India win Asian Games women's hockey gold after 44 years, qualify for Olympics

India women's hockey team ended a 44-year wait for Asian Games gold by defeating China 1-0 in the final. The victory gave India their second-ever women's hockey gold at the Games, after their maiden triumph in Delhi in 1982. It also marked India's first Asian Games women's hockey title outside home soil and secured qualification for LA 2028 Olympics.