Asian Games 2026 Day 4 Highlights: Harmanpreet Kaur's team wins first gold for India; medals assured in badminton, wushu

Asian Championship winner Alisha Choudhary loses in the women's Kumite 55kg round of 16 tie against Cok Istri Agung Sanistyarani of Indonesia by a margin of 6-1. The Indian was never in the contest with the opponent, earning a Yuko and an Ippon early on, before a warning for Alisha handed Cok a Senshu.

Tanvi Sharma has struggled to find her rhythm against Nozomi Okuhara, losing the opening game 12-21. India are now staring at elimination and Tanvi needs to respond quickly by taking the second game to keep their medal hopes alive.

The Indian women's table tennis team has somehow found ways to dig in and carve out wins. The latest, a 3-2 win against Thailand in the knockouts, takes them to the quarter-finals and puts them one step away from a medal. India were 1-0 down against Thailand, then 1-2 down, before Sreeja Akula stood up in the deciding match. The star of the show, however, was Yashaswini Ghorpade, who won both her matches. She also made the difference in the group game against Singapore, which India edged out 3-2. Next up for the women is North Korea in the last eight, at 3.50pm IST. A tricky opponent, for their players don't compete on the WTT tour.

Sreeja Akula completes India's comeback, winning the fourth game 11-8 against Suthasini Sawettabut. After losing the opening game, Sreeja won three in a row to seal the match and send India through to the women's team quarterfinals.

Sreeja Akula has responded strongly after dropping the opening game, winning the next two 11-6, 12-10 against Suthasini Sawettabut. India remain firmly in the contest, with Sreeja now just one game away from keeping their quarterfinal hopes alive.

Here is the line-up for men's badminton team event!

Match 1: Lakshya Sen vs Kodai Naraoka

Match 2: Satwik-Chirag vs Hoki-Kobayashi

Match 3: Ayush Shetty vs Koki Watanabe

Match 4: Hariharan-Arjun vs Kumagai-Nishi

Match 5: Srikanth vs Yushi Tanaka

Sakshi Chaudhary emerged victorious in the opening round 51kg bout 5-0 against Aira Villegas of Philippines.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have kept India's hopes alive in the women's team badminton quarterfinal, defeating Japan's Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto 21-17, 21-16 in the third match. India continue to fight in the team tie. It is Treesa and Gayatri's first win against the world No.3 pair

While Yuki is a three-time World Championships silver medallist (with Sayaka Hirota), Mayu is a two-time world champion (with Wakana Nagahara). She has also won two bronze medals with Wakana.

Sreeja Akula loses the opening game of the final match to Suthasini Sawettabut, putting India under further pressure. Sreeja now needs to bounce back in the next game as India look to keep their hopes alive.

The Indian team, comprising Harmeet Desai, Sathiyan G, Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah and Payas Jain are up against South Korea in a tough Round 1 clash in men's Team TT. Harmeet starts the proceedings for India, against Jang Woojin, and has taken the first game as well.

Yashaswini Ghorpade has taken the fourth game 11-9 against Orawan Paranang, forcing the tie into a fifth and deciding game. India now need one more game to seal their place in the final.

Sachin won three of his men's foil individual Pool 5 ties to advance to the knockout stage. He will be up against Kazakh Semyonov Timofey in round of 32. Compatriot Sanasam Hemash Singh is also through to the next round, where he will take on Kazakh Nurumov Galim. Sanasam also won three of his five group ties to advance to the knockouts.

Yashaswini Ghorpade has taken a strong 2-0 lead over Orawan Paranang, winning the opening two games 11-5, 11-8 in the fourth tie against Thailand. India are pushing to strengthen their position in the contest.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have won the first game against the Japanese pair. Can they pull things back for India? It will need a massive effort from the Indian contingent to come from 0-2 down to win the contest

A commanding performance from the Indian men's team handed them a 63-31 win over South Korea in their second match at the Asian Games. The raiding was impressive, but there were many questions asked of the Indian defence in this match. And they will need to do better before they take on Iran in the latter stages of the competition.

Rishabh Das, Akash Mani, Benediction Beniston and Dhanush Suresh finish fourth in men's 4x100m medley relay heats, as they made it to the final while finishing seventh.

This has been a trashing for India. They lose 11-15, 5-15 in the third match in men's regu group B in sepaktakraw.

Elavenil Valarivan and Parth Mane have missed out on a medal in the 10m air rifle mixed team event after finishing fourth in the final with 376.3 points. The Indian pair stayed in contention until the final stages but were eventually eliminated, ending their campaign just outside the podium places.

China continue to lead with 211.9 after the second series.

Japan have moved into second place with 209.4.

Republic of Korea have slipped to third with 209.2.

India remain fourth on 207.9, with one more series left before the elimination phase begins.

After a shock loss in the first match of the women's TT team round 1 against Thailand, Yashaswini Ghorpade levelled the score with a close win in the second match. Diya Chitale almost...and almost made it 2-1, leading 10-9 in the deciding fifth game, only for Swaettabut Junnipa to script a late fightback and seal a 13-11 win. The Thai wins 11-7, 5-11, 7-11, 11-7, 13-11.

Over to Ghorpade again. Can she help India level the score back again? She will face Paranang Orawan.

Shooting: India are fourth after the opening series, with Parth Mane and Elavenil Valarivan combining for 103.6 after five shots each.

Standings after 10 shots:

China - 107.2

South Korea - 104.9

Japan - 103.9

India - 103.6

Shooting: The 10m air rifle mixed team medal event is underway, with India's Parth Mane and Elavenil Valarivan taking aim for a place on the podium.

Meng-yu Chung has defeated India's Chetan Bhatt via Senshu in the bronze medal bout, ending his medal hopes. Bhatt finishes without a podium finish after his semifinal defeat earlier in the day.

Unnati Hooda has lost the second game 18-21 to Tomoka Miyazaki after going down 16-21 in the opener. India have now lost back-to-back matches in the women's badminton quarterfinal, leaving them under mounting pressure in the team tie.