Asian Games 2026 LIVE: India beats Korea 8-2 in men's hockey to continue winning run

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Parinaaz Dhaliwal, left, and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka hold the bronze medals after the Skeet Mixed Team final match at the 20th Asian Games, in Nagoya, Japan | Photo Credit: PTI

I n-form striker Dilpreet Singh fired a hat-trick to hand the Indian men’s hockey team a comfortable 8-2 win over Korea and all but assured its place in the semifinal of the Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday (September 24, 2026).

It was India’s third consecutive win, keeping them at the top of pool A. India had earlier thrashed Indonesia 13-1 and Sri Lanka 16-1 in their opening two pool matches.

Earlier in the day, Indian wushu player Roshibina Devi Naorem signed off with a silver medal in the women’s 60kg sanda event after losing 0-2 to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the final.

Anant Jeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won the bronze medal in the mixed team skeet event. Indian rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan also won bronze in the men’s double sculls event.

Pranati Nayak finished at the sixth spot in eight-women vault final in Artistic gymnastics event.

The 31-year-old, the lone gymnast from India at the quadrennial event, scored identical 12.900 on her first and second vault to aggregate 13.100 with a 0.20 bonus added to her total.

Indian boxer Parveen progressed to the quarterfinals of women’s 65kg after getting a walkover from Tajikistan’s Malika Nozimova but it was curtains for compatriots Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg) and Sumit (70kg).

Sakshi bowed out following a 2-3 pre-quarterfinal loss to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova in the women’s 51kg category.

Sumit also suffered a heartbreak as he was forced to concede his men’s 70kg pre-quarterfinal bout against Iraq’s Al Sarray Ali Qasim Hamdan following an injury.

In-form striker Dilpreet Singh fired a hat-trick to hand the Indian men’s hockey team a comfortable 8-2 win over Korea and all but assure its place in the semifinal.

It was India’s third consecutive win, keeping them at the top of pool A. India had earlier thrashed Indonesia 13-1 and Sri Lanka 16-1 in their opening two pool matches.

Japan’s 17-year-old wunderkind Shin Ohashi set ‌the men’s 200 metres breaststroke world ⁠record on the way to Asian Games gold, soaking up the moment in front ‌of a thrilled ‌home ⁠crowd.