The men’s and women’s teams emerged victorious in the South Asia Regional Championships recently, securing their spot for the world-class event.
Snehit displayed composure during the match and recorded 11-9, 11-8, 11-9 figures to get the better of his senior colleague Sharath.
Speaking of his illustrious two-decade long career, Kamal has won seven gold medal in the Commonwealth Games and two bronze medals in the Asian Games.
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It is to be noted that the duo won the first Olympic medal for the country in eight years.
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Archana Kamath who played a significant role in guiding the women’s table-tennis side to their first-ever Olympics quarterfinal, opened up on her decision of quitting the sport.
Archana Kamath decided to quit table tennis and has opted to pursue her higher education abroad.
In this article, we will go through all the major events that took place on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics 2024.
The Indian women’s side down the 4th seeded Romania 3-2 to qualify for the quarterfinal stage.
The Indian women’s side took down Romania 3-2 to qualify for the quarterfinal stage on August 5.
India defeated Romania 3-2 in the women’s Round of 16 clash to advance in to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Batra went down to Japan’s Hirano Miu in the R16 after becoming the first Indian to enter the pre-quarters of Olympics in the table-tennis event.
Sreeja, earlier became only the second Indian to enter the pre-quarters in table tennis in the Olympics after Manika Batra.
Batra was one of India’s biggest medal prospects at the Summer Games and had a dominant run to reach the pre-quarters stage.
Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying made her debut at the age of 58 at the Paris Olympics 2024.
The 26-year-old Akula joins fellow Indian paddler Manika Batra in the pre-quaterfinal stage.
The Indian pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Taisha Crasto lost their final Group C game against Australia’s Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu 15-21, 10-21.
The 29-year-old Indian paddler will next on the winner of the match between Hong Kong’s Zhu Chengzu and Japan’s Miu Hirano.
Manika Batra advanced to the round of 32 of women’s singles table tennis event with a comfortable victory over Anna Hursey in just five games.
Kamal, at the age of 42, is playing in his fifth and final Summer Games and has been in incredible form through 2024.
2024 has been a great year for the 25-year-old from Hyderabad as she won the WTT Contender title in Lagos.
On Day 2 of the Paris 2024, some Indian 20 athletes will take the centre stage, which includes the likes of top medal contenders, PV Sindhu, A Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, among others.
In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Thursday, July 25 at the Paris 2024.
The 29-year-old who became the first women’s TT player from India to reach round 32 in singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, broke into the top 25 this year and achieved a career-high world ranking of 24 after her victory at the Saudi Smash in May.
Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly in talks with Manchester United over signing the likes of Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho.
Manika Batra said that she won’t repeat her past mistakes and a medal won’t be on her mind in initial stages.
The table tennis events will run from July 27 till August 10, 2024.
In the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024, Sharath Kamal will be one of the flag-bearers for India alongside the ace shuttler PV Sindhu.
The 2024 edition of Olympics will be held from July 26 till August 11 in the French capital, Paris. Here is the complete list of All India Athletes Qualified For Paris Olympics 2024.
Additionally, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) also confirmed Gagan Narang as India’s Chef de Mission for the upcoming Summer Games.
Martinez scored the match opener in the 47th minute into the game, and right after scoring, he ran up to Messi and hugged him.
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India’s emerging table tennis star Sreeja Akula attained the career-best ranking of world number 24 after she won the WTT Contender Lagos tournament.
Joel Wilson will be the TV Umpire for a re-run of the 2022 semi-final, with Paul Reiffel in place as the fourth umpire in Guyana on 27 June.
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It is to be noted that it will be the first-time ever that India will field players for the team events after the team events were introduced in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The Wrestling Federation of India chief Sanjay Singh announced that the selection trials for the Olympics 2024 will be conducted on June 10.
Olympic gold medallist and reigning world champion Neeraj Chopra is all set to compete in the 27th Federation Cup National Championship 2024 to be held from May 12 to May 15 in Odisha.
The tournament is scheduled from April 15 to 21 at the Galaxy Arena in Macao. On the eve of the competition, the draws of the event were released at a press conference
Ahead of one of the most exciting clashes of the cash-rich league, the cricket greats discovered Maharashtrian cuisine and tried their hands on some of the most popular dishes.
This was the final opportunity for the Indian paddlers to secure their berth at the upcoming tournament as the men’s and women’s teams have already secured their quota.
TNAA called Sharath Kamal a ‘nondescript sportsman’ and said that javelin thrower and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra should be India’s flag-bearer at Olympics 2024.
Earlier in the match, Pat Cummins won the toss and invited KKR to bat first.
The veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal, who also is a two-time Commonwealth Games champion and a Khel Ratna awardee expressed himself after being named India’s flagbearer at the Olympics. In conversation with the PTI, Kamal said, “From not even sure of Olympic berth to playing the way I did in Singapore last week, jumping 54 spots in the rankings to being named India’s flag bearer.”
Indian table tennis veteran Sharath Kamal also took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to acknowledge this historic moment.
In a remarkable turn of events, Indian men’s and women’s teams secured the Paris Olympics 2024 quota for the first time, based on their world rankings.
Gauff defeated Pliskova 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships.
Sabalenka made her first appearance after defending her Australian Open title and lost 12 of the last 13 games as Vekic won 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-0 in their second-round match.
The team consisting of Veteran Sharath Kamal, defending national champion Harmeet Desai, and G Sathiyan lost their respective singles in the third group stage against third-seeded Korea.
The Table Tennis athlete, seated on 39D on the flight, complained that her wheelchair wasn’t treated properly and the crew didn’t respond well when she asked about the same at the aircraft door.
The WTT Star Contender Goa will allow players to secure ranking points and qualify for the WTT Cup Finals and WTT Champions Series.
While the Aussies were into the 25th over of their innings, Rana and Vastrakar went for the same ball and collided badly due to lack of communication.
The European Court of Justice found that FIFA and UEFA’s rules were “contrary to EU law.”
Mohamed Salah kickstarted a late comeback for Liverpool at the Selhurst Park with his 200th goal, helping them defeat Crystal Palace by 2-1 in the Premier League.
PV Sindhu will play her quarterfinal clash against China’s He Bingjiao, while HS Pranoy takes on Lee Zii Jia.
Here in this article, we’ll take a look at the events scheduled for Wednesday, 4 October.
With a single bronze, Indian TT contingent ended their campaign at the ongoing Games.
Athletes from various participating countries will compete for around 30 gold medals in the continental showpiece on October 2,
Indian badminton men’s team will fight with the Chinese Taipei for the top podium finish.
India currently sits at fourth place having won 38 medals, which include 10 gold, 14 silver and 14 bronze.
The Indian pair earlier this year beat the Japanese pair of Miyuu Kihari and Miwa Harimoto in the final to become the first Indians to win a Contender title in 2023.
The Indian men’s badminton team will play their semifinal round against their Korean counterparts.
Here in this article, we will have a look at the complete schedule of the Indian contingent at the Games for Saturday, September 30.
The Commonwealth Games gold medallist will next face World No. 3 Yidi Wang of China on Saturday, 30 September.
The Indian badminton team, consisting of names like PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, the iconic duo of Sat-Chi and more, will begin their campaign on September 28, Thursday.
Indian men’s players will now focus their attention on the individual table tennis events at the Asian Games 2023, after losing the team event on September 24.
In the round of 16 stage of the women’s table tennis team event, India lost to Thailand in a pulsating tie by 2-3 to bow out of the competition.
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Indian men’s team defeated Tajikistan in their third tie, while Indian women’s team won against Nepal in their second tie of the Asian Games 2023 table tennis team event.
India’s sailors are spread out in various categories like skiff, dinghy, windsurfing, and multihull.
On the other hand, the Indian Men’s Table Tennis defeated Yemen 3-0 in the first group match.
The Indian table tennis squad, led by Sharat Kamal and Manika Batra, will begin its campaign at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on September 22.
The 19th edition of the Asian Games will start on September 23 in Hangzhou, China.
Asian Games 2023 are set to officially begin on September 23, with 15 days of action across 40 different sporting disciplines.
Chanu had created the record of lifting 119kgs at the 2021 Asian Championships in the women’s 49kg clean-and-jerk session.
On the other hand, the Indian women’s team crashed out of the Pyeongchang meet after losing 3-0 to Japan in the quarterfinals.
Madison Keys, the former US Open finalist, reached the quarter-final of this tournament for the first time in five years.
In the semifinals of the 26th edition of the Asian Table Tennis Championships, the Indians will lock horns with Chinese Taipei on Wednesday, September 6 to book spot in the finale.
Additionally, MOC has approved monetary assistance for table tennis champion Sharath Kamal until Paris 2024 Olympics.
Praggnanandhaa, who hails from Chennai, became the youngest Indian to reach the final of the Chess World Cup. He also became the third youngest player to qualify for the Candidates Tournament after Carlsen and Bobby Fischer.
Patel won gold medals at the ITTF Fa20 Spanish Open and the ITTF Egypt Para Open.