South Zone TT: Sharath, Shamini emerge champions
September 9th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 9 (IANS) Sharath Kamal and Shamini Kumaresan emerged the men's and women's singles champions at the Indian Oil Servo National Ranking South Zone Table Tennis Championships which concluded ... Read more...
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PSPB paddlers likely to dominate
August 21st, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) paddlers are likely to dominate the 42nd edition of the All-India Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championships which get under way at ... Read more...
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Olympic-bound paddlers leave for exposure trip
June 6th, 2012 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Olympic-bound paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das with 13 other table tennis players left here Wednesday to participate in the Swedish Open and Brazil Open ... Read more...
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Indian men’s and women’s paddlers to play for 25-32 positions
March 28th, 2012 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dortmund (Germany), March 28 (IANS) Indian men and women paddlers made it to the second stage of the Liebherr World Table Tennis Championships here Wednesday and would now settle for ... Read more...
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National TT: PSPB, West Bengal enter second round
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 23 (IANS) Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) and West Bengal women were the first to move into the second stage of the Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis ... Read more...
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National TT: Sharath, Shamini start favourites
January 22nd, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 22 (IANS) Top Indian paddlers, including defending champion Sharath Kamal, will headline the senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships which get underway at the Sports Authority of ... Read more...
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Coach backs out, TT players Olympics preparations suffer
July 14th, 2011 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) The preparations of the Indian table tennis team for major international events, including the Olympic qualifiers, has hit a roadblock after Sweden's Anders Johansson turned ... Read more...
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Sharath crashes out of World TT Championship
May 11th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) India's Sharath Kamal crashed out of the World Table Tennis Championships, losing in the first round to lower-ranked Chen Chien-An of Chinese Taipei 1-4 in ... Read more...
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Sharath to spearhead Indian challenge in World TT Championships
May 5th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Sharath Kamal will spearhead the Indian challenge in the World Table Tennis Championships at Rotterdam May 8-15.Besides Kamal, Amalraj Anthony, Soumyadeep Roy, Abhishek Ravichandran and ... Read more...
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Table tennis: Karia-Kumar clinch doubles, Saurav-Mouma win mixed doubles
January 23rd, 2011 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) Rajasthan's Devesh Kariya and Zubin Kumar claimed the men's doubles title while Saurav Chakraborty and Mouma Das of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board bqgged the mixed doubles honours at ... Read more...
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PSPB, West Bengal face-off in TT team finals
January 19th, 2011 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Holders Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) and hosts West Bengal made their way into the finals in both the men's and women's sections of the 72nd senior national ... Read more...
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Rajasthan surprise North Bengal, PSPB men and women romp into last 16
January 18th, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Rajasthan men surprised formidable North Bengal while title holders Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) cruised into the pre-quarterfinals in both the men's and women's events in the 72nd ... Read more...
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Sharath set to defend national title in Kolkata
January 13th, 2011 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) India's top tennis player Sharath Kamal will be among the star attractions in the 72nd Senior National and Inter-State Table Tennis Championships starting in Kolkata Monday.Commonwealth Games ... Read more...
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Asian Games: Indian shuttlers, paddlers advance (Afternoon Lead)
November 16th, 2010 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 16 (IANS) Shuttlers Jwala-Ashwini and paddlers Sharath-Saha advanced into the next round but the women's hockey team went down 0-3 to Japan and India's judo campaign ended on the fourth ... Read more...
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Asian Games TT: Sharath-Saha in doubles pre-quarters (Lead)
November 16th, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 16 (IANS) The Indian pair of Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha entered the pre-quarters of the men's doubles table tennis with a comfortable 11-7, 11-4, 11-7 victory over H. Albahrani ... Read more...
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Asian Games TT: Sharath-Shamini lose in mixed doubles
November 16th, 2010 - 10:46 am ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 16 (IANS) India's Sharath Kamal and Shamini Kumaresan went down to Seiya Kishikawa and Ai Fukuhara of Japan 12-10, 4-11, 11-8, 2-11, 6-11 in the table tennis mixed doubles pre-quarterfinal ... Read more...
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Asian Games TT: India lose despite Sharath’s stellar show (Lead)
November 14th, 2010 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 14 (IANS) India's ace paddler Sharath Kamal shocked World no. 29 Kenta Matsudaira but the effort was not enough for the men's team to get past a formidabe Japan, who ... Read more...
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Asian Games TT: Indian men, women reach team quarters
November 14th, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS
Guangzhou, Nov 14 (IANS) The Indian men's and women's table tennis teams stormed into the quarterfinals at the Asian Games here Sunday.The men beat Vietnam 3-1 and are now up against Japan, ... Read more...
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Banerjee assures jobs to CWG, other medal winners
October 29th, 2010 - 1:07 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday assured jobs to several Commonwealth Games (CWG) medal winners and other sportspersons and announced that her department will set up four academies ... Read more...
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Sanil, lone new face in table tennis squad for Asiad
October 21st, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Young Sanil Shetty is the lone new face in the 10-member table tennis squad for the Asian Games that was announced by the Table Tennis Federation of ... Read more...
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CWG table tennis: Doubles gold brings tears in Sharath’s eyes (Roundup)
October 13th, 2010 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Defending table tennis champion Sharath Kamal made up somewhat for his loss in the men's singles semi-finals in the morning by pairing up with Subhajit ... Read more...
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CWG: Indian athletics, gold count soars to new high (Night Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Indian athletics soared to a new high at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday with the women's quartet of Mandeep Kaur, Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose and Ashwini Chidananda ... Read more...
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CWG table tennis: Soumyadeep, Sharath storm into semis (Roundup)
October 12th, 2010 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) India's Soumyadeep Roy upset fancied Cai Xiaoli of Singapore while defending champion Achanta Sharath Kamal beat another Singaporean Ma Liang to enter the semi-finals of ... Read more...
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CWG: India take 31st gold, tally highest in Games (Afternoon Lead)
October 12th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Shooters Heena Sidhu and Annu Raj Singh won a gold in the 10-metre air pistol pairs event at the Commonwealth Games here Tuesday, taking India's gold tally ... Read more...
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CWG table tennis: Soumyadeep Roy enters semis
October 12th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) India's Soumyadeep Roy upset fancied Cai Xiaoli of Singapore 4-1 to enter the semifinals of the men's singles table tennis event at Commonwealth Games Tuesday.Roy, in the ... Read more...
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CWG table tennis: Soumyadeep shocks Henzell, India women out
October 12th, 2010 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) India's Soumyadeep Roy, Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj moved into the quarterfinals of the men's singles while women's challenge ended in the table tennis event ... Read more...
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Indian men, women paddlers face tough challenge (TT preview)
October 3rd, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Indian men Monday begin the campaign to defend their Commonwealth Games table tennis gold with an easy outing against minnows Vanuatu while women have their ... Read more...
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Commonwealth Games: Singapore stand between India and TT gold
September 8th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
(Attn Editors: This is the first of the previews discussing India's chances in various disciplines at the New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Oct 3-14. The piece is on Table Tennis.)New ... Read more...
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Sharath Kamal to lead India’s challenge, CWG squad announced
August 30th, 2010 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Defending champion Sharath Kamal will lead India's table tennis squad in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) announced a 10-member squad here ... Read more...
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Reigning Commonwealth champions India to train in China
July 29th, 2010 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Bharat Sharma
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Reigning men's team champions India, with their singles gold medallist Sharath Kamal, will be in China for training-cum-competition next month in preparation for the Oct ... Read more...
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Curtain drawn on South Asian Games, India finish at top
February 9th, 2010 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 9 (IANS) India finished with 175 medals, including 90 gold in the 11th South Asian Games here, underlining its supremacy as the regional sports powerhouse.
The Games came to an end ... Read more...
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TT players to undergo camp under new coach
March 23rd, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Top Indian paddlers will undergo a 30-day training camp at Patiala from Tuesday under the watchful eyes of newly-appointed foreign coach Aleksey Yefremov of Belarus. The camp ... Read more...
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Sharath Kamal, Neha Agrawal qualify for Olympics
March 7th, 2008 - 8:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Paddlers Sharath Kamal and Neha Agrawal have booked their berths for the Beijing Olympics by reaching the knock-out stage of the ongoing qualifying table tennis tournament for ... Read more...
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India dumps Nigeria in World TT
February 29th, 2008 - 2:25 pm ICT by admin
Guangzhou (China), Feb 29 (IANS) Indian men's team scored an emphatic 3-0 victory over Nigeria in the 33-36 play-off tie of the World Table Tennis Championship here Friday. Soumyadeep Roy gave India ... Read more...
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Sharath leads India to victory against Norway at World TT
February 26th, 2008 - 6:25 pm ICT by admin
Guangzhou (China), Feb 26 (IANS) Top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal led India to another emphatic victory at the 49th World Table Tennis Championships Tuesday, blanking Norway 3-1 in their fourth round Group ... Read more...
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