- Indian women’s hockey team beat Thailand 5-0 in their final group match, top Pool B with four wins.
- PV Sindhu enters the final of the women’s singles, while Saina Nehwal settled for bronze after losing her semi-final match.
- Neeraj Chopra wins gold in javelin throw with a personal best throw of 88.06m.
- Neena Varakil wins a silver in the long jump event with a best jump of 6.51m.
- Ayyasamy Dharun wins a silver in the 400m hurdles event with a personal best timing of 48.96 seconds.
- Sudha Singh wins silver in women’s 3000m steeplechase event with a timing of 9.4 minutes.
Table Tennis: Indian Men's Team Assured of a Medal
The Indian men’s table tennis team is assured of a medal after beating Japan 3-1 in the quarter-finals. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal Achanta got India off to a great start by winning the first two singles. Later, Sathiyan wrapped up the match by winning the fourth singles match.
India will face either North or South Korea in the semi-finals.
Table Tennis: India Lead 2-1 in Men's Team Quarter-Final
India are inching close towards their first-ever table tennis medal at the Asian Games. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Sharath Kamal Achanta won the first two singles, while Japan pulled one back through Masaki Yoshida.
Boxing: Vikas, Amit and Dheeraj Through to Quarters
Commonwealth Games medal-winning duo of Vikas Krishan (75kg) and Amit Panghal (49kg) advanced to the quarter-finals of the Asian Games boxing competition after clinching comprehensive victories.
Vikas out-ounched Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout before Amit recovered from a rusty start to outwit Mongolia's Enkhmandakh Kharhuu – both the wins being unanimous verdicts.
Joining them in the last eight was was national champion Dheeraj Rangi (64kg), who defeated Mongolia's Nurlan Kobashev.
However, Commonwealth Games bronze-winner Mohammed Husammuddin (56kg) lost a close contest against Kyrgyzstan's Enkh-Amar Kharkhuu to bow out of the competition in the pre-quarterfinal stage. The Indian lost 2-3 and also sustained a cut on his forehead.
Athletics: Jinson Johnson Records Best Timing in 800m Qualification
India’s Jinson Johnson finishes with the best timing in the 800m event with a timing of 1.47 minutes and Manjit Singh just managed to qualify for the final with a timing of 1.48 minutes. Manjit finishes with the eighth best timing in the qualification.