200 young paddlers stranded in Vijayawada due to Cyclone MichaungCyclone Michaung made landfall in Bapatla, a coastal district of Andhra Pradesh, bringing heavy rainfall in Vijayawada, about 80km away, wh...
06 Dec, 2023, 11.37 AM IST
Asian Games: Sharath Kamal pulls off remarkable comeback against Kazakhstan to send Indian team to quarterfinalsThe Indian men's table tennis team secured their spot in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games after a thrilling victory over Kazakhstan. Sh...
25 Sep, 2023, 03.11 PM IST
CWG 2022: Shuttlers, paddlers dazzle on last day; hockey team fizzles out; India finish 4th with 22 goldIt was expected that Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and the formidable pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy would end up on top of the po...
08 Aug, 2022, 11.42 PM IST
CWG 2022: India's Achanta Sharath Kamal clinches gold in Table Tennis men's singlesThe 40-year-old paddler, who won a bronze medal in the last edition in Gold Coast, had defeated home country's Paul Drinkhall 11-8, 11-8, 8...
08 Aug, 2022, 07.20 PM IST
Sharath Kamal, Nikhat Zareen to be India's flagbearers for CWG closing ceremonyThe 40-year-old Sharath has a rich haul of four medals in this edition of the Games, having won the men's team and mixed team gold and a si...
08 Aug, 2022, 03.21 PM IST
Gujarat government to give Rs 3 crore to Paralympic silver medallist Bhavina Patel"Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has congratulated Bhavina Patel, daughter of Mehsana district of Gujarat, for making the country proud by her ...
29 Aug, 2021, 01.57 PM IST
President Kovind, PM Modi lead country in congratulating Bhavina Patel for winning Paralympic silverThe 34-year-old Patel's impressive run at the Games ended with a fighting 7-11 5-11 6-11 loss to Chinese paddler Ying Zhou, a two-time gold...
29 Aug, 2021, 10.34 AM IST
Paddler Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, enters final of women's singles class 4 event in Tokyo ParalympicsThe 34-year-old Patel beat her world no. 3 Chinese opponent 7-11 11-7 11-4 9-11 11-8 in the semifinal showdown that lasted 34 minutes. She ...
28 Aug, 2021, 08.47 AM IST
Tokyo Olympics: Paddler Sutirtha Mukherjee bows out after losing in Round 2Mukherjee was put on the back foot from the word go as she lost the first two games, and was left with all to do in the following games to ...
26 Jul, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Arjuna winning former TT player V Chandrasekhar dies due to COVID complicationsChandra, as he was popularly known, was a three-time national champion and was the president of Tamizhaga Table Tennis Association and Dire...
12 May, 2021, 05.48 PM IST
Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu up for Khel RatnaThe 33-year-old Rohit will only be the fourth cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, just-retired Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current skipper Virat...
18 Aug, 2020, 03.23 PM IST
Vita Dani reveals rape-accused paddler Soumyajit Ghosh's replacement made it to TT leagueTable Tennis Federation decided to suspend the paddler, till the investigation was complete.
12 Jun, 2018, 02.06 PM IST
Chennai Rains: Surfers, paddlers and scuba-divers in action, help coastal security rescue peopleRight now they are doing rescue operations in Tuticorin where the whole collectorate is marooned," Sylendra Babu remarked.
25 Nov, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
Vadodara table tennis body wants Korean coachThe Table Tennis Association of Baroda (TTAB) wants a Korean coach to impart coaching to the Gujarat paddlers at its indoor stadium in the ...
25 Aug, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
All-win day for Indian paddlers at Asian GamesAmalraj and Kamal lost the first game before taming the Nepal's Purshottam Bajracharya and Amar Lal Malla 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10.
30 Sep, 2014, 02.03 PM IST
Asian Games 2014: India announce 10-member table tennis squadThough there were speculations about the teams' clearance in the media, the TTFI was always sure of getting the sports ministry nod.
12 Sep, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Indian men's table tennis team draws blank for first time at CWGSharath, a three-time CWG gold-medallist, just needed to beat World No.358 Onaolapo to keep India alivaIndia, who suffered a heartbreaking ...
28 Jul, 2014, 07.15 PM IST