Indian pair of Payas Jain and Ankur Bhattacharjee lost the men’s doubles final at the WTT Contender Buenos Aires 1-3 on Sunday to Japan’s Kazuki Hamada and Hiromu Kobayashi. The summit clash lasted almost 30 minutes which saw the Indians attempt a fightback in the third and fourth games, but to no avail. The Japanese … Read more
Indian paddler Sreeja Akula ended her women’s singles campaign at the WTT Contender Lagos as runner-up after losing 1-4 to Japan’s Honoka Hashimoto in the summit clash on Saturday. In the 48-minute final, Hashimoto put considerable distance between herself and Sreeja, the defending champion, after winning the first three games 11-7, 11-3, 11-4. However, the … Read more
Indian paddler Ayhika Mukherjee bowed out of the WTT Contender Buenos Aires on Saturday after losing her women’s singles quarterfinal match against Su Tsz Tung of Hong Kong, China. The Asian Games medallist lost 1-3 in a match which lasted around 32 minutes. Ayhika took the lead in the fixture after taking the first game … Read more
Sreeja Akula followed up her stunning victory over top seed Hina Hayata with back-to-back victories to seal a place in the semifinals of the WTT Contender Lagos on Friday. The 26-year-old started the day by defeating Italian Debora Vivarelli 9-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-1 to seal a place in the quarterfinals. She backed the performance up … Read more
India’s Sreeja Akula caused a major upset at the WTT Contender Lagos, defeating World No. 11, Hina Hayata, in straight games to seal a spot in the round of 16 on Thursday. The 26-year-old Indian dominated from the outset, showcasing exceptional form against the top-seeded Japanese player, to finish with a commanding scoreline of 11-7, … Read more
In a little over a month, it’ll be four years since Gujarat’s Bhavina Patel clinched silver in Tokyo and gave India its first medal in table tennis at the Paralympics. Most recently, she bagged two singles gold medals in back-to-back international tournaments in Chinese Taipei. In the second tournament, she took down five-time Paralympic medallist … Read more
The last few months have been eventful for Divyanshi Bhowmick. “I’m giving so many interviews at a stretch for the first time, but it’s been fun,” Divyanshi says. At just 14, Divyanshi became the first Indian in more than three decades to win the Under-15 girls’ singles title at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championships. … Read more
Former India star paddler Sharath Kamal’s dream has finally come true. The High-Performance Centre (HPC), to be funded by the Tamil Nadu Innovations Initiatives (TANII), a wing of the State Planning Commission of the Tamil Nadu Government, will be up and running by the end of August, at the Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports … Read more
TABLE TENNIS Divyanshi Bhowmick wins gold in U-15 category at Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships India’s Divyanshi Bhowmick won the gold medal in the under-15 girls’ singles category at the Asian Youth Table Tennis Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Tuesday. Divyanshi took down China’s Zhu Qihui 4-2 (13-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8) in the … Read more
ESPORTS WORLD CUP July 8 – August 24: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia FISU WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES July 16-27: Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, Germany CRICKET India Tour Of England July 2-6: 2nd Test – Edgbaston, Birmingham July 10-14: 3rd Test – Lord’s Cricket Ground, London July 23-27: 4th Test – Old Trafford, Manchester Bangladesh Tour of Sri Lanka … Read more