Asian Para Games 2026 Live Updates: Suhas Wins Badminton Opener; India Trails In Blind Football

Para Badminton

• 05:30 AM - Abu Hubaida - Men's Singles WH2

• 05:30 AM - Manisha Ramdass & Pramod Bhagat - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

• 05:35 AM - Thulasimathi & Nitesh - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

• 06:00 AM - Krishna Nagar & Nithya Sre - Mixed Doubles SH6

• 06:00 AM - Manasi Joshi & Ruthick - Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5

• 06:30 AM - Prem Kumar Ale - Men's Singles WH1

• 06:30 AM - Abhijeet Sakhuja - Men's Singles SL4

• 08:30 AM - Suhas Yathiraj - Men's Singles SL4

• 09:00 AM - Prem Kumar & Alphia James - Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2

• 09:00 AM - Manasi Joshi - Women's Singles SL3

• 09:30 AM - Sivarajan Solaimalai - Men's Singles SH6

• 12:00 PM - Alphia James - Women's Singles WH2

• 12:00 PM - Abu Hubaida & Pallavi - Mixed Doubles WH1-WH2

• 12:00 PM - Rakesh Pandey - Men's Singles SU5

• 12:30 PM - Krishna Nagar - Men's Singles SH6

• 12:30 PM - Mandeep & Neeraj - Women's Singles SL3

• 12:45 PM - Hardik Makkar - Men's Singles SU5

• 01:00 PM - Sanjana Kumari - Women's Singles SL3

• 01:00 PM - Kanak Singh - Women's Singles SL3

• 02:00 PM - Sudharshan Muthusamy - Men's Singles SH6

• 02:00 PM - Vikram Kumar & Rakesh Pandey - Men's Doubles SL3-SU5

• 02:00 PM - Nitesh & Ruthick vs Suhas & Abhijeet - Men's Doubles SL3-SU5

• TBA - Mandeep & Shantiya - Women's Doubles SL3-SU5

• TBA - Abu Hubaida & Prem Kumar - Men's Doubles WH1-WH2

• TBA - Krishna Nagar & Sivaranjan - Men's Singles SH6

• TBA - Manasi Joshi & Thulasimithi - Women's Doubles SL3-SU5

Para Table Tennis

• 07:10 AM - Baby Sahana - Women's Singles Class 9

• 07:10 AM - Shubham Wadhwa - Men's Singles Class 3

• 07:10 AM - Bhavina Patel - Women's Singles Class 4-5

• 08:20 AM - Jehan Madan vs Sandeep Dangi - Men's Singles Class 1

Blind Football

• 09:00 AM - India - Men's Team

The Indian mixed doubles pair of Alphia James and Prem Kumar Ale faced a straight-game 15-21, 9-21 defeat against China's Menglu Yu and Jianpeng Mai in their opening group match. Despite the setback, the pair will look to bounce back in their final group fixture against the Chinese Taipei pair. With only two teams advancing from the group stage into the quarterfinals, their next encounter becomes a crucial must-win battle.

One more win! The day keeps getting better with one win after another. Sivarajan this time. He has beaten Cyrus 21-7, 21-6 to register his first win at the ongoing Asian Para Games. He is competing in the men's singles SH6 category.

Sivarajan Solaimalai wins the first game 21-7 comfortably to take a 1-0 lead against John Cyrus Maclang in badminton men's singles SH6 category.

Alphia James and Prem Kumar Ale have lost the first game and have fallen behind 1-0 in the badminton mixed doubles WH1-Wh2 category, against the Chinese pair.

Hardik lost the second game after pocketing the first one, pushing the match into a deciding third game.

Yeongjun Jang has scored the first goal of the match, putting South Korea 1-0 ahead in the contest. India need to find an equaliser, before South Korea mounts more pressure.

Jehan Madan faced Sandeep Dangi in an all Indian battle. Jehan Madan won the match with a 3-1 victory outplaying Sandeep Dangi.

Action is currently live at the Nagoya City Tsuruma Park Multipurpose Ground (Terraspo Tsuruma) as India locks horns with the Republic of Korea in the Men's Preliminary Round Game 2. Both sides are battling for early control on the pitch, with the score locked at 0-0.

Hardik Makkar gears up for his match, which is about to start in a few minutes, against South Korea's Jeongsoo Lee in the men's singles SU5 category.

Suhas opens his campaign with a comfortable win of 21-8, 21-11 over Bangladesh's Joytu Dhar. With this win, India's great day at the Para Games continues.

Suhas Lalinakere wins the first game 21-8 against Bangladesh's Joytu Dhar in men's singles SL4 badminton.

Bhavina Patel opened her campaign with a commanding 3-0 victory over Kuwait's Ahad Alrasheedi in Women's Singles Class 4-5 Group A.

Baby Sahana Ravi delivered a strong performance to sweep Vietnam's Thi Hoa Phuong Nguyen 3-0 in Women's Singles Class 9 Group B.

Shubham Wadhwa claimed a solid 3-0 win against Nepal's Keshav Thapa in Men's Singles Class 3 Group D.

Prem Kumar Ale staged a brilliant comeback after dropping the first game to defeat Indonesia's Agung Widodo 2-1 (18-21, 21-15, 21-16) in a Men's Singles WH1 Group A match.

Abhijeet Sakhuja secured a 2-1 (21-17, 21-12) victory against Chinese Taipei's Yeh En-chuan in Men's Singles SL4.

Manisha Ramdass and Pramod Bhagat triumphed 2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 21-16) over China's Xiong Lichuan and Li Tongtong in Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5.

Thulasimathi Murugesan and Nitesh Kumar earned a dominant straight-game win (21-9, 21-7) against Thailand's Siripong Teamarrom and Chanida Srinavakul.

Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan cruised past Malaysia's Nurzammiezatul B. Mohamad and Muhammad Amin Bin Azmi 2-0 (21-7, 21-7) in Mixed Doubles SH6.

Abu Hubaida faced a 0-2 (11-21, 9-21) defeat against China's Mai Jianpeng in Men's Singles WH1.

Ruthick Ragupathi and Manasi Girishchandra Joshi went down 0-2 (15-21, 4-21) against Indonesia's Khalimatus Sadiyah and Fredy Setiawan in Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5.

Rakesh Pandey lost 0-2 (15-21, 7-21) to Malaysia's Mohamad Faris Bin Ahmad Azri in Men's Singles SU5.

Namaste and welcome to our live coverage of the Asian Para Games 2026 as India start their campaign before the official opening ceremony. Stay tuned for all the updates.