India at Asian Games 2026: Day 3 Full Schedule of Indian Athletes in Action Today on September 21
The Indian contingent faces a high-stakes day of competition at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya today, 21 September, with medal events and key qualification fixtures taking centre stage.
The Indian contingent faces a high-stakes day of competition at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya today, 21 September, with medal events and key knockout fixtures taking centre stage. Highlighting the schedule is the womenâs Mixed Martial Arts-medal match, where Suchika Tariyal will look earn India's first-ever gold medal in the discipline. Indian athletes will also feature in historic semi-final bouts in mixed martial arts, medal rounds in shooting, and crucial heats across boxing, swimming, and table tennis, apart from group matches in Kabaddi, Badminton and Hockey. Who Is Suchika Tariyal? All About MMA Fighter Making Asian Games History for India.
Mixed Martial Arts: Historic Semi-Finals
India have already guaranteed their first-ever Asian Games medals in mixed martial arts, with the sport staging its official continental debut in Japan.
In the womenâs traditional 60kg semi-finals, Suchika Tariyal takes to the canvas aiming for a spot in the final after confirming at least a bronze medal through her 2â0 quarter-final win over Mongoliaâs Altanchimeg Baigalmaa.
India Day 3 Schedule
| Time (IST) | Sport | Event | Details & Participants |
| 5:30 AM | Â Boxing & Martial Arts | Wushu (Women's Changquan Final) | Nyeman Wangsu |
| 5:30 AM | Â Other Events | Sepaktakraw (Men's Team Regu) | India vs. Japan |
| 5:30 AM onwards | Â Other Events | Soft Tennis (Mixed Doubles Group Stage) | Jay Meena / Aadhya Tiwari |
| 6:15 AM | Â Shooting | Men's 10m Air Rifle Individual Qual. & Team Final | Parth Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil |
| 6:30 AM | Â Table Tennis | Women's Team Group F | India vs. Pakistan (Sreeja Akula, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Diya Chitale, etc.) |
| 6:30 AM | Â Shooting | Men's Skeet Individual Qual. & Team Final (Day 1) | |
| 6:30 AM | Â Shooting | Women's Skeet Individual Qual. & Team Final (Day 1) | |
| 6:32 AM | Â Swimming | Men's 50m Backstroke Heats | Rishabh Das, Srihari Natraj (Finals at 1:30 PM if qualified) |
| 6:46 AM | Â Swimming | Men's 50m Freestyle Heats | Akash Mani, Heer Gitesh Shah |
| 7:10 AM | Â Swimming | Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats | Danush Suresh |
| 7:44 AM | Â Swimming | Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Heats | Sajan Prakash, Vedaant Madhavan, Aneesh Sunil Kumar Gowda, Dhakshan Shashikumar |
| 8:30 AM | Â Boxing & Martial Arts | Mixed Martial Arts (Women's Traditional -60kg Semifinal) | Suchika Tariyal vs. Teo Hui Hoon |
| 9:00 AM | Â Shooting | Men's 10m Air Rifle Individual Final | (Subject to qualification) |
| 9:30 AM | Â Hockey | Women's Team Pool B | India vs. Indonesia |
| 9:45 AM | Â Kabaddi | Men's Team Group A | India vs. Japan |
| 11:30 AM | Â Badminton | Men's Team Round 1 | India vs. Bangladesh (Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, and team) |
| 2:45 PM | Boxing & Martial Arts | Boxing (Men's 70kg Round of 32) | Sumit vs. SinSiri Bunjong |
| 3:00 PM | Â Boxing & Martial Arts | Wushu (Women's Sanda 60kg Round of 16) | Roshibina Devi vs. Most Shika Khatun |
| 3:30 PM | Â Table Tennis | Men's Team Group F | India vs. Pakistan (G. Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar, etc.) |
| 4:15 PM | Â Kabaddi | Women's Team Group A | India vs. Bangladesh |
Broadcast Details
Live television coverage of the Asian Games 2026 across India is available on Sony Sports Network channels (Sony Sports 1 through Sony Sports 5). Digital live streaming is hosted on the Sony LIV platform. Select events featuring Indian athletes are also broadcast free-to-air on DD Sports via DD Free Dish and terrestrial networks.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Sep 21, 2026 04:30 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
