India, Sept. 22 -- India advanced to the men's badminton team event semifinals at the Asian Games 2026 after completing a 3-0 victory over Japan in the quarterfinals at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium on Tuesday. Lakshya Sen set the tone by overcoming Kodai Naraoka 11-21, 21-5, 21-19 in a closely contested singles match, while Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty then extended India's advantage with a 21-18, 24-22 win over Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.

Ayush Shetty completed the clean sweep with a 21-10, 21-19 victory against Koki Watanabe, sending India into the last four. India had earlier defeated Bangladesh 3-0 in the round of 16 and will now meet either China or South Korea in the semifinal on Wednesday. India won silver...