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August 3, 2024 Garima Ranawat

I fulfilled the dream of that 4-year-old girl: Manika Batra opens up on Paris Olympics 2024 R16 elimination

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.

August 1, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

Paris Olympics 2024 Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula loses to World No. 1 Sun in women’s pre-quarterfinals

Sreeja, earlier became only the second Indian to enter the pre-quarters in table tennis in the Olympics after Manika Batra.

July 31, 2024 Abhishek Sandikar

Paris Olympics 2024: Manika Batra crashes out after 4-1 loss against Miu Hirano

Batra was one of India’s biggest medal prospects at the Summer Games and had a dominant run to reach the pre-quarters stage.

July 31, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

What happened at Paris Olympics on July 30, 2024? – Check here

In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Tuesday, July 30 at the Paris 2024.

July 30, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

Paris Olympics 2024 Table Tennis: Manika Batra becomes first Indian to reach Olympics pre-quarterfinals

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.

July 29, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

What happened at Paris Olympics on July 28, 2024? – Check here

In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Sunday, July 28 at the Paris 2024.

July 28, 2024 Arjun Sharma

Paris Olympics 2024 Table Tennis: Manika Batra registers win over Anna Hursey 11-8, 12-10, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5 in R64

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.

July 26, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

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What happened at Paris Olympics on July 25, 2024? – Check here

In this article, we will go through all the big news that took place on Thursday, July 25 at the Paris 2024.

July 24, 2024 Garima Ranawat

Manika Batra’s Road to 2024 Paris Olympics

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.

July 23, 2024 Garima Ranawat

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Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly in talks with Manchester United over signing the likes of Bruno Fernandes and Jadon Sancho.

July 22, 2024 Garima Ranawat

Not going to repeat my mistakes: Manika Batra ahead of Paris Olympics 2024

Manika Batra said that she won’t repeat her past mistakes and a medal won’t be on her mind in initial stages.

May 14, 2024 Garima Ranawat

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The Wrestling Federation of India chief Sanjay Singh announced that the selection trials for the Olympics 2024 will be conducted on June 10.

May 8, 2024 Garima Ranawat

Athletics

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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.

April 14, 2024 Garima Ranawat

Table Tennis

ITTF World Cup 2024 draws released; Manika Batra placed in Group 2, Sreeja Akula in Group 4

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

April 12, 2024 Garima Ranawat

Table Tennis

Manika-Sathiyan out of Paris 2024 race after second round defeat at World Mixed Doubles Olympics tournament

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.

December 21, 2023 Garima Ranawat

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The European Court of Justice found that FIFA and UEFA’s rules were “contrary to EU law.”

September 29, 2023 SportsTiger Staff

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games 2023 Table Tennis: Manika Batra becomes first Indian singles paddler to reach quarterfinals

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist will next face World No. 3 Yidi Wang of China on Saturday, 30 September.

August 9, 2023 Soham Kulkarni

OTHER NEWS

Manika Batra recovers her lost baggage at the airport; thanks Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

The seventh-ranked mixed doubles team of Batra and the seasoned G. Sathiyan is anticipated to lead India at the Asiad from September 23 to October 8.

August 9, 2023 Garima Ranawat

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Colombia ended Jamaica’s campaign in the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and secured their first-ever spot in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

August 8, 2023 Abhishek Sandikar

OTHER SPORTS

Manika Batra loses kit bag while travelling from Peru, requests Jyotiraditya M. Scindia for help

In the tournament in Peru, Batra was eliminated in the round of 32 by Japan’s world number 14 Miu Hirano.

July 9, 2023 SportsTiger Staff

OTHER NEWS

Asian Games 2023: Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal to lead India’s 10-member table tennis contingent

The Asian Championships in Korea are scheduled to take place between September 3 to 10.

November 18, 2022 Aakash Srivastava

OTHER SPORTS

Manika Batra becomes first Indian woman to reach semi-finals of Asian Cup table tennis tournament

World number 44 Manika beat Chen, ranked 23rd in the ITTF chart, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11 and 11-9 in a hard-fought quarterfinal battle.

August 4, 2022 Ritesh Pathak

Commonwealth Games 2022

Table Tennis Day Roundup: India’s mixed doubles pairs and Manika Batra through to pre-quarters

The first day started well for India with almost all of its players in action advancing to the next round.

July 30, 2022 Vaidehi Singh

Commonwealth Games 2022

CWG 2022 Table Tennis: Manika Batra comfortably beats Thuraia Thomas 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 in table tennis women’s team event

With this win over her Guyana opponent, India are now cruising 2-0 in the women’s table tennis team event.

July 29, 2022 Abhishek Sandikar

Commonwealth Games 2022

CWG 2022 Table Tennis: Manika Batra registers comfortable win over Mushfiquh Kalam 11-5, 11-3, 11-2

Manika Batra registered a comfortable win after India’s doubles pair of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula registered win over RSA duo.

February 11, 2022 Rohan Gulaty

OTHER SPORTS

Delhi HC suspends Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) following case filed by Manika Batra; coach Soumyadeep Roy found guilty of match-fixing

In a judgement which has left everyone in shock, the federation has been suspended for 6 months and an administrator has been appointed to handle the case further.

September 3, 2021 Rohan Gulaty

“National coach had pressurized me to indulge in match-fixing” – India’s table tennis star Manika Batra makes a shocking revelation

The 26-year-old also questioned the federation for their failure to act promptly on the issue.

July 27, 2021 SportsTiger Staff

Table Tennis Federation of India threaten action against Manika Batra for speaking against national coach

Manika bowed out of the Olympics after losing in Round 3 of the singles event.

July 26, 2021 SportsTiger Staff

Tokyo Olympics Day 3 highlights: Manika Batra bows out, Indian women’s hockey team suffer consecutive defeats

Indian paddler Sharath Kamal advanced into the next round after beating Portuguese Tiago Polonia 4-2.

July 25, 2021 Rohan Gulaty

Tokyo Olympics 2020 Day 2 India Highlights: Impressive wins for PV Sindhu, Mary Kom and Manika Batra; men’s hockey team suffers heavy defeat

India failed to win any medal on Day 2 of the mega event on Sunday.

July 25, 2021 Saurabh Ganguly

Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra comes back from two games down to win thriller; Mary Kom moves to round of 16

Earlier, Batra had stormed into the second round of the women’s singles category after a 4-0 (11-7, 11-6, 12-10, 11-9) win over Great Britain’s Tin-Tin Ho on Saturday.