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Fast-rising Teqball crashes Southeast Asian Games

Thailand’s Suphawadi Wongkhamchan in doubles action against one of two Cambodian sides in Phnom Penh. (Photo: AFP)

PHNOM PENH – As teqball continues its fast growth with its debut at the Southeast Asian Games, the young sport has drawn resentful glances from similar sports in the region that feel it is treading on their turf.

Invented in Hungary in 2012, teqball is a non-medal exhibition sport at this year’s SEA Games in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, being played over three days with the finals on Monday. It is also on the schedule for the European Games in Poland in June and July.

Teqball already has more than 140 national federations, leading its backers to call it “the fastest-growing sport in the world”.

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