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Balletic hits and bicycle kicks: Teqball comes of age at the Asian Games

Photo: The Guardian Sport

What happened

Invented a little over a decade ago in Hungary, teqball is a combination of football and ping pong In Bangkok’s Sports Science Centre, Jutatip Kuntatong is airborne, executing a gravity-defying bicycle kick that slams the ball on to the curved table with a force that echoes throughout the gym. She is preparing to represent Thailand at the Asian Games, which start on Saturday, but six years ago she had never even hea…

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