Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Live Updates: A busy day of Asian Games action sees Indian athletes and teams compete across a wide range of disciplines, with several semifinal and final berths secured alongside a number of quarterfinal exits. The day begins with a medal assured in boxing as Ankush beats Nekruz Salimov of Tajikistan in the men’s 80kg quarterfinal.

India also has Parveen, Sachin Siwach and Narender scheduled for later quarterfinal bouts. In weightlifting, Harjinder Kaur ends the women’s 69kg competition in ninth place after posting a 204kg total.

Badminton produces mixed results, with PV Sindhu losing to Chen Yu Fei and Unnati Hooda going down to Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles quarterfinals. Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila fall to China’s Huang Dongping and Feng Yan Zhe in mixed doubles, while Gayatri Gopich and and Treesa Jolly lose to Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan.

Archery is one of the stronger areas for India, with the country progressing to the semifinals in the men’s and women’s compound and recurve team events. The recurve mixed team defeats the UAE and Vietnam, while the compound mixed team gets past Mongolia and Kazakhstan.

In shooting, Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat compete in the women’s 25m pistol precision qualification. After the first day of women’s trap qualifying, Neeru stands first, followed by Aashima Ahlawat in 16th and Manisha Keer in 24th.

Kynan Chenai leads India’s men’s trap contingent in 11th, with Shapath Bharadwaj 22nd and Ahvar Rizvi 35th. Athletics sees Tejaswin Shankar remain in medal contention in the decathlon, sitting third with the javelin and 1500m still ahead.

Sreeshankar Murali and David Solomon qualify for the men’s long jump final, while Vithya Ramraj, Anu Raghavan and Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan advance to their respective 400m hurdles finals. Manju Rani finishes sixth in the women’s marathon race walk, while Priyanka Goswami is disqualified.

The afternoon and evening feature major medal events, including the squash singles finals involving Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh, women’s long jump, women’s 200m, men’s 200m, men’s high jump, women’s 100m hurdles and women’s 3000m steeplechase. India also has action in hockey, volleyball, boxing, the decathlon and the women’s 4x100m relay.