Asian Games 2026: India’s full schedule on September 19, Saturday; Quimcy Dsouza in Teqball semifinal earlier than opening ceremony
The Asian Games 2026 will formally start on Saturday, with the opening ceremony scheduled to start out at 2:30pm IST in Nagoya. However, just a few competitions, together with ladies’s cricket, comfortable tennis and teqball, already have underway forward of the ceremony.
India’s schedule for Saturday (September 19):
Teqball6:30am IST: Women’s singles semifinal — Quimcy Dsouza vs Sumaya (Indonesia)Opening Ceremony2:30pm IST onwards: Asian Games 2026 opening ceremony
Quimcy Dsouza reaches Teqball semis; blended doubles pair eyes bronze
India’s Quimcy Joaquim Dsouza moved inside one win of making historical past after reaching the ladies’s singles semifinals in teqball on the Asian Games in Nagoya on Friday.Making her Asian Games debut, Quimcy upset high seed Yuina Sakamoto of Japan 2-1 (10-12, 12-11, 13-11) in her first Group A match.She adopted that up with a 2-0 (12-9, 12-7) win over Cambodia’s Koemyean DY in her second group match, ending on high of Group A and reserving a spot within the semifinals.By topping the group, Quimcy acquired a bye within the quarterfinals.The 24-year-old will face Indonesia’s Sumaya in Saturday’s semifinal. A win will assure India its first-ever medal in Teqball, one of many six sports activities making its Asian Games debut.Even if she loses within the semifinals, Quimcy will nonetheless have an opportunity to win bronze on Sunday.In the blended doubles occasion, Quimcy and Mohammed Anas Imran Beg had been crushed 0-2 (7-12, 10-12) by Vietnam’s Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen and Gia Nghi Trinh within the quarterfinals.However, the Indian pair stay in competition for a bronze medal after profitable their repechage match.Teqball is one in every of six sports activities making its Asian Games debut in Aichi-Nagoya, alongside Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Padel, Surfing, BMX Freestyle and Virtual Taekwondo.The sport combines parts of soccer and desk tennis. It was invented in Hungary in 2014 by Gabor Borsanyi, Gyorgy Gattyan and Viktor Huszar, whereas the primary official Teqball World Championships had been held in Budapest in 2017.In Teqball, gamers use each a part of the physique besides their fingers and arms to rally an ordinary size-five soccer throughout a curved desk divided by a clear plexiglass web.
Bhaker, Toor named India’s flag-bearers for Opening Ceremony
Double Olympic medal-winning shooter Manu Bhaker and defending shot put champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor had been on Friday named as India’s flag-bearers for Asian Games opening ceremony.The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, and a 158-strong Indian contingent will participate in it.“Manu Bhaker shall be one of many flag-bearers,” India’s chef-de-Mission Sahdev Yadav stated.Later, the Athletics Federation of India confirmed that Toor would be the second flag-bearer.One of the 4 deputy cooks de mission and embellished former shooter, Anjali Bhagwat, stated 158 members of the Indian contingent will participate within the opening ceremony.Bhaker made historical past on the 2024 Paris Olympics by changing into the primary athlete from Independent India to win two medals in a single version of the Olympic Games.Toor has completed with gold medals prior to now two editions of the Asian Games.
