Cricket
Hasan Nawaz's 96 in vain as Pakistan take Asian Games silver
Pakistan fell 19 runs short of India's 212 in the Asian Games cricket final, despite a brilliant 96 off 51 balls from Hasan Nawaz, and settled for silver.
Aichi-Nagoya 2026
Aichi-Nagoya 2026: 8 The Indus Compass stories. Latest: Hasan Nawaz's 96 in vain as Pakistan take Asian Games silver. Key developments, background and…
8 stories on Aichi-Nagoya 2026 since 29 September 2026; the latest was published on 4 October 2026.
Key developments
- Hasan Nawaz's 96 in vain as Pakistan take Asian Games silverPakistan fell 19 runs short of India's 212 in the Asian Games cricket final, despite a brilliant 96 off 51 balls from Hasan Nawaz, and settled for silver.
- Pakistan win hockey bronze, end 64-year volleyball medal waitPakistan came from 3-1 down to beat South Korea 5-3 for hockey bronze, while the volleyball team beat China for their first Asian Games medal since 1962.
- Samad's blitz sends Pakistan into Asian Games cricket finalAbdul Samad hit 30 off 15 balls, including 22 in one over, as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets to reach Saturday's Asian Games gold-medal match.
- Pakistan crush India 3-0 to reach Asian Games volleyball semisPakistan beat unbeaten India 25-19, 25-23, 25-18 in the Asian Games quarter-finals, with Murad Khan scoring 22 points, to move one win from a medal.
- Empty stands and wrong buses: Asian Games organisers under fireFewer than 1,000 fans watched Japan's women's football semi-final at a 50,000-seat stadium, as bus mix-ups hit Pakistan and South Korea at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
Hockey
Pakistan win hockey bronze, end 64-year volleyball medal wait
Pakistan came from 3-1 down to beat South Korea 5-3 for hockey bronze, while the volleyball team beat China for their first Asian Games medal since 1962.
Cricket
Samad's blitz sends Pakistan into Asian Games cricket final
Abdul Samad hit 30 off 15 balls, including 22 in one over, as Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets to reach Saturday's Asian Games gold-medal match.
Other Sports
Pakistan crush India 3-0 to reach Asian Games volleyball semis
Pakistan beat unbeaten India 25-19, 25-23, 25-18 in the Asian Games quarter-finals, with Murad Khan scoring 22 points, to move one win from a medal.
Other Sports
Empty stands and wrong buses: Asian Games organisers under fire
Fewer than 1,000 fans watched Japan's women's football semi-final at a 50,000-seat stadium, as bus mix-ups hit Pakistan and South Korea at the Aichi-Nagoya Games.
Other Sports
Pakistan's men's squash team seal Asian Games bronze
Ashab Irfan and Noor Zaman beat South Korea to guarantee Pakistan at least bronze and a semi-final against Hong Kong, while the women's team went out.
Hockey
Pakistan face India in Asian Games hockey semi-final
Pakistan's hockey team meet India in the Asian Games semi-finals on Thursday, while the cricket team play Bangladesh the same day with a place in the final at stake.
Other Sports
Asian Games: Pakistan win fifth medal with PUBG Mobile bronze as cricket and hockey semi-finals loom
Pakistan's PUBG Mobile team took bronze for the country's fifth medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with cricket and hockey semi-finals still to come.