Nagoya, An Instagram reel featuring Ronaldinho, an injury that forced her away from football and a curious connection with the letter ‘Q’ in teqball’s logo Quimcy Dsouza’s journey to the Asian Games has been anything but conventional.
“I think I did my best, honestly. “We’re only sad about the fact that we couldn’t make it to the final, but I’m quite happy with what I performed. With what I have and what I had, I gave it my best. She began playing in Mumbai with a small group of enthusiasts before moving to Bengaluru, where she now works as a test engineer at sports equipment giant Decathlon and trains at the Teqball Club of Bengaluru. She founded and runs the Teqball Club of Bengaluru and has worked with young players, two of whom have gone on to represent India at the Asian Youth Games. A seven-time national champion, she has emerged as one of the pioneers of a sport that remains a niche pursuit in the country. “I was an athlete before and post that I was a footballer. “For the last four years we have not been funded. “This game is sometimes luck, sometimes hard work. Sometimes your smashes land, sometimes it doesn’t go the way it has to. Not every ball is the same, not everything you do is similar.”
I did my distance running, 1,500 and 3,000m, at the state level and football for Maharashtra.
I gave it whatever I had,” Quimcy said after the three-game defeat. “I’ve not mentioned it to anyone but teqball’s logo, the ‘Q’, is what I feel is Quimcy, so I feel this sport is for me,” she said with a smile. “It’s been four years,” she said. “Slightly an advantage for footballers because you do not use your hands, so you automatically start using your legs,” she said. We work full-time and save that money for tournaments,” Quimcy said. “I wouldn’t say something went wrong today,” she said.
