Table Tennis
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Tokyo Paralympics 2020: Table Tennis player Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, storms into final
Sports | Aug 28, 2021, 09:23 AM ISTBhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal here on Saturday.
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Paralympics: Indian paddlers Bhavinaben and Sonalben lose opening round fixtures
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2021, 10:35 AM ISTCompeting in the women's Class 3 category, Sonalben was ahead after the first three games but lost momentum to lose 11-9, 3-11, 17-15, 7-11 4-11 against Li Quan of China.
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Paddlers Sathiyan, Manika enter second round of WTT Contender Budapest
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2021, 04:15 PM ISTThe Indian duo entered the pre-quarterfinals of their respective events at the WTT Contender Budapest 2021 tournament.
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Table Tennis: Archana Kamath stuns world number 58 in Budapest; Manika, Sreeja also advance
Other Sports | Aug 17, 2021, 09:15 PM ISTWhile 60th-ranked, Batra defeated 115-ranked Sabine Winter of Germany, Kamath upset 58th-ranked Yana Noskova of Russia.
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Table Tennis: I almost had him, Sharath on pushing mighty Ma Long to limit at Tokyo Olympics
Other Sports | Jul 27, 2021, 01:08 PM ISTSharath says 'My WhatsApp is full of messages telling me to carry on till Paris Olympics'.
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Special News | Manika Batra stuns world number 32 to reach third round in Tokyo Olympics
News | Jul 25, 2021, 04:20 PM ISTIndia's table tennis star Manika Batra on Sunday upset world number 32 Margaryta Pesotska to reach the women's singles third round at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Former TT international player Suhas Kulkarni dead
Other Sports | Apr 04, 2021, 03:16 PM ISTKulkarni was 68 and is survived by mother, wife and daughter.
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After 8 months on hold, international Table Tennis is back
Other Sports | Nov 11, 2020, 02:02 PM ISTThe ITTF Women's World Cup began last Sunday in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, ending an eight-month hiatus of international table tennis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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TT veteran Anthony Amalraj recovers from COVID-19 but not to take part in training camp
Other Sports | Nov 05, 2020, 03:25 PM ISTAnthony Amalraj and his parents were infected with COVID-19 last month but all have now recovered.
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Ultimate Table Tennis postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
Other Sports | Oct 16, 2020, 03:44 PM ISTThe TTFI authorities and the UTT management took the decision to postpone the event, keeping in mind the safety and well-being of the players and other league stakeholders.
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Table tennis world team championships delayed to early 2021
Other Sports | Jul 11, 2020, 05:18 PM ISTThe ITTF executive committee met on Friday to discuss the latest situation for international table tennis amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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India's top Table Tennis players raise funds to help fraternity members amid coronavirus crisis
Other Sports | Jun 27, 2020, 12:13 PM ISTG Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal and former player Neha Aggarwal are raising funds to help the TT fraternity members amid COVID--19 crisis.
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ITTF asks organisers to reschedule Busan World Team Championships
Other Sports | Jun 05, 2020, 03:17 PM ISTAs for its annual general meeting slated for September 28, the ITTF decided that if the World Championships are postponed, the meeting will be conducted online.
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TTFI recommends Manika Batra for prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award
Other Sports | Jun 02, 2020, 05:48 PM ISTManika, who missed out on India's highest sporting honour last year, is the first woman paddler from her country to win a singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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Former Table Tennis national champion Manmeet Singh passes away
Other Sports | May 12, 2020, 03:38 PM ISTOne of the finest and consistent performers in the 80s, Manmeet became the national champion in 1989 when he beat S. Sriram in the men singles final at Hyderabad.
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ITTF World Tour events in Australia, South Korea cancelled amid COVID-19 outbreak
Other Sports | Apr 17, 2020, 08:09 PM ISTThe ITTF has suspended all activities until the end of June, while the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championships have twice been rescheduled and are now slated to be held between September 27 and October 4.
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Sharath Kamal surpasses Sathiyan to become highest-ranked Indian paddler
Other Sports | Apr 16, 2020, 05:25 PM ISTRiding on the title-winning performance at the Oman Open last month, Sharath has taken a leap of seven spots to claim the 31st position.
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ITTF to ensure table tennis team worlds take place 'even if it needs to be postponed again'
Other Sports | Apr 16, 2020, 05:21 PM ISTThe ITTF Executive Committee met late on Wednesday to discuss the latest situation regarding COVID-19, and reached a couple of key outcomes, including an agreement between major stakeholders, in an effort to ensure the 2020 Busan team worlds are eventually held
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Robot has become my best friend and sparring partner: G Sathiyan
Other Sports | Apr 13, 2020, 03:50 PM ISTA highly advanced robot, which Sathiyan imported from Germany, is not only helping the Chennai paddler as a playing partner everyday but also making him get better technically.
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ITTF mulls cancelling individual World Championships
Other Sports | Apr 12, 2020, 11:17 PM ISTThe move is relevant to a possible busy schedule in the future as the newly-established World Table Tennis (WTT) plans to have 3 to 4 "Grand Smashes" every year