Rafael Nadal beaten by Andrey Rublev in Monte Carlo quarterfinals
Rafa Nadal suffered a shock quarterfinal defeat by Russian Andrey Rublev at the Monte Carlo Masters on Friday as he was overpowered 6-2 4-6 6-2, only his sixth ever loss at the tournament he has won 11 times.The Spaniard...
Payas Jain jumps to second spot in world rankings
Payas Jain has jumped to the second spot in boys’ (under-17) world table tennis age-group rankings released on Tuesday.Jain, winner of the National youth and junior titles in Indore last month, is also the highest ranked Indian in the...
World Table Tennis Championships confirmed for Houston from Nov 23
The World Table Tennis Championships will be held as per schedule from November 23 to 29 in Houston, USA, the game's governing body ITTF has said."After positive weeks of discussions with the Harris County Sports Authority, USATT and USOPC,...
Weekly Digest (April 5-11): IPL 2021 kicks off, more Olympic quotas for India, stutters...
From the opening fixtures of the 2021 edition of the IPL to Indian athletes securing spots in the Summer Olympic Games this year, here's a recap of the biggest developments in sports this week. CRICKETThe Indian Premier League is...
Sharath Kamal awaits TTFI’s decision on National camp
Sharath Kamal is awaiting a final word from the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) on his proposal to have trainingsessions with his mixed doubles partner Manika Batra ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.In the background of Manika declining to...
Former table tennis player Suhas Kulkarni dies of COVID-19
Well-known former international table tennis player Suhas Kulkarni died of COVID-19 in Thane on Sunday. He was 68.He is survived by his mother, wife and daughter.After having contracted the novel coronavirus, Kulkarni was admitted for treatment at the Kaushalya...
Manika Batra: I want to shock one higher-ranked singles player in Tokyo
India paddler Manika Batra qualified for her second successive Olympics last week. Besides the women’s singles category, she also earned a spot in mixed doubles with partner A. Sharath Kamal.The duo stunned World No. 5 pair of Lee Sang-Su...
Sharath Kamal-Manika Batra clinch mixed doubles Olympics quota
Indian paddlers Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra pulled off a sensational win over the top-seeded Korean pair of Sang-Su Lee and Jihee Jeon in the mixed doubles final of the Asian Olympic Qualifcation tournament in Doha on Saturday. The...
Sharath-Manika pairing enters mixed doubles final, one win away from Olympic berth
The star Indian pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra made their way into the mixed doubles final of the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament after defeating Singapore's Koen Pang Yew En and Lin Ye 4-2 on Friday.The world...
Sharath Kamal qualifies for Tokyo Olympics
Ace Indian paddler Sharath Kamal on Thursday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after registering an easy win over Pakistan's Rameez Muhammad at the Asian Olympic qualifiers in Doha. It will be Sharath's fourth Olympic Games. Sharath thrashed Rameez 11-4,...
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