Abhay and Anahat Singh take squash silver as India add more medals at Asian Games

Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh each won silver medals in the squash singles at the Asian Games on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at the Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena, while Indian boxer Parveen Hooda advanced to the women's semifinals with a unanimous victory.

Anahat, 18, was defeated by world No. 5 Sivasangari Subramaniam 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 in the women's singles final, and Abhay, ranked world No. 26, lost earlier in the day to world No. 17 Ng Eain Yow 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 in the men's final; both matches were part of the individual squash programme at Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena.

The men's final was billed as a meeting of the top two seeds, with the report noting both players had progressed through the draw without major difficulty; Abhay had been carrying India's challenge in men's singles alongside past competitors such as Saurav Ghosal.

Parveen Hooda secured her place in the women's boxing semifinals by defeating Uzbekistan's Navbakhor Khamidova with a unanimous 5-0 decision; the five judges scored the bout 30-27, 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 and 30-27, and the Indian received no warnings or knockdowns during the contest.

In women's 69kg weightlifting, Harjinder Kaur finished ninth after recording one successful clean-and-jerk attempt of 110kg and foregoing a final attempt at 126kg, ending with a combined total of 204kg; the report noted her 126kg would have equalled her personal best from the 2026 Commonwealth Games, where she totaled 227kg.

North Korea's Song Kuk Hyang set a new world record in the women's 69kg with a 273kg total, improving on her previous mark of 270kg by posting a 121kg snatch and a 152kg clean and jerk, while Chinese Taipei's Chen Wen-huei took silver with 232kg and Bahrain's Ingrid Grueso claimed bronze with 229kg.

India progressed strongly in archery and shooting: the men's recurve quarterfinal victory over China was 5-1 and the women's recurve quarterfinal win over Chinese Taipei was 6-0, allowing India's recurve men, women and mixed teams to advance to the semifinals; the recurve mixed team also beat Vietnam to reach the last four and will face Japan in the semis.

Day 1 of trap qualification saw Neeru lead India's women's field with 46 out of 50, Aashima Ahlawat was 16th on 42 and Manisha Keer 24th on 40; in the men's trap qualification Kynan Chenai was 11th with 47, Shapath Bharadwaj 22nd with 45 and Ahvar Rizvi 35th with 41, with India's teams placed seventh in their standings after the first day. Esha Singh finished sixth in the precision stage of the women's 25m pistol qualification with 290-9x, Rahi Sarnobat and Manu Bhaker were 15th and 16th respectively with 287-6x, and India sat third in the women's 25m pistol team total on 864-21x after the precision stage.

Ankush Panghal took the second round 5-0 in his men's 80kg quarterfinal against Nekruz Salimov, having also won the opening round 5-0, with all five judges scoring the round 10-9 in his favour across both rounds. In women's badminton quarterfinal action, Unnati Hooda won the second game 21-14 against Akane Yamaguchi to level their match, running a six-point streak to move 19-6 ahead and converting her first game point when Yamaguchi's return went into the net.

The immediate schedule includes the rapid stage of the women's 25m pistol on September 28, the compound team semifinals on September 30, and the men's, women's and mixed recurve semifinals on October 2.