India starts its Asian Games journey with teqball
India's 2026 Asian Games journey kicks off with teqball on Thursday at Nagoya City Higashi Sports Centre, two days prior to the official opening ceremony. The men's doubles pair of Declan Marshall Gonsalves and Mohamed Anas Imran Beg become the country's first athletes to compete in the continental Games. Teqball, a hybrid of football and sepak takraw, was created in Hungary and played on a curved table tennis-style surface.
The Indian duo, World Championship medalists from Vietnam in 2024, will take on Vietnam's Truong Giang Ba and Anh Khoa Le first at 12:30 PM IST, followed by a match against the Republic of Korea's Junsuk Lee and Taebeen Lee at 1:00 PM IST. The quarter-finals are set for later in the day, with the Indian pair needing to advance through the group stage to reach the knockout rounds.
Teqball will feature five medal events, including men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, from September 17 to 20.
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