15-4, 15-2). She has thus been knocked out, and India's campaign in the sport ends with this loss.

Kumkum Mahod has beaten Zhu Jingyi of China in the semi-final by a margin of 6-3. With this win, she has reached the final of the individual women's recurve arcery event. She is now the first Indian woman to do so. A historic moment for the 17-year-old.

Kumkum Mahod has begun her semi-final campaign against Zhu Jingyi. She started off in spectacular fashion, but slightly lost her momentum. She is now drawing 3-3 with her opponent.

Pranavi Urs has not had a great start to the final round of the women;s individual strokeplay event in golf. She lost her comfortable lead in the final round. China's Yin Ruoning is playing brilliantly and has overtaken her in the gold medal spot. Pranavi is now in silver medal place. The race for the gold is still very tight.

Kumkum Mahod will be high on confidence after beating the reigning Olympic champion in the quarter-final of the women's recurve archery event at the Asian Games 2026. In the semi-final, she will face Zhu Jingyi of China. Two more wins, and the 17-year-old will take home her second Asian Games 2026 gold medal.

Kashish Malik has bowed out of the women's 56kg Round of 16 event at the Asian Games 2026 in taekwondo. She was defeated by Kim Yujin of South Korea in this round. Jyoti Yadav now remains India's only hope in the sport as she gets ready for her Round of 16 match.

Kumkum Mahod continues her impressive showing at the Asian Games. She faced a tough test in the quarter-final against Chaeyong Kang of South Korea, the reigning Olympic champion and top-seed. She passed this test with flying colours winning the match by 6-4, and qualifying foe the semi-final.

In the women's recurve archery individual quarter-final, Kumkum Mahod is putting on a brilliant show against the South Korean. She has won two of the first three sets, with a lead of 4-2. One more set, and she will advance to the semi-final.

After winning three medals including one historic gold in recurve archery, India look set to win more medals in the sport on the final day of their campaign at the Asian Games 2026. In the women's individual recurve quarter-final, Kumkum Mahod is taking on South Korea's Chaeyong Kang. Kumkum was part of the women's team that won a historic gold medal on October 2. Can she win another gold here today?

After the first two rounds of the women's individual strokeplay event, Pranavi Urs remains on the top spot among all the other golfers. Tied with China's Ruoning Yin on -14, the golfer might just make headlines as she is in the pole position to win one of the most unlikely gold medals for India at Aichi-Nagoya.

2:40 a.m. onwards: Golf - Pranavi Urs (4:24 a.m), Aditi Ashok (3:24 a.m.) and Diksha Dagar (3:13 a.m.) in women's individual stroke play and team round 4 final day.

4:45 a.m. onwards: Golf - Veer Ahlawat (6:51 a.m.), Saptak Talwar (6:40 a.m.) and Yuvraj Sandhu (5:51 a.m.) in men's individual stroke play and team round 4 final day.

5:30 a.m.: Archery - Kumkum Mohod vs Kang Chaeyoung of South Korea in recurve women's individual quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, bronze medal and gold medal matches (if she qualifies).

5:42 a.m. onwards: Taekwondo - Kashish Malik in women's 57kg and Jyoti Yadav in women's 67kg round of 16 bouts, followed by quarterfinals, semifinals and medal bouts (if they qualify).

6:20 a.m.: Rugby Sevens - India vs Singapore in women's 5th-8th place match.

7:10 a.m. onwards: Sailing - Mahi Verma in girls dinghy final races; Katya Ida Coelho in women's windsurfing final races.

7:23 a.m.: Wrestling - Sagar Jaglan vs Tulga Tumur-Ochir of Mongolia in men's freestyle 74kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and final (if he qualifies).

7:25 a.m.: Wrestling - Deepak Punia vs Junpeng Zhou of China in men's freestyle 97kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and final (if he qualifies).

7:53 a.m.: Wrestling - Manisha vs Youngjin Kwon of South Korea in women's freestyle 57kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and final (if he qualifies).

8:08 a.m.: Wrestling - Antim vs Shugyla Omirbek of Kazakhstan in women's freestyle 53kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and final (if she qualifies).

8:29 a.m.: Wrestling - Aman Sehrawat vs TBD. in men's freestyle 57kg round of 16 bout, followed by repechage, quarterfinals, semifinals and final (if he qualifies).

9:30 a.m.: Archery - Dhiraj Bommadevara vs Amirkhon Sadikov in recurve men's individual quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, bronze medal and gold medal matches (if he qualifies).

9:30 a.m.: Volleyball - Inda vs Thailand in men's 5th-6th place match.

10:00 a.m.: Cricket - India vs Pakistan in men's gold medal match.

10:15 a.m.: Archery - Neeraj Chauhan vs Lam Dorji of Bhutan in recurve men's individual quarterfinals, followed by semifinals, bronze medal and gold medal matches (if he qualifies).

3:30 p.m.: Hockey - India vs Malaysia in men's gold medal match.

To our final-day coverage of the 2026 Asian Games. India have a great opportunity to bolster their medal tally today. Stay tuned to keep abreast of all the happenings in Japan.