Table Tennis
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COVID-19 pandemic: ITTF to freeze world rankings due to event suspension
Other Sports | Apr 02, 2020, 04:13 PM ISTThe ITTF added that the rankings for April 2020 will be evaluated and released as soon as the Executive Committee passes judgement, which is expected to be no later than April 15. Then the rankings will be frozen until paddlers are back to action.
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COVID-19: ITTF staff to take voluntary salary reduction
Other Sports | Apr 02, 2020, 03:20 PM ISTDuring Wednesday's video conference where all ITTF staff were in attendance, ITTF CEO Steve Dainton underlined the need for all ITTF staff to stick together and make sacrifices to help the sport out of challenge caused by the pandemic
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Table Tennis Federation of India contributes Rs 5 lakh for fight against coronavirus
Other Sports | Mar 31, 2020, 05:47 PM ISTTTFI President and Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Dushyant Chautala has also committed to a substantial sum which will be sent by the federation to the PM's Relief Fund in due course of time, the statement added.
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COVID-19 pandemic: ITTF suspends events until June 30
Other Sports | Mar 29, 2020, 09:57 PM ISTApart from ITTF events suspension, the ITTF Executive Committee also had proposal of new dates for the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships to be announced in the coming week.
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Coronavirus pandemic: Indian paddler Takeme Sarkar stuck in Spain
Other Sports | Mar 26, 2020, 05:44 PM ISTThe 14th ranked India player, who hails from Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, was slated to return on March 24.
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Tokyo Olympics postponement gives TT hopefuls more preparation time but foreign coach unlikely
Other Sports | Mar 25, 2020, 03:30 PM ISTThe Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) had tried to rope in Canadian Dejan Papic last year but things did not work out as the latter decided to undergo a knee surgery when he was expected to join the squad.
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Sharath-Sathiyan enters Top-20 in TT doubles world rankings
Other Sports | Mar 07, 2020, 08:19 PM ISTAmong the men players, Sathiyan is the highest ranked Indian with 31st position in the singles rankings. While, Achanta Sharath Kamal (38) are the other three Indians to be ranked in the Top-100.
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Hungarian Open: Sharath and Sathiyan win silver, 10-year-old Hansini wins bronze in Sweden
Other Sports | Feb 23, 2020, 03:27 PM ISTIt is Sharath Kamal's second medal from the prestigious tournament. He also won a bronze with Manika Batra in mixed doubles.
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Indian men's Table Tennis team's Olympic qualification bid ends with loss to Czech Republic
Other Sports | Jan 26, 2020, 04:14 PM ISTThe Indian men's table tennis team's quest for an Olympic berth ended in disappointment after it suffered a 1-3 defeat to Czech Republic in a play-off match of the qualifying event here.
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Indian women Table Tennis team's bid for Tokyo Olympics berth ends
Other Sports | Jan 25, 2020, 08:29 PM ISTIndian women table tennis team's quest for a Tokyo Olympics berth ended on Saturday after losing to France 2-3 in a play-off match of the qualification tournament here.
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Indian men, women disappoint in Olympic qualifier; still have outside chance of sealing Tokyo berth
Other Sports | Jan 24, 2020, 10:54 PM ISTThe fifth seeded men's team comprising G Sathiyan (world rank 30) and veteran Sharath Kamal (WR 33) was expected to get the better of 11th seeded Slovenia.
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Manav Thakkar becomes World No.1 paddler in U-21 category
Other Sports | Jan 03, 2020, 06:38 PM ISTIndian youngster Manav Thakkar jumped nine places to become the World No.1 table tennis player in the U-21 category.
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Want to get into top-4, win Olympic medal as a unit: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Other Sports | Dec 03, 2019, 07:14 PM ISTSathiyan beat the higher-ranked Simon Gauzy of France and Jonathan Groth at the World Cup in Chengdu, China.
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Indian men's TT team achieves highest-ever ranking
Other Sports | Dec 03, 2019, 06:42 PM ISTSathiyan Gnanasekaran's exploits at the World Table Tennis Cup has helped them better that.
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Sathiyan Gnanasekaran beats Simon Gauzy in debut ITTF World Cup match
Other Sports | Nov 29, 2019, 10:18 AM ISTIn a match that lasted for more than an hour, Sathiyan beat Simon 4-3 to register his maiden victory over the French paddler.
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Table Tennis: India men's team achieves all-time highest ranking
Other Sports | Nov 04, 2019, 08:16 PM ISTThe India men's table tennis team has broken into the top-10 in the latest rankings.
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Indian paddler Payas Jain bags team gold in ITTF tournament
Other Sports | Oct 28, 2019, 08:05 PM ISTPayas Jain teamed up with South Korea's Seongil Jang and Sora Matsushima of Japan to win the gold medal at the ITTF World Cadet Challenge.
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Chennai Lions dominate Dabang Delhi to clinch Ultimate Table Tennis title
Other Sports | Aug 11, 2019, 10:45 PM ISTIn front of a packed house, the Sharath Kamal-spearheaded Lions demolished defending champions Dabang Delhi 8-1 to bring the league to a premature end.
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Want to be in top 30 to qualify for 2020 Olympics: Manika Batra
Other Sports | Dec 24, 2018, 04:41 PM ISTTalking about her training for the Olympics, Manika stated that she is working on her fitness and trying to learn new techniques so that she can be quick in her game.
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Paddler Manav Thakkar settles for bronze in Belarus Open
Other Sports | Nov 17, 2018, 05:04 PM ISTManav had an impressive run in the tournament, lost to Russia's Denis Ivonin in the semifinals (2-3) to miss out on the gold.