The Indian men's team was eliminated from the World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals after a 0-3 defeat to Austria in the round of 32.
The Indian men's table tennis team rallied to defeat Slovakia 3-2 in a Group 7 match at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships in London.
The Indian men's table tennis team began their World Team Table Tennis Championships campaign with a 3-0 victory over Tunisia, while the women's team received a walkover.
Manav Thakkar joins UP Prometheans with Yang Liu, while Divya Chitale remains the highest-valued Indian player at the UTT auction. Bernadette Szocs tops the auction, joining Dempo Goa Challengers. The seventh season will be held in Goa from July 9-26.
India's men's and women's table tennis teams are set to compete in the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships in London, with both teams aiming for a deeper run than their previous outing.
Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) players Jeet Chandra and Anirban Ghosh won the men's doubles title at the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships. Sutirtha Mukherjee and Kaushani Nath secured the women's doubles title. The men's and women's singles pre-quarterfinals saw both expected wins and upsets, setting the stage for intense quarterfinal matches.
Goa will host the seventh season of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) event in July, marking a significant milestone for the franchise-based league and Indian table tennis.
Diya Chitale and Manush Shah are the first-ever Indian pair to qualify for the prestigious WTT Finals to be held in Hong Kong in December.
The campaign for the current election cycle ended on Monday as canvassing for the final phase in West Bengal concluded with a bitter war of words between rival parties over cross-border infiltration, corruption, unemployment and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Jangipur, West Bengal, promising to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and addressing concerns about infiltration and demographic changes in the state.
A rich talent pool of players promises a bright future for Indian table tennis despite the recent retirement of stalwart Sharath Kamal, said Dronacharya awardee coach Sandeep Gupta.
India's No 1 Sreeja Akula crashed out in the first round of the Table Tennis World Championships in Doha on Saturday.
It was a mixed day for India as several others, including G Sathiyan crashed out of the tournament.
India wrapped up their campaign at the Asian Table Tennis Championships with three medals, including a historic bronze in the women's doubles, after Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee's dream run ended in the semifinals in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday.
Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee confirmed India's first ever medal in women's at the Asian Table Tennis Championships.
It is Sreeja's second WTT singles career title. She had won the Feeder Corpus Christi in January.
Veterans Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan made a winning start at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban on Sunday.
World C'ships: Sajan Prakash finishes 25th, fails to progress to final
'I don't know how long cinema will survive.'
Earlier in the day, the Indian women's table tennis team of Diya Parag Chitale, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee scripted a facile 3-0 victory over Nepal.
Sathiyan and Batra defeated Thailand's Napat Thanmathikom and Suthasini Sawettabut 10-12, 11-8, 11-3, 11-8.
Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee shocked world champion Chinese pair Chen Meng and Yidi Wang to enter the women's doubles semifinals
Manav Thakkar pulled off a memorable 3-1 win over world No 33 Kao Cheng-Jui to enter the men's singles pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships.
Can see growth, especially in women's table tennis in India: Manika Batra on UTT
The Indian women's team came from behind to beat Spain 3-2 in its final group game and progressed to the knockout phase.
Diya Chitale and Manush Shah had also sought the HC's intervention in the matter.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Friday, September 29.
Titled Ul Jalool Ishq, the film has been produced by Manish Malhotra, and the designer promptly invited his cast members and friends over for the wrap-up party.
Addressing a party rally in Midnapore, Shah alleged the Mamata Banerjee government was steeped in corruption resulting in alienation of the masses.
India's leading table tennis player Harmeet Desai feels he has been "unfairly" left out of the singles competition for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou.
Noting that the Trinamool Congress which boasts of the slogan 'Maa Mati Mansuh' (Mother, Land and people) actually indulges in extortion, corruption and appeasement, Shah exuded confidence of forming the next government in the state and take it to the path of development.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarter-finals but veterans Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan crashed out.
40-year-old Sharath showed that age was just a number.
In the men's doubles, Indian duo of Manav Vikash Thakkar and Manush Utpalbhai Shah defeated Mohamed Shaffan Ismail and Moosa Munsif Ahmed of the Maldives 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2) to enter the round of 16.
India's schedule on Day 4 of the Asian Games on Wednesday, September 27.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday, September 30.
She dared PM to fight the polls on issues like development rather than "divert" the people's attention.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
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