Archive · 20 Sep 2026
India Begins Asian Games Medal Hunt With Teqball In Contention
India is beginning its medal campaign at the 2026 Asian Games.
Quimcy Dsouza may win India’s first medal in teqball, a sport played with a football and a curved table.
She will play Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto for bronze.
India’s Suraj Singh Mayanglambam is competing in wushu.
Wushu is a martial art that can include routines or fighting.
Indian shooters will also compete in the women’s 10m air-rifle events.
Cricket, badminton and table tennis are scheduled later in the day.
The Games include athletes from 45 countries competing in many sports.
Quimcy Dsouza will contest the women’s singles teqball bronze-medal match against Japan’s Yuina Sakamoto.
India’s Suraj Singh Mayanglambam will compete in the men’s Changquan wushu final.
Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod are entered in women’s 10m air-rifle qualification and the team final.
The 2026 Asian Games feature about 11,000 athletes from 45 nations competing across 43 sports and 469 gold-medal events.
India has sent a 501-member contingent and will also see cricket, badminton and table-tennis action on Day 2.
- Who
- Indian athletes including Quimcy Dsouza, Suraj Singh Mayanglambam, three women shooters and the Indian cricket teams.
- What
- India begins its medal campaign at the 2026 Asian Games, with teqball, wushu and shooting among the first events.
- When
- September 20, 2026, the second day of the Games.
- Where
- Nagoya, in the Aichi-Nagoya Games in Japan.
- Why
- India is seeking to build on its triple-digit medal total from Hangzhou 2023 and win its first medal of the Games.
- Teqball bronze match
- Quimcy Dsouza vs Yuina Sakamoto, scheduled for 6:30 a.m.
- Wushu event
- Suraj Singh Mayanglambam competes in the men’s Changquan final at 5:30 a.m.
- Shooting event
- Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Uttam Maskar and Vidarsa K Vinod compete in women’s 10m air rifle.
- Games participation
- About 11,000 athletes from 45 nations are expected.
- Sports programme
- The Games include 43 sports, 71 sub-events and 469 gold medals.
- India’s contingent
- India has a 501-member contingent in Nagoya.
- Previous shooting result
- Indian shooters won 22 medals at the Hangzhou Asian Games: seven gold, nine silver and six bronze.