Sports28 Sep 2026 | 11:02 PMNagoya (Japan), Sep 28 (UNI) China swept the men's and women's 4x100m relay titles on Day 9
of the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, while wrapping up the table tennis competition with six of
the seven gold medals.
China defended its women's 4x100m relay title in 42.96 seconds, with Liang Xiaojing, Liu Guoyi, Liu Xiajun and Chen Yujie combining for gold. Thailand took silver in a season-best 43.51, while Japan earned bronze in 43.52, also a season best.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:57 PMMadrid, Sep 28 (UNI) FC Barcelona forward Lamine Yamal said on Monday that winning the Champions League is a "matter of fate" as the Spanish club seeks its first European title since 2015.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:53 PMDublin, Sep 28 (UNI) Ed Joyce joins the Ireland men’s senior side as their high-performance batting coach, after spending nearly six years at the helm for the women’s side as their head coach before stepping down in early 2025.
Joyce, regarded as one of the best batsmen to come out of the Irish cricket system, enjoyed an illustrious career with the national setup between 2011 and 2018.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:47 PMNagoya (Japan), Sep 28 (UNI) Najmul Hossain Shanto has been suffering from a low-grade fever since arriving in Nagoya with the Bangladesh team and has been ruled out of the 20th Asian Games.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:41 PMNagoya (Japan), Sep 28 (UNI) China continued its strong athletics campaign at the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, winning four gold medals, including both 4x100m relay titles, while the UAE's Mariam Kareem and Japan's Kazuto Iizawa set Asian Games records.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:39 PMBD Narayankar
Aichi-Nagoya, Sept 28 (UNI) Forty-two years is a long time for any record to survive. In Indian athletics, P.T. Usha’s 55.42 seconds in the 400m hurdles had begun to look less like a mark on a stopwatch and more like a monument. On Monday, Vithya Ramraj did what generations before her had failed to do — she knocked it down.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:36 PMJinan, Sep 28 (UNI) International Olympic Committee honorary president Thomas Bach called for greater dialogue between civilizations and cultures on Monday, highlighting the common ground between Confucian thought and the Olympic movement. .
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:28 PMBeijing, Sep 28 (UNI) Novak Djokovic said on Monday he was delighted to return to the China Open after an 11-year absence as he seeks a seventh title at the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing.
The Serbian last competed at the China Open in 2015, when he defeated Rafael Nadal in the final to claim his sixth title. He remains the tournament's most successful men's singles player, having won in 2009, 2010 and from 2012 to 2015.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:22 PMKolkata, Sep 28 (UNI) At 19, goalkeeper Nandini and forward Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam are aspiring to experience senior national team football for the first time.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 10:15 PMNagoya (Japan), Sep 28 (UNI) Four world records fell in the men's 85kg and 95kg weightlifting divisions at the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, with lifters from the DPR Korea and Iran claiming one gold medal apiece. .
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 9:26 PMAichi-Nagoya, Sept 28 (UNI) India produced its most prolific medal haul of the Asian Games on Monday, collecting eight medals — four silver and four bronze — as athletics led the charge with a javelin double, a 42-year-old national record and four more podium finishes.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 9:15 PMAichi-Nagoya, Sept 28 (UNI) Parul Chaudhary added another bronze to India’s athletics haul while several compatriots narrowly missed the podium as the country enjoyed a packed day of track and field action at the Asian Games here on Monday.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 9:14 PMNew Delhi, Sep 28 (UNI) DP World Professional Golf Tour of India (DP World PGTI) President and legendary Indian sportsman Kapil Dev has extended his best wishes to India’s men’s and women’s golf teams ahead of the golf competition at the Asian Games in Japan.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 7:57 PMAichi-Nagoya, Sept 28 (UNI) Gulveer Singh and Murali Sreeshankar added two more silver medals to India’s athletics haul at the Asian Games here on Monday, with Gulveer producing a personal best in the 1500m and Sreeshankar defying injury to finish runner-up in the long jump.
see more.. 28 Sep 2026 | 7:52 PMHyderabad, Sep 28 (UNI) TPCC president and MLC Mahesh Kumar Goud congratulated Hyderabad shooter Esha Singh on winning the silver medal in the women’s 25m pistol individual event at the Asian Games in Japan.
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