table tennis

Monaco, March 30: Indian table tennis players had a disappointing start in the 2026 ITTF World Cup, as both Manika Batra and Manav Thakkar lost their respective opening group matches on Monday.Manika Batra, ranked 47th in the world, lost 3-0 (18-16, 11-4, 11-6) to Japan's Miwa Harimoto in...

Mumbai, March 22 Punjab cueist Digvijay Kadian continued his impressive form and easily defeated PSPB's Brijesh Damani 7-1 in the final of the Rs 13.5 lakh CCI Snooker Classic 2026 here on Sunday.Digvijay scored breaks of 88 (2nd frame), 67 (3rd frame), 91 (6th frame) and 37 (8th frame) as he...

Gandhidham (Gujarat), March 22 A total of 32 teams will compete for top honors when the boys U-15 team competition of the 87th Inter-State Sub-Junior and Cadet National Table Tennis Championships begins here on Monday.Players from West Bengal are the clear favorites, topping the cumulative...

Mumbai, March 21 Hana Moataz and Abhay Singh rose to the occasion with commanding performances to reach the finals of the Indian Open, registering hard-fought 3-1 victories in their respective semi-finals on Saturday.Second seed Hana Moataz overcame a slow start to defeat her third-seeded...

Indore, March 21 Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) paddlers Manav Thakkar and Yashaswini Ghorpade clinched their maiden singles titles at the Senior National Table Tennis Championships here on Saturday.In the men's final, top seed Manav lived up to expectations with a commanding 4-1...

In Indore, on March 20, Jeet Chandra and Anirban Ghosh of the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) secured a hard-fought victory in the men's doubles final of the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships, defeating their teammates Ronit Bhanja and Preyesh Raj Suresh 3-2.The match...

Indore, March 19 The men's doubles competition at the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships witnessed a dramatic upset as the top-seeded West Bengal team was eliminated, paving the way for an intriguing semifinal lineup here on Thursday.The biggest headline of the day belonged to...

Nanchang (China), March 18 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, and Zhao Xintong all advanced to the last 16 of the World Snooker Open in Yushan, Jiangxi Province, south China, on Wednesday with comfortable victories.Seven-time world champion O'Sullivan won five consecutive frames to defeat fellow...

Mumbai, March 18 Defending champion Pankaj Advani and India No.6 Sourav Kothari won their respective round of 32 matches in the CCI Snooker Classic tournament here on Wednesday.Advani defeated Robin D'Souza 4-0 (58-55, 73-7, 92-33, 64-52), with a notable break of 65 in the third frame...

Indore, March 17 The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) men further solidified their long-standing dominance with a clinical title win, while the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reclaimed the women's trophy after a two-year absence at the Senior Table Tennis National Championships here on...

Mumbai, March 16 Amit Sapru defeated Vivek Shah 4-0 in the fourth round of the CCI Snooker Classic, while Aditya Agrawal had to work hard against Mayur Garg here on Monday.Sapru consistently potted to achieve a dominant 4-0 victory (58-50, 60-26, 64-19, and 66-22), while Agrawal won the last...

New Delhi, March 16 – The North Zone claimed the JK Bose Inter-Zonal T20 Cricket Trophy without losing a single game throughout the tournament. Meanwhile, the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai (SJAM-1) won the AC Bali Table Tennis Tournament team title at the Sports Journalists Federation...

Indore, March 16 Petroleum Sports Promotion Board women defeated Uttar Pradesh 3-0, while Reserve Bank of India Sports Board overcame a spirited challenge from Karnataka to set up a summit clash between the two powerhouses at the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships here on...

New Delhi, March 16 Bharat Sharma led the Delhi Sports Journalists Association (DSJA) to two second-place finishes in the table tennis competitions at the Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI) National Convention here on Monday.DSJA-1, consisting of Bharat Sharma, Kushan Sarkar, and...

Mumbai, March 15 Imran Khan and Vishal Gehani found their form to win their fourth and main round matches in the CCI Snooker Classic here on Sunday.Imran overcame a spirited challenge from Tathya Sachdev to record a hard-fought 4-3 (71-34, 71-35, 9-68, 86-4, 58-64, 38-61, 52-38) victory...

New Delhi, March 14: Former Union Sports Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) Anurag Singh Thakur said that efforts should be made to bring back former athletes into the Indian sporting ecosystem as coaches and mentors, adding that the country is wasting a valuable resource by leaving...

Indore, March 14 Traditional powerhouses PSPB and RSPB began their campaign at the 87th UTT Senior National Table Tennis Championships with dominant victories, moving closer to the knockout stage here on Saturday.In the men's section, PSPB set the early pace in Group A with convincing 3–0...

New Delhi, March 13 Goa will host the seventh season of the franchise-based Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) event in July at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, organizers said on Friday.Organized by 11Sports Pvt. Ltd. under the aegis of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), UTT has...

New Delhi, March 6 Rajasthan Regals emerged champions at the inaugural DP World PGTI's 72 The League, defeating table-toppers UP Prometheans 12-3 in a commanding victory here on Friday.After qualifying for the final from the league stage as the second-placed team, Regals avenged their 4-10...

Indore, March 1 – Athlete Nurjahan Noorali Jamani, supported by Adani Sportsline's "Garv Hai" initiative, has won the Women's Class 7 title at the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) Para Senior Table Tennis National Championship 2025-26. This victory makes her the No. 1 Indian player in the category...