Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Quimcy D’Souza Advances Teqball Despite Two Asian Games Defeats
Quimcy D’Souza is an Indian athlete who plays teqball, a sport played on a curved table.
She came to the Asian Games hoping to help more people in India learn about it.
She nearly won a bronze medal in women’s singles but lost two very close games.
Only five minutes later, she played again in mixed doubles with Mohamed Anas Beg.
They also lost their bronze-medal match.
Quimcy has paid for her own training and travel for four years.
She and India’s other teqball players have also coached themselves.
She says India needs coaches and financial support to improve.
Even without a medal, she considers reaching the semifinals her biggest singles achievement.
Quimcy D’Souza lost the women’s singles bronze-medal match to Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto, 0-2.
Five minutes later, D’Souza and Mohamed Anas Beg lost the mixed doubles bronze match to Vietnam.
D’Souza said her goal was to introduce teqball to India and vowed to continue pursuing the sport.
The self-funded, self-coached athlete has competed in nearly 15 international tournaments over four years.
She believes better coaching, funding and support could help India win teqball medals in future competitions.
- Who
- Indian teqball player Quimcy D’Souza, Mohamed Anas Beg, Yuina Sakamoto and Vietnamese mixed-doubles opponents.
- What
- D’Souza lost two bronze-medal matches at the Asian Games, in women’s singles and mixed doubles.
- When
- On Sunday, with the report datelined September 20.
- Where
- At the Asian Games in Nagoya.
- Why
- D’Souza wanted to introduce teqball to India and believes stronger coaching and funding could help Indian players win medals.
- Women’s singles result
- D’Souza lost to Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto 0-2, with both games ending 11-12.
- Mixed doubles result
- D’Souza and Mohamed Anas Beg lost to Vietnam’s Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Ngih Trinh 0-2.
- Match interval
- The mixed-doubles bronze match began five minutes after D’Souza’s singles match.
- Experience
- D’Souza has played nearly 15 international competitions in Europe and Asia over four years.
- Self-funding
- She said she has funded herself and trained without a coach for four years.
- National achievement
- D’Souza is a seven-time national champion.
- Indian contingent
- India’s teqball contingent consisted of Quimcy D’Souza, Mohamed Anas Beg and Declan Marshall.