Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) has added a new franchise, Kolkata ThunderBlades, ahead of its sixth edition. The season will also see Puneri Paltan in a revamped avatar as PBG Pune Jaguars. Matches will take place in Ahmedabad, a first-time venue, from May 29 to June 15. Co-owned by the Uneecops Group and MVikas Group, Kolkata … Read more
Table Tennis Super League (TTSL), an initiative by Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT), is set to commence with its Maharashtra edition on April 3 at NSCI in Mumbai. The tournament, comprising six franchise-backed teams and 36 players chosen from across Maharashtra through an auction, will culminate on April 6. The winner will receive Rs 3.5 lakhs … Read more
The probability of a tournament’s defending champion succumbing to a crushing defeat against a newly introduced team is quite low. Ultimate Table Tennis witnessed one such episode as Ahmedabad SG Pipers steamrollered Goa Challengers 10-5 on Saturday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. However, the Pipers’ foray into the tournament was a rocky affair. The … Read more
When other nine-year-olds in most parts of the world were developing either the required grip, confidence or intricate motor skills to graduate to writing with the pen from pencil, Bernadette Cynthia Szőcs was making the ping-pong ball turn square on the table with her paddle at CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud, predominantly a football club in Romania. … Read more
The home team, Chennai Lions, didn’t have anything to lose. Neither did Puneri Paltan Table Tennis. But both sides had everything to play for on Tuesday. A semifinal spot in Ultimate Table Tennis, after all, was up for grabs. And the host almost did it, with an unheard-of scoreline of 12-3, that somehow keeps it … Read more