India beat Korea 8-2 in Nagoya as Dilpreet Singh scores hat-trick at Asian Games

India's men's hockey team defeated Korea 8-2 in Nagoya at the Asian Games on Thursday, September 24, 2026, with in-form striker Dilpreet Singh scoring a hat-trick. The win was India's third consecutive victory in pool play and all but assured a place in the tournament semifinal.

India had opened Pool A with emphatic wins over Indonesia (13-1) and Sri Lanka (16-1) in their first two matches at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, results that place them at the top of Pool A.

Indian wushu competitor Roshibina Devi Naorem claimed silver in the women's 60kg sanda after losing 0-2 to China's Zhang Xiaoyu in the final; Zhang won both rounds 5-0 to take the bout 10-0 on aggregate. The medal was Roshibina's third at the Asian Games, following a silver in 2023 and a bronze in 2018, and drew congratulations from Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh, who said, “Her historic third consecutive Asian Games medal is a moment of immense pride for Manipur and India. May she continue to inspire our youth and bring greater glory to the nation.”

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won bronze in the mixed team skeet final with a score of 44, lifting India's shooting tally at the Games to eight medals — four silver and four bronze. The Indian men's 10m air pistol trio of Kamaljeet, Balakrishna Kedarling Uchaganve and Aakash Bharadwaj finished fourth with a combined score of 1730 across six series, while China won gold on account of a higher inner-10 count (1743-70x) ahead of Indonesia (1743-57x) and Japan, which took bronze (1730).

Rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan secured bronze in the men's double sculls, finishing in 6:13.25 at the Nagaragawa International Regatta Course after remaining second until the 1,500-metre mark and then dropping to third. China’s Yi Xudi and Yide Nie won gold in 6:09.37 and Uzbekistan’s Pavel Sorin and Mekhrojbek Mamatkulov took silver in 6:10.49. Salman Khan, 28, a farmer's son from Pure Singai Kherouna village in Tiloi, Amethi, and son of Kasim Khan and Jaburunnisha, was on his maiden Asian Games podium; District Sports Officer Arvind Singh Kushwaha said, “Salman’s success would inspire young athletes in the district and encourage greater interest in rowing,” and District Information Officer Shiv Darshan Yadav added, “Salman had brought honour to Amethi and the country.”

Salman's journey to the podium began in 2018 after he joined the Bombay Engineering Group of the Indian Army, where coaches Satywan, Satish Siraat and Prabhat Mishra introduced him to rowing; he later joined the Army Rowing Node and trained under senior coach Kudrat Ali. Prior to the Asian Games he won gold at the 2022 National Games and the indoor national championships, and claimed gold at the Senior Nationals and Open Sprint Nationals in 2023.

The Indian men's kabaddi team beat Chinese Taipei 37-21 in Group A to finish the group stage with four wins from four matches, leaving the defending champions one win away from defending their title. The Indian mixed 4x400m relay quartet of TS Manu, MR Povamma, Jay Kumar and Kiran qualified for the final after finishing second in Heat 2 in 3:16.23, the fourth-fastest time overall behind Bahrain (3:15.73), China (3:15.97) and Vietnam (3:16.08). In boxing, Parveen progressed to the women's 65kg quarterfinals via a walkover from Tajikistan's Malika Nozimova, while Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg) lost 2-3 to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova and Sumit conceded his men’s 70kg pre-quarterfinal against Iraq’s Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan due to injury.

In racquet sports, Abhay Singh beat Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-6) and, along with Veer Chotrani, reached the men's squash quarterfinals; Anahat Singh advanced to the women's quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over Au Yeong Wai Iynn (11-4, 11-5, 11-7) and Tanvi Khanna defeated Au Yeong Wai Yhann 3-1 (5-11, 11-4, 11-5, 13-11). In badminton, India’s men's team picked up bronze after a semifinal loss to China; Lakshya Sen and P.V. Sindhu received byes into the second round and face challenging draws that include Loh Kean Yew, Jonatan Christie, Tomoka Miyazaki and Chen Yufei in potential later rounds, while defending men's doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were handed a relatively favourable route to the semifinals. Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals by beating Suraj Chand and Shameena Riaz 11-7, 11-10 and will next face the Philippines’ David Pelino and Jemyca Aribado on Friday.

With Thursday's results, India's overall tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games stood at 12 medals — 1 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze — placing the country 12th on the medal table, which is topped by China.