Gandhinagar, July 27 (IANS) Gujarat will have its largest-ever representation at the Asian Games, with nine athletes and one reserve player selected to represent India at the 20th Asian Games in Japan’s Aichi-Nagoya from September 19 to October 4, 2026.The selection marks a significant increase from the 2014 Asian Games, when only three athletes from Gujarat represented the country.State officials said the latest contingent reflects the steady expansion of Gujarat’s presence across multiple spor…
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Panaji (Goa), July 22 (IANS) Dempo Goa Challengers became the first team in the competition’s history to remain unbeaten through the league phase after defeating UP Prometheans 10-5 in Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 on Wednesday. The victory capped a remarkable league campaign for the two-time champions, who defeated all six of their opponents to finish atop the standings heading into the semifinals.Alvaro Robles and Bernadette Szocs starred once again as Goa built an early advantage bef…
Panaji (Goa), July 18 (IANS) Defending champions U Mumba TT produced a record-breaking display to overpower UP Prometheans 13-2 in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 at the Dr Shayama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Taleigao near Panaji on Saturday.The emphatic victory saw U Mumba register the biggest winning margin in the competition’s five-match format while also setting a new record with 11 consecutive game wins, climbing to first in the table.U Mumba’s Lilian Bardet and Anusha Kut…
Panaji (Goa), July 10 (IANS) Dabang Delhi TTC staged an impressive comeback to defeat UP Prometheans 9-6 and begin their campaign in the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Season 7 with a win in the opening double-header at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium in Panaji on Friday.While the final score suggested a comfortable victory, Delhi had to work hard as UP Prometheans pushed them in almost every contest.UP made the brighter start through star Indian paddler Manav Thakkar, who defeated Eg…
Panaji (Goa), July 8 (IANS) India’s biggest table tennis stars and some of the world’s finest paddlers are set to light up the venue when Goa hosts Season 7 of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium from Thursday.The season opens with a blockbuster Western Derby as hosts and two-time champions Dempo Goa Challengers face reigning champions U Mumba TT. Over the next 18 days, seven franchises will battle for the coveted title, with the Grand Finale sch…
Los Angeles, June 29 (IANS) India’s Manav Thakkar overcame France’s Flavien Coton 3-2 in a hard-fought first-round clash, while Sathiyan Gnanasekaran failed to progress past the first round, even as top global stars progressed to the next round of the World Table Tennis (WTT) United States Smash.Thakkar won the first game 12-10 but lost the second by same score, 10-12 before recovering to win the match 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7 while Sathiyan saved a match point in the third game but could …
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Table Tennis Federation of India has picked a 10-member men’s and women’s team led by Olympians Sreeja Akula and G Sathiyan for the upcoming Asian Games 2026, which has resulted in another Olympian, Manika Batra, raising questions over her exclusion from the squad for the event to be played at Aichi-Nagoya in Japan in a few months.Table tennis at the Asian Games 2026 is scheduled to take place from September 20 to 28. Medal events will be held across the team, singl…
London, May 6 (IANS) India’s campaign at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 ended disappointingly as both the men’s and women’s teams lost in the round of 32 at the OVO Arena Wembley in London. The Indian men’s team faced a 3-0 defeat against Austria, while the women’s team lost 3-1 to the United States. This marked the end of what had been promising runs in the group stages.In the men’s match, World No. 51 Manush Shah fought hard in the first game but narrowly lost 3-2 (6…
London, April 30 (IANS) The Indian women’s team blanked Rwanda, while the men matched the feat against Guatemala as they stormed into Stage 2 at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026, topping their respective Stage 1 groups with wins in their final group ties at the Wembley Arena on Thursday.The Indian women opened their campaign with a walkover against Uganda before edging Ukraine in their second tie to top Stage 1b Group 6. They came back later to blank Rwanda 3-0.The Indian me…
London, April 30 (IANS) Indian men staged a spirited comeback to edge past Slovakia 3–2 in a gripping Group 7 encounter at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships here. With the win, India climbed to the top of the Group 7 standings and strengthened their position ahead of their next tie against Guatemala. The contest ebbed and flowed before India sealed victory through resilience and composure under pressure.Slovakia drew first blood as Lubomir Pistej, ranked 149, used his experience t…