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
📍 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 |