India are one win away from qualifying for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics in hockey.

The team beat Pakistan 4-3 in the Asian Games 2026 semifinal on October 1.

Abhishek’s late goal, with 50 seconds left, settled the contest after Pakistan levelled at 3-3.

India have already confirmed at least a silver medal at these Games.

They now advance to the gold medal match.

The win is India’s 21st consecutive match unbeaten against Pakistan.

India are now one win away from qualifying for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

India have already confirmed at least a silver medal at these Asian Games following the win.

India will face the winner of the other semifinal in the gold medal match.

India are the defending champions in men’s hockey at the Asian Games.

The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.

India’s men’s hockey team had earlier thrashed Sri Lanka 16-1 and Indonesia 13-1 in the pool stage.

India-Pakistan hockey matches have historically been among the most closely watched fixtures in the sport.

India’s overall medal tally at these Games has continued to grow across multiple sports.

Penalty corners are a common source of goals in elite field hockey matches, alongside open-play field goals.

India’s hockey programme has invested heavily in fitness and video analysis in recent years.

The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.

India’s hockey rivalry with Pakistan dates back several decades and remains one of the sport’s most closely followed fixtures in Asia.

Goalkeeping and penalty-corner defence have been highlighted by commentators as strengths of this year’s Indian squad.

India’s men’s hockey team beat Pakistan 4-3 in the Asian Games 2026 semifinal on October 1.

India raced into a 3-0 lead before Pakistan fought back to level the match at 3-3 in the final quarter.

Field hockey match (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

India’s gold medal tally at the Asian Games 2026 reached seven with a win in women’s compound archery.

The team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Chikitha Taniparthi beat China 238-234.

India’s score equalled the team world record of 238.

The win came on September 30.

India’s squash team also advanced on the same day, beating Singapore in the quarterfinals.

It is India’s seventh gold medal at these Asian Games.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam is one of India’s most experienced compound archers, with multiple international medals to her name.

Compound archery uses a bow with a system of pulleys and cables, distinct from the recurve bows used in Olympic archery.

The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.

India’s women’s squash team also advanced at these Games on the same day, beating Singapore 2-0 in the quarterfinals.

India’s overall medal tally has continued to grow through the Games, spanning shooting, athletics, boxing, hockey, cricket and now archery.

Archery has been a consistent medal source for India at recent multi-sport Games, particularly in the compound category.

Team archery events combine the scores of three athletes shooting a fixed number of arrows per round.

China has traditionally been one of the strongest archery nations in Asia, alongside South Korea.

India’s archery programme has grown significantly over the past decade, supported by dedicated training academies.

Compound archery was added to the Asian Games programme more recently than recurve archery.

India has also produced strong individual compound archery results at recent World Cup events.

The Aichi-Nagoya Games venue for archery has hosted several high-scoring matches across the competition.

Team selection for archery events typically depends on qualification scores from national and international ranking events.

India’s women’s compound archery team won gold at the Asian Games 2026 on September 30.

Archery (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain

India’s women’s squash team has secured at least a medal after beating Singapore 2-0 in the quarterfinals.

The win came on September 30, the same day India won archery gold.

Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh both won their individual matches.

India’s team now advances to the semifinals of the Asian Games 2026.

Anahat Singh had earlier won an individual silver medal in squash.

Anahat Singh had earlier won an individual silver medal in squash at these Games.

India’s squash programme has produced strong individual and team results across this Games.

The women’s team now advances to the semifinals of the team event.

Team squash events are typically decided by best-of-three or best-of-five individual matches between the two competing nations.

The Asian Games 2026 are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4.

India’s overall medal tally has continued to grow through the Games, including a gold in women’s compound archery on the same day.

Singapore has traditionally been a competitive squash nation in Asia.

India’s squash federation has invested in junior development and international exposure in recent years.

Anahat Singh has been one of India’s most prominent young squash players over the past two years.

Team squash matches are typically played as best-of-five games per individual tie, similar to individual squash scoring.

India’s men’s and women’s squash teams have both been competitive at recent multi-sport Games.

Singapore has a well-established junior squash development system that regularly produces internationally competitive players.

Semifinal opponents in team squash events are determined by the results of the other quarterfinal matches.

India’s overall squash programme has benefited from increased international exposure tournaments in recent years.

India’s women’s squash team beat Singapore 2-0 in the Asian Games 2026 quarterfinals on September 30.

Tanvi Khanna beat Wai Iynn Au Yeong 3-1 in the first match.

Squash player (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0