India’s campaign at the Asian Games 2026 on September 24 in Aichi-Nagoya features a packed schedule with early medal hopes in rowing, highlighted by Balraj Panwar’s men’s single sculls Final A at 5:10 am IST. Rohibina Devi contests the women’s 60kg wushu final at 6:10 am, while canoe sprint, shooting, athletics and swimming offer further medal chances through the day.
The Indian contingent enters another packed day at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on September 24, with Balraj Panwar, Rohibina Devi, Indian rowers, shooters, canoe sprinters and hockey players among those in action. The day's early medal opportunities begin with rowing, followed by Rohibina Devi's women's 60kg wushu final at 6:10 am and several canoe sprint, shooting, swimming and athletics finals later in the day. India's men's hockey team will also face South Korea at 11:30 am, while both men's and women's kabaddi teams have group-stage matches. Here is the full Asian Games Sep 24 schedule, including all timings in IST, along with when and where to watch the events live online and on TV in India.
The Asian Games 2026 are available to stream live on SonyLIV in India. Television coverage is available on the Sony Sports Network, with language feeds also offered across its regional sports channels.
Rowing
5:10 am: Balraj Panwar, men's single sculls Final A
5:30 am: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan, men's double sculls Final A
6:30 am: Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar, men's pair Final B
7:10 am: Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam and Poonam, women's four Final A
11:20 am: Ajay Tyagi, lightweight men's single sculls Final B
12:00 pm: Rohit and Ujjwal Kumar Singh, lightweight men's double sculls Final A
1:00 pm: Arvind Singh, Kulwinder Singh, Navdeep Singh and Jakar Khan, men's quadruple sculls Final A
Wushu
6:10 am: Rohibina Devi vs Zhang of China, women's 60kg final
Shooting
6:15 am: Aakash Bharadwaj, Kamaljeet and Kedarling Balakrishna Uchaganve, men's 10m air pistol qualification and team final
6:30 am: Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka, skeet mixed-team qualification
11:15 am: Skeet mixed-team final, subject to qualification
12:15 pm: Men's 10m air pistol individual final, subject to qualification
Canoe Sprint
6:30 am: Megha Pradeep, women's C1 200m semifinal
6:50 am: Phairembam Soniya Devi and Parvathy Geetha, women's K2 500m semifinal
8:00 am: Megha Pradeep, women's C1 200m Final A, subject to qualification
8:10 am: Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam and Arun Singh, men's K4 500m Final A
8:20 am: Phairembam Soniya Devi and Parvathy Geetha, women's K2 500m Final A, subject to qualification
8:30 am: Raju Rawat and Gyaneshwor Singh Philem, men's C2 500m Final A
11:10 am: Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat, men's K1 500m Heat 2
11:40 am: Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash, mixed K2 500m Heat 2
Athletics
6:30 am: Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil, women's heptathlon 100m hurdles
6:38 am: Pooja, women's heptathlon 100m hurdles
7:01 am: India, mixed 4x400m relay heats
7:10 am: Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil and Pooja, women's heptathlon high jump
3:35 pm: Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil and Pooja, women's heptathlon shot put
4:14 pm: Niharika Vashisht and Asha Ilango, women's triple jump final
4:38 pm: Animesh Kujur, men's 100m Round 1
5:02 pm: Gurindervir Singh, men's 100m Round 1
From 5:30 pm: Anamika Aneesh Kozhinjaparambil and Pooja, women's heptathlon 200m
5:55 pm: Seema, women's 10,000m final
6:45 pm: India, mixed 4x400m relay final, subject to qualification
Swimming
6:46 am: Benedicton Beniston, men's 50m butterfly heat
7:21 am: Aryan Nehra, men's 800m freestyle Final B
7:32 am: India, men's 4x100m freestyle relay heat
1:35 pm: Men's 50m butterfly final, subject to qualification
2:48 pm: Men's 4x100m freestyle relay final, subject to qualification
Squash
8:00 am: Suraj Chand and Shameena Riaz vs Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar, mixed doubles Round of 16
10:30 am: Tanvi Khanna vs Wai Yhann Au Yeong of Singapore, women's singles Round of 16
10:30 am: Anahat Singh vs Wai Iynn Au Yeong of Singapore, women's singles Round of 16
11:15 am: Abhay Singh vs Ravindu Laksiri of Sri Lanka, men's singles Round of 16
11:15 am: Veer Chotrani vs Sanjay Jeeva of Malaysia, men's singles Round of 16
Kabaddi
9:45 am: India vs Chinese Taipei, men's Group A preliminary match
4:15 pm: Japan vs India, women's Group A preliminary match
Hockey
11:30 am: India vs South Korea, men's Pool A match
Table Tennis
6:30 am: Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale vs Setayesh Iloukhani and Mahshid Ashtari of Iran, women's doubles Round 2
7:10 am: Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das vs Bolor-Erdene Batmunkh and Burenjargal Sanjaa of Mongolia, women's doubles Round 2
8:35 am: Manush Shah vs Qi Shen Wong of Malaysia, men's singles Round 1
Esports
11:30 am: Paritosh vs Munkhzorig Ganbold of Mongolia, Puyo Puyo Champions Group B
12:10 pm: Paritosh vs Mun June Justin Koh of Singapore, Puyo Puyo Champions Group B
1:10 pm: Paritosh vs Tzu-ang Kuo of Chinese Taipei, Puyo Puyo Champions Group B
2:10 pm: Paritosh vs Tanarak Wongkitikun of Thailand, Puyo Puyo Champions Group B
Boxing
From 1:30 pm: Parveen vs Malika Nozimova of Tajikistan, women's 65kg preliminary round
India has several medal opportunities on September 24, led by Balraj Panwar and Satnam Singh and Salman Khan in rowing, followed by Rohibina Devi's women's 60kg wushu final. Canoe sprint, shooting, athletics and swimming will provide further medal chances through the day.
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 50 | 20 | 10 | 80 |
| 2 | Japan | 15 | 25 | 29 | 69 |
| 3 | South Korea | 8 | 8 | 25 | 41 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Thailand | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Iran | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | North Korea | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 |
| 14 | India | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
What is India's Asian Games 2026 schedule for September 24?
India's September 24 schedule features events across rowing, wushu, shooting, canoe sprint, athletics, swimming, squash, kabaddi, hockey, table tennis, esports and boxing.
What time is Balraj Panwar's Asian Games 2026 event on September 24?
Balraj Panwar will compete in the men's single sculls Final A at 5:10 am IST on September 24.
When is Rohibina Devi's wushu final at the Asian Games 2026?
Rohibina Devi will face Zhang of China in the women's 60kg wushu final at 6:10 am IST on September 24.
When is India vs South Korea hockey match at the Asian Games 2026?
India's men's hockey team will face South Korea in a Pool A match at 11:30 am IST on September 24.
When are India's kabaddi matches on September 24?
India's men's kabaddi team will face Chinese Taipei at 9:45 am IST, while the women's team will play Japan at 4:15 pm IST.