Debuting sport teqball wins fans after late inclusion to Asian Games

Japan's mixed doubles pair Akinori Wase and Yuina Sakamoto fell short of gold in teqball, but the newly added sport, combining elements of football and table tennis, proved a winner with spectators on its Asian Games debut.Wase and Sakamoto fell 12-4, 12-5 in the Aichi-Nagoya Games final to Thailand's Dejaroen Phakpong and Wongkhamchan Suphawadi, who dominated rallies on a table similar to one used in table tennis but curved downward toward each end.As with football, players cannot use their hands or arms, relying instead on their feet, thighs, heads and chests to send the ball over a solid…READ FULL ARTICLE