Asian Games 2026 — Today

Today — Sep 18:
🏀 Basketball Men’s Semi-Finals — 16:00 JST: Korea vs Iran | 18:20 JST: Japan vs China — 🔄 Results Updating
🏅 Cricket Women’s QF3 & QF4 — ✅ QF3: Sri Lanka beat Malaysia by 86 runs (SL: 160/4, MAL: 74/7) | QF4: India beat Japan by 8 wickets (JPN: 57 all out, IND: 59/2 in 5 ov)
⚽️ Football Men’s Group Stage Round 2 — 🔄 Results Updating
🏅 Cricket Women’s Semi-Finals (Sep 20): Bangladesh vs Pakistan · Sri Lanka vs India

📅 Sep 10 – Oct 4, 2026
📍 Aichi-Nagoya, Japan
⏰ JST = IST +3h30m · CST +1h
45 Sports · 481 Gold Events

🗓️ Full Schedule — September 18

Time (JST) Time (IST) Sport Match Status Venue
12:00 08:30 🏅 Cricket (W) Women’s T20 QF3: 🇱🇰 SL vs 🇲🇾 MAL ✅ Sri Lanka won by 86 runs (SL 160/4, MAL 74/7) Aichi Cricket
12:00 08:30 🏅 Cricket (W) Women’s T20 QF4: 🇨🇳 IND vs 🇯🇵 JPN ✅ India won by 8 wickets (JPN 57 all out, IND 59/2 in 5 ov) Aichi Cricket
16:00 12:30 🏀 Basketball (M) Men’s SF1: 🇰🇷 KOR vs 🇮🇷 IRI ✅ Korea 77–51 Iran Aichi Arena
18:20 14:50 🏀 Basketball (M) Men’s SF2: 🇯🇵 JPN vs 🇨🇳 CHN 🔄 Results Updating Aichi Arena
Various Various ⚽️ Football (M) Group Stage Round 2 🔄 Results Updating Various

🏆 Today’s Results — Sep 17 (Day 8)

🏐 Volleyball (Women’s Indoor — Prelim Round 2):
🇰🇷 South Korea 3–0 🇶🇦 Qatar (25-6, 25-6, 25-10) — Dominant victory at Komaki Sports Center. Park Eun-jin: 15 pts, 5 aces, 3 blocks. Jung Ho-young: 14 pts, 3 aces.

🏏 Cricket (Women’s T20):
🌧️ QF1: 🇧🇩 Bangladesh vs 🇨🇳 China — ABANDONED (rain, no ball bowled). Bangladesh advanced via higher seeding.
🔄 QF2: 🇵🇰 Pakistan vs 🇹🇭 Thailand — Result updating shortly.

⚽ Football (Women’s Group Stage — Round 4):
🔄 Results for 6 group matches (Uzbekistan vs China, Thailand vs Chinese Taipei, Bangladesh vs South Korea, Hong Kong vs Philippines, Myanmar vs North Korea, Vietnam vs Japan) — updating shortly.

🤸 Modern Pentathlon (Women’s Individual):
🔄 Final results updating shortly.

🏀 Basketball (Men’s):
💤 Rest Day. Semi-Finals on Sep 18: South Korea vs Iran • China vs Japan at Aichi International Arena.

⭐ Highlights

🏆 South Korea Volleyball Dominates: Women’s team swept Qatar 3-0 (25-6, 25-6, 25-10) in just 54 minutes. Park Eun-jin and Jung Ho-young starred with 15 and 14 points respectively.

🌧️ Cricket Washout: Bangladesh advanced to the semi-finals without facing a ball as the QF1 vs China was abandoned due to rain and a wet outfield at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin.

🏀 Basketball Semi-Final Preview: After yesterday’s quarter-final action, the Men’s semi-finals are set for Sep 18: 🇰🇷 South Korea vs 🇮🇷 Iran • 🇨🇳 China vs 🇯🇵 Japan.

⏰ Time Zone Reference

JST (Japan) IST (India) CST (China) KST (Korea) Session Type
08:00 04:30 07:00 08:00 Morning heats — swimming, athletics
10:00 06:30 09:00 10:00 Shooting, team sport groups
14:00 10:30 13:00 14:00 Afternoon semifinals
18:00 14:30 17:00 18:00 Evening finals begin
20:00 16:30 19:00 20:00 Prime-time gold medal events
How often is this page updated?
During the Asian Games (September 19 – October 4), this page is updated every morning before the first sessions start, and again in the evening with full results. On non-competition days before September 19 it shows the preview schedule.
How do I read the live schedule times?
All events at the Asian Games run on Japan Standard Time (JST = UTC+9). For Indian viewers subtract 3 hours 30 minutes to get IST. For Chinese viewers subtract 1 hour to get CST. The schedule table shows both JST and IST columns.
Where can I find results for a specific sport?
Visit the All Sports page for sport-specific coverage, or the Full Schedule for the complete fixture list across all 45 sports.
Which sports have the most medal events on Day 1?
Day 1 (September 19) typically features the highest number of gold medals in shooting, swimming, cycling, and rowing — sports that hold multiple finals in the same session. Athletics golds generally come later in the second week.