Pinay tennis ace Alex Eala is all geared up to represent the country at the Asiad.

For her first assignment at the Higashiyama Park Tennis Center, Eala takes on Thailand's Patcharin Cheapchandej in the women's singles second round.

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There are only 16 pairs remain in contention, and this Monday at Hekinan, Aichi, beach volleyball moves onto the knockout rounds, starting with the Last 16.

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We go all-in this Day 9, and it's Monday here at the 2026 Asian Games.

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We take a look at the medal tally following Day 8 of action.

China still runs away with the lead in the standings as they now have a haul of over 200 medals overall, while Korea and hosts Japan locks in their own battle for second place.

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Korea's Blue Wave still reigns supreme in baseball for the fifth time in a row here at the Asian Games, achieving the five-peat after taking down Japan, 3-1, in the gold final at Toyohashi.

🥇 🇰🇷 South Korea
🥈 🇯🇵 Japan
🥉 🇹🇼 Chinese Taipei

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Korea stands tall at Toyohashi as they have completed the five-peat, defeating Japan 3-1 at their soil tonight with an eighth-inning hit from Kim Do-yeong ensured Blue Wave the victory.

🇰🇷 KOR - 3
🇯🇵 JPN - 1

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Gotta catch the GOLD.

Team Japan will rule themselves on the top of the Pokémon Unite tournament, having come back from 0-1 down to defeat Indonesia at 3-1 for the gold.

🥇 🇯🇵 Japan
🥈 🇮🇩 Indonesia
🥉 🇵🇭 Philippines
🥉 🇰🇷 South Korea

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It will be Wang Manyu who returns as women's singles champ after been eight years, just as she bests over Sun Yingsha at 4-2 in an all-Chinese clash pitting between two champions here in this Asiad.

🥇 🇨🇳 Wang Manyu
🥈 🇨🇳 Sun Yingsha
🥉 🇯🇵 Hina Hayata
🥉 🇯🇵 Miwa Harimoto

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China has nabbed gold in men's doubles table tennis for the fourth Asiad in a row, as the duo of Huang Youzheng and Lin Shidong downed Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto and Hiroto Shinozuka at 4-2.

🥇 🇨🇳 Huang/Lin
🥈 🇯🇵 Harimoto/Shinozuka
🥉 🇨🇳 Wen/Xiang
🥉 🇯🇵 Matsushima/Togami

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Bahrain's Olympic champ Winfred Yavi has completed an Asiad hat-trick in the women's 3,000m steeplechase, and she finishes the race in a new Games record time of 9:04.36.

🥇 🇧🇭 Winfred Yavi (GR)
🥈 🇰🇿 Norah Jeruto Tanui
🥉 🇮🇳 Parul Caudhary

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18-year-old Yan Ziyi has scored home gold in the women's javelin throw event, topping the competition through a first-attempt throw of 70.46 meters - which thus sets a new Games benchmark.

🥇 🇨🇳 Yan Ziyi (GR)
🥈 🇯🇵 Haruka Kitaguchi
🥉 🇯🇵 Sae Katemoto

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Chinese Taipei's Fu Chao-hsuan just equaled his own season-best mark on his way to winning the gold in the men's high jump, having cleared 2.25 meters to secure the title.

🥇 🇹🇼 Fu Chao-hsuan
🥈 🇮🇳 Sarvesh Kushare
🥉 🇰🇷 Woo Sang-hyeok

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VOLLEYBALL | Men's prelims (27 September):

Pool B:
🇮🇷 IRN - 3
🇰🇬 KGZ - 0

Pool A:
🇵🇰 PAK - 3
🇰🇿 KAZ - 1

Pool C:
🇮🇳 IND - 3
🇻🇳 VIE - 0

Pool D:
🇨🇳 CHN - 3
🇹🇼 TPE - 2

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The No.6-world ranked Ryujin Nippon kickstarted their Asian Games campaign in perfect fashion much to their home fans delight, clinically sweeping Uzbekistan with the scores of 25–17, 25–20, 25–17.

🇯🇵 JPN - 3
🇺🇿 UZB - 0

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Indonesia and Thailand put on a tense marathon matchup at Okazaki, but it was the Thais who would take this all-Southeast Asia clash, coming out on top at the scores of 25-23, 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23.

🇮🇩 INA - 2
🇹🇭 THA - 3

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Korea manages to regain back their Asian Games crown in the women's team sabre, securing the gold at the expense of Japan with a rout 45-31 win in the gold medal match.

🥇 🇰🇷 South Korea
🥈 🇯🇵 Japan
🥉 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
🥉 🇨🇳 China

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Kazakhstan are once again back on the top of the men's team épée at the Asian Games after been 24 years, having fended off Team Korea in the final with a narrow 43-42 victory.

🥇 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🥈 🇰🇷 South Korea
🥉 🇭🇰 Hong Kong
🥉 🇯🇵 Japan

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China's Asiad dominance over the trampoline events is finally snapped thanks to Japan's Hikaru Mori, and she has taken the title after finishing ahead of compatriot Megu Uyama, having scored a 56.88 in the super final.

🥇 🇯🇵 Hikaru Mori
🥈 🇯🇵 Megu Uyama
🥉 🇨🇳 Qiu Zheng

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FIELD HOCKEY | Prelims (27 September):

W | Pool A:
🇨🇳 CHN - 16
🇰🇿 KAZ - 0

W | Pool B:
🇮🇳 INA - 1
🇺🇿 UZB - 2

W | Pool A:
🇹🇼 TPE - 3
🇧🇩 BAN - 2

W | Pool B:
🇹🇭 THA - 0
🇯🇵 JPN - 3

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India has closed off their preliminary stint with a sweep of five games, cleaning out Singapore 7-0 with a brace coming from Sunelita Toppo as they brace themselves for a semi clash with South Korea.

🇮🇳 IND - 7
🇸🇬 SGP - 0

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