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Greco-Roman coach Kuldeep Singh at the Raipur Akhada in Sonepat. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)

The Sonepat coach who flew to Japan alone to fix what he couldn't explain

September 14, 2026 12:32 pm

Kuldeep Singh built India's only Greco-Roman World Championships medal. Two of his wrestlers now head to the Asian Games

(LEFT) Sandeep Sejwal holds up the Polar Verity Sense device that swimmers use at the Inspire Institute of Sport in Vijaynagar; (RIGHT) A rower shows the device that they use to calculate stroke rate and distance covered at IIS. (Express Photos)

Faster, smarter, tinier: How gizmos smaller than your palm are powering Asian Games stars

September 14, 2026 10:00 pm

Tucked inside swim caps or strapped between shoulder blades, devices smaller than your palm are decoding elite athletic performance for stars like PV Sindhu, Tejaswin Shankar and the Indian women's hockey team.

For Mirabai Chanu, the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 will be her 4th attempt at an Asian Games medal. (File photo by AP)

For Mirabai's missing Asiad medal: with gold far out, head-to-head with Fang Wan-ling imminent

September 14, 2026 10:14 am

The North Korean champion who disappeared, stands between Mirabai Chanu and a dream gold, but the missing medal at Asiad might require her to fight off a Taiwanese

In 2022, Rahi Sarnobat faced nerve pain that left her bedridden. Multiple tests later, a diagnosis was made – neuropathic pain, an ailment that came with no set plan of recovery. (Photo: Rahi Sarnobat Instagram)

How Asian Games-bound Rahi Sarnobat is rediscovering her mojo at 35

September 13, 2026 12:45 pm

Neuropathic pain waylaid the 25m pistol shooter for three years, but she's forged a remarkable international comeback

At the Asian Games, personal gear is quarantined, devices are identical, and every machine is hardwired to local servers with zero lag. (Photo: EWC)

In Esports, Olympic standardisation of hardware a game changer

September 13, 2026 10:49 am

Players must surrender their personal mouse and keyboards to technical quarantine; Organisers hand everyone identical, tournament-issued handsets stripped of background bloat. Same goes for a PC, PlayStation or a Nintendo Switch Event.

Boxer Preeti Pawar in one of India's top medal hopes at the Asian Games, But she will be in the women's 54kg event at Aichi-Nagoya, where the line-up is almost like the Olympics. (Photo: Preeti Pawar Instagram)

Preeti’s plans: Utilising body to switch punches at Hsiao-wen; unleashing upper cuts against Uzbeks and Kazakhs

September 13, 2026 6:42 pm

The World No 3 has her task cut out in a tough pool comprising some of the biggest names in the circuit

From judo to MMA - via kurash, jiu-jitsu, reality TV – road to Asiad less taken

September 10, 2026 10:05 pm

Suchika Tariyal started pursuing martial arts as a means to protect herself, and after dabbling, and winning, in various disciplines, wants to win a medal for the country

Harshit Rana was ruled out of India's T20I squad for the Afghanistan series and the Asian Games. (PTI Photo)

Harshit Rana ruled out of India's Asian Games squad; Bumrah declared fit

September 10, 2026 1:56 pm

The selection committee had last week named Rana in the squad, subject to a fitness clearance

The three wrestling cases are part of a much wider doping cloud that has followed Indian athletes from the Commonwealth Games into the Asian Games build-up. (PTI Photo)

Three wrestlers out, dozen positive cases: India’s doping problem before Asiad

September 09, 2026 11:04 pm

The issue continues to mar the country's sport and can adversely affect the bid to host the 2036 Olympics

People cross the flooded streets following a heavy rain in Nagoya, central Japan Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (Natsumi Yasumoto/Kyodo News via AP)

Asian Games host Nagoya city in Japan sees extensive flooding due to record rain

September 09, 2026 1:40 pm

“We are not worried about the conditions of the venues and we believe there is no problem holding the Asian Games as planned,” Mayor Hirosawa told reporters.

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Asian Games 2023: Indian contingent opening ceremony

A glittering opening ceremony kicks off the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou

September 23, 2023 7:28 pm

Athletes across the 45 participant countries marked the grand opening of the 18th Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium.

ASIAN GAMES VIDEOS

Asian Games 2018: India shatters records in Indonesia

June 22, 2020 6:17 pm

India registered their best-ever medal tally at the 2018 Asian Games held in Indonesia. With 69 medals, India surpassed the previous best of 65 medals at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. India created quite a few records at the 2018 Asian Games.

Asian Games: India's top moments

June 22, 2020 6:19 pm

India was the first country to host the Asian Games with the National Stadium in the capital built for the purpose in 1951. Sachin Nag bagged India's first gold in the swimming pool.