Asian Games 2026: Sachin Siwach bows out in boxing quarters; India males’s volleyball workforce sweep Vietnam 3-0

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Indian boxer Sachin Siwach suffered a 4-1 defeat towards Japan’s Shunsuke Kitamoto within the males’s 60kg quarterfinal on the Asian Games on Sunday in Aichi-Nagoya. 

Kitamoto secured the bout on the judges’ scorecards, with 4 judges awarding the competition 29-28 in favour of the Japanese boxer. The fifth decide scored the bout 29-28 for Siwach.

Siwach made a powerful comeback within the third spherical, successful it 4-1, however Kitamoto’s benefit within the opening two rounds proved decisive.

Meanwhile, India registered a complete 3-0 victory over Vietnam of their males’s volleyball Pool C conflict.

India dominated the competition from the outset, successful the three units 25-20, 25-21, 25-20 to seal a straight-sets victory over Vietnam.

Earlier, Indian boxer Parveen Hooda confirmed one other boxing medal for the nation, prevailing within the quarterfinal of the ladies’s 65 kg competitors on the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Sunday.

Parveen beat World Championships silver medallist Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan after a 5-0 unanimous win.

Parveen, who had her 2022 Asian Games bronze rescinded as a consequence of a doping violation, has redeemed herself and has an opportunity to go for the gold. Parveen gained her three rounds 4-1, 5-0 and 5-0, securing a dominant win over the Uzbek pugilist.

Ankush Panghal confirmed his nation a medal in males’s 80 kg boxing on the ongoing Asian Games on Sunday, beating Tajikistan’s Nekruz Salimov within the quarterfinals. (ANI)