Asian Games 2018 Day 1 - As it happened

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze: India's Pawan Kumar loses 1-8 to Mongolia's Orgodol Uitumen.

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86 kg Bronze: Pawan Kumar takes on Mongolia's Orgodol Uitumen.

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India rout host Indonesia 8-0 in their first Pool B match. 

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg Final: India's Bajrang Punia wins first Gold for India. Punia beats Japan's Daichi Takatani 11-8 in the final.

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg Final: India's Bajrang Punia take on Japan's Daichi Takatani.

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India leads 6-0 against Indonesia at half-time.

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India leads 2-0 against the host nation at the end of the first period. 

Women's Hockey Pool B match: India take on host Indonesia.

Swimming (Men) Butterfly 200m final: Indian Swimmer Sajan Prakash finishes 5th cocking 1:57.75

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Sri Lanka: Defending champions India rout Sri Lanka at the end of the match. India 44-28 Sri Lanka.

Swimming (Men) Backstroke 100m: Srihari Nataraj finishes 7th in the finals. China's Jiayu Xu finished 1st in 52.34 seconds while Nataraj finished in 56.19 seconds. 

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Sri Lanka: Defending champions India lead Sri Lanka by 14-points at the end of first-half. India 27-13 Sri Lanka!!

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg Semifinals: India's Bajrang Punia outclasses Mongolia's Batchuluun Batmagnai 10-0 and storms into the final.

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 97kg Quarterfinal: India's Mausam Khatri loses 0-8 to Uzbekistan's Ibragimov Magomed in the quarters. 

Handball (Women) Preliminary round: India vs China, India lose their group A match 21-36 to China.  

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65kg: India's Bajrang Punia beats Tajikistan's Abdulqosim Fayziev 12-2 and advances to the semi-finals. 

 

Tennis, Mixed Doubles: India's Divij Sharan and Karman Kaur Thandi beat Philippines pair Capadocia Marian Jade and Lim Alberto Jr 6-4, 6-4. They advance to the pre-quarterfinals!

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 86kg: India's Pavan Kumar pins Cambodia's Vuthy Heng to win the 1/8 finals. Pavan Kumar 8-0 Vuthy Heng ( Victory by fall)!

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 57kg Quarterfinals: India's Sandeep Tomar loses 9-15 to Iran's Reza Atrinagharchi. 

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 65 kg: India's Bajrang Punia outclasses Uzbekistan’s Sirojiddin Khasanov 13-3 in the qualifiers to enter the quarter-finals.  

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 74 kg: Huge upset for India as Sushil Kumar goes down 3-5 to Bahrain’s Adam Batirov in the qualification match. 

 

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: Defending champions India hammer Bangladesh 50-21 in their first group A match. 

Kabbadi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: India surge ahead with a massive 29-point lead. India 46-17 Bangladesh!

Regu Team Preliminary match (Women): India lose 0-3 to Korea in their preliminary group A match. 

Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 57 kg: India's Sandeep Tomar beats Turkmenistan's Nazarov Rustem in 1/8 Finals.  Sandeep Tomar 12- 8 Nazarov Rustem!

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: India lead Bangladesh 20-12 at the end of first-half. 

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: India dominate Bangladesh early in the match, they have a healthy 10-point lead. India 15-5 Bangladesh!

Kabaddi (Men), India vs Bangladesh: Defending champions India take on Bangladesh in their first Group A match. India have never lost a Gold at the Asian Games stage. 

Shooting 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team:  Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela clinch India's first medal at the 2018 Asian Games. They finished third in 10m Air Rifle Mixed in the final. 1st Bronze for India. 

Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team: India’s Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela gear up to compete in the final. China, Mongolia, Taipei and Korea are the other contenders. 

 

Regu (Team) Preliminary Group A: India Women take on Korea Women. 

 

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team: India's Manu Bhaker and Abhishek Verma finish 6th in the qualifier, fail to qualify for the Final. 

 

Women's Basketball 5x5 Group A: Game 5, India vs Chinese Taipei. India lose 61-84 against Chinese Taipei.

Rowing, Men's Pair: India’s Malkeet Singh and Gurinder Singh finish 3rd in the Heats, enter Final. 

Swimming, Men's 100M Backstroke: Srihari Nataraj clocks 55.56 seconds to finish 1st in Heat 1. What a performance! Nataraj sails into the Final. 

Wushu - Men's Changquan: China's SUN Peiyuan wins the first Gold medal of the 18th Asian Games. This is China's 2900th overall medal in the history of the Asian Games. What a start! Interestingly, China was also the first to a Gold medal in the previous edition in 2014 ( held at Incheon, South Korea). 

Rowing, Men's Double Sculls: India’s Om Prakash and Sawaran Singh finish 1st in second Heat, enter Finals.

 

Rowing, Men's Single Sculls: India’s Dattu Baban Bhokanal clocks 8:09.21, finishes second in Heat 1. 

 Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle: India's Saurabh finishes second out of 3 competitors (Heat 1), fails to qualify for the final event. He finishes on the 24th position (Total- 34).

 

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event - India's Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar finish second in qualifiers with 835.3 points. They are through to the Finals. 

 

Men's 200M Freestyle (HEATS) -  Indian swimmer Saurabh Sangvekar finishes second in 200m Freestyle heats. 

Kabaddi (Women), India vs Japan: India rout Japan with a massive 31-point lead. Complete dominance from the defending champions. Final Score- India 43-12 Japan! 

Kabbadi (Women) - India vs Japan, India continue to dominate Japan, they have a whopping 21-point lead. India 31-10 Japan!

Kabbadi (Women) - India vs Japan, India have got off to a great start, they end the first-half with a massive 11-point lead.  India 19-8 Japan!

Kabbadi (Women) - India vs Japan, India have surged ahead with a 10-point lead.  What a start! India 18-8 Japan.

Kabbadi (Women) - Defending champions India lead Japan 8-6 at the break. 

Kabbadi- India Women take on Japan Women

India's schedule for the day:

Women's Trap Qualification

7:00 am - Shreyasi Singh (Squad 1)

Men's Singles Sculls

8:00 am - Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Heat 2

Men's Double Sculls

8:00 am - Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh - Heat 2

Men's Trap Qualification

8:00 am - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Squad 7)

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification

8:00 am - India (Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar)

Men's Singles Sculls

8:00 am - Dattu Baban Bhokanal - Heat 2

Men's Double Sculls

8:00 am - Om Prakash/Sawarn Singh - Heat 2

Men's Trap Qualification

8:00 am - Manavjit Singh Sandhu (Squad 7)

- Lakshay (Squad 10)

10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Qualification

8:00 am - India (Apurvi Chandela/Ravi Kumar)

Men's Pair

8:30 am: Malkeet Singh/Gurinder Singh - Heat 1

Women's Pair

8:40 am - Sanjukta Dung/Harpreet Kaur - Heat 1

Women's Basketball Preliminary: Group A

9:00 am - Chinese Taipei vs India

Women's Double Sculls

9:10 am - Sayali Rajendra Shekale/Pooja - Heat 2

Men's Lightweight Four

10:00 am - India - Heat 2

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Qualification

10:00 am - India (Manu Bhaker/Abhishek Verma)

Wrestling (Starts at 12:00 pm)

11:40 am - Sushil Kumar vs Adam Batirov (Men's Freestyle 74kg)

Medal Events (Shooting)

12:00 pm - 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Finals

Men's Team Round of 16

1:00 pm - Maldives vs India

2:00 pm: Pawan Kumar vs Vuthy Heng (Men's Freestyle 86kg)

Handball:

3:00 pm - India vs China

3:20 pm - 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Finals

Women's Hockey:

7:00 pm - India vs Indonesia