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Topic: table tennis

‘Setback, conspiracy’, Indian sports community reacts after 2026 Commonwealth Games roster shrinks

Sports, like wrestling, hockey, cricket, shooting & table tennis, where India performs well, have been removed from the scaled-back programme for the Games in Glasgow.

Manika Batra beats France’s Prithika Pavade in table tennis women’s singles at Paris Olympics

Batra is the first Indian table tennis player to reach Olympics pre-quarter finals. She defeated her French opponent by 4-0.

Indian men’s & women’s Table Tenis teams create history, qualify for 2024 Paris Olympics

The Indian women's team secured 13th position in the World Team Championships Finals in Busan, last qualifying event for Paris Olympics, while the men's team was ranked at 15th place.

Stan Wawrinka, 38, becomes oldest man to win singles clash at US open since 1992

Wawrinka made his comeback to the tennis circuit in March 2022 after more than a year out following two operations on his left foot, and ranks 49th in top 100 in the world.

Table Tennis legend & CWG medalist Achanta Sharath Kamal to receive ‘Khel Ratna’ award

Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced National Sports Awards 2022. The awardees will receive their awards from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30 November.

Witness protection to table tennis reform: Gita Mittal is the retired judge for all reasons

She retired as chief justice of J&K High Court in December 2020. Since then, she has been called on by the Supreme Court in at least two matters, and made head of several committees.

Power ‘diluted’, ‘revenue loss’ — why HC panel flagged national table tennis body’s deal with pvt firm

The Committee of Administrators, in a plea to Delhi HC, claimed the 2015 contract was tilted in favour of the firm & causing pecuniary losses to the Table Tennis Federation of India.

Indian federations lack awareness on Paralympics classification of athletes. It shows in Tokyo

Indian para-athletes’ performance at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020 must lead to entry of qualified classifiers so that more para-athletes can compete in future games.

Bhavinaben Patel eyes gold in Tokyo Paralympics table tennis, first Indian to reach finals

Bhavinaben Patel registered a 3-2 win over world no. 3 China's Miao Zhang in a class 4 semifinal in Tokyo Saturday. Patel will take on world number one Ying Zhou Sunday in the finals.

On Camera

Operation Sindoor model will not work in future wars. India must not delay theaterisation

War is not a staff college exercise. Battles are messy, losses mount, and the fog of war thickens. The safeguard is not temperament at the top but resilient institutions rooted in unity of command.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.