Archive · 18 Sep 2026
Mandaviya Leads India’s Delegation as Asian Games Begin in Japan
Mansukh Mandaviya is visiting Japan to lead India’s team at the Asian Games.
Indian Ambassador Nagma Mallick welcomed him in Tokyo.
The Games are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
India wants to win many medals, as it did at the previous Games in Hangzhou.
Indian athletes will compete in cricket, soft tennis and teqball.
The women’s cricket team will play Japan in a quarter-final.
India is ranked third in the women’s T20I standings.
India recently won its eighth Asia Cup title and is considered one of the leading teams in the competition.
Indian Ambassador to Japan Nagma Mallick welcomed Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in Tokyo on September 18.
Mandaviya is leading India’s delegation to the 20th Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in Japan.
India aims to improve on its record medal haul from the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games.
Indian athletes are scheduled to compete in cricket, soft tennis and teqball.
India’s women’s cricket team will face hosts Japan in a quarter-final, marking the teams’ first meeting.
- Who
- Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Ambassador Nagma Mallick and India’s Asian Games delegation.
- What
- Mandaviya arrived to lead India’s delegation at the 20th Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
- When
- September 18, before the Games begin on September 19.
- Where
- Tokyo and Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- To represent India at the Asian Games and strengthen India-Japan cooperation in youth affairs, sports and people-to-people ties.
- Event
- 20th Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
- Host country
- Japan
- Indian delegation leader
- Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
- Ambassador welcoming him
- Nagma Mallick, Indian Ambassador to Japan
- Indian women’s cricket opponent
- Japan
- India’s recent achievement
- Eighth Asia Cup title
- Women’s cricket ranking
- India is ranked third in the T20I standings