Table Tennis

Ranked a lowly 155, Mukherjee played the match of her life to pull off a stunning 12-10 2-11 13-11 11-6 win over world number one Sun in the opening singles of the group stage contest.

Indian-origin teen Prithika Pavade is France's top table tennis contender at Paris Olympics 2024

France’s second-highest-ranked female table tennis player is of Indian origin, tracing her roots to Pondicherry and ranked 32 in the world in singles.

European Championships 2023 | To beat the Chinese at table tennis, be clever, practise hard, play a bit different: Swedish player Mattias Falck

The stark difference is visible from the ITTF rankings, in which the world No. 1 and 2, Fan Zhendong (6,855 points) and Wang Chuqin (6,285), have built a substantial lead over the third-ranked Ma Long (3,645).

WTT Star Contender Goa: How Stupa, a sports analytics company, brought a World Table Tennis event to India

The WTT Star Contender in Goa, from February 27 to March 5, is a first of its kind in the country, propelled by the company that’s entered a niche space of data analytics for a sport that’s not yet hugely popular in India.

WTT Star Contender Goa: Home advantage, key withdrawals may give Sathiyan the chance to make a mark

Biggest world table tennis event to be held in India allows domestic players an opportunity to play the world’s best on home turf.

Sharath Kamal, the athlete who defies age

Table Tennis player Sharath Kamal is one of the senior pros, who will be the oldest player at next week's WTT Star Contender event in Goa, but he is not the only athlete in his 40s playing a world sporting event.

How Manika Batra became the first Indian woman to win a medal at Asian Cup Table Tennis

Behind Manika Batra's fight to clinch Asian Cup Bronze were her mother's remarks, hard work and good form, meditation, and mixed-doubles partner G Sathiyan's motivation.

Manika Batra humbles another top-10 player to win historic bronze at Asian Cup TT

Besides the historic bronze, Manika will also carry home USD 10,000 for her efforts.

India men's team stuns world number 2 Germany in World TT Championships

World number 37 G Sathiyan won two gruelling deciders, first against 36th ranked Duda Benedikt before edging out Germany's highest-ranked player Qiu.

2022 Table Tennis World Team Championships: New maturity allows G. Sathiyan to aim higher, stay in the present

The table tennis player will lead India in the World Team Championships, to build on a year of small, significant successes

40 and going strong: Sharath Kamal wins singles gold after 16 years

After losing the first game that he should have closed, Sharath beat a much younger yet experienced Liam Pitchford of England 11-13, 11-7, 11-2, 11-6, 11-8 at the NEC arena.

Commonwealth Games | Sharath Kamal wins gold after beating England in table tennis singles final

The 40-year-old Sharath had earlier won gold in men's singles at the Melbourne Games in 2006 and also bagged a bronze at the 2010 showpiece in New Delhi.

Indian paddlers shine bright; men, women record second straight wins in team events at CWG

The women’s team, defending the title it had won at Gold Coast four years ago, had enjoyed a winning start to its campaign on Friday after crushing South Africa and Fiji by identical 3-0 margins.

Promising TT player Vishwa Deenadayalan dies in road accident

He was travelling in a car along with his three teammates from Guwahati to Shillong when a 12-wheel trailer, coming from the opposite direction, ploughed through the road divider and hit the vehicle.

Tokyo Olympics table tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee enters next round of women's singles event

Mukherjee defeated Sweden's Linda Bergstroem 5-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 11-5 in her opening game.

Now, a robot that plays table tennis like humans

Researchers have developed a robot that learns to play ping-pong from humans and improves as it competes against them.

BSkyB to show London Games in UK

British pay TV operator BSkyB will screen live coverage of the London Olympics this summer after the BBC agreed on Tuesday to make its online feeds available to cable and satellite broadcasters in Britain.

Kumble's TENVIC a system to nurture sporting talent

Out from memorable innings with the Indian cricket team, former India captain, Anil Kumble has bowled his way into the entrepreneurial world with his venture, TENVIC.