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Debutant Quimcy Dsouza closes in on historic Teqball medal for India

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Published: September 18, 2026 06:24 PM IST

Indian athlete Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza has reached the women’s singles semifinals of Teqball at the Asian Games, putting her one win away from a historic medal for India.

Dsouza achieved this by defeating the top-seeded player from Japan and topping her group, securing a bye in the quarterfinals.

Teqball, a sport combining elements of football and table tennis invented in Hungary in 2014, is making its debut at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games alongside five other new sports.

Nagoya: India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza is just a win away from securing a historic medal for the country in Teqball after marching into the women’s singles semifinals at the Asian Games here on Friday.

Making her Asian Games debut, Quimcy stunned top-seeded Yuina Sakamoto of Japan 2-1 (10-12 12-11 13-11) in her opening Group A match that lasted 43 minutes at the Nagoya City Higashi Sports Center. The young Indian carried the momentum into her second group match and defeated Cambodia’s Koemyean DY 2-0 (12-9 12-7) in 24 minutes to top her group and qualify for the semifinals. Quimcy got a bye in the quarterfinals by virtue of topping her group.

She will take on Indonesia’s Sumaya in the semifinals on Saturday and a win will ensure the first-ever medal for India in Teqball, one of the six sports making its debut at the continental showpiece. Even if the 24-year-old Indian loses in the semi final, she will have another shot at a medal through the bronze medal play-off tie.

Teqball is one of the six sports alongside Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Padel, Surfing, BMX Freestyle and Virtual Taekwondo which are making their debut in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Teqball is a dynamic sport, a combination of football and table tennis. The game was invented by football enthusiasts Gabor Borsanyi, Gyorgy Gattyan, and Viktor Huszar in Hungary in 2014.

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