Top Indian Achanta Sharath Kamal received a mauling from Dimitrij Ovtcharov in a lopsided semi-final and the German then downed Korean Seo Hyun Deok to lift the men's singles title in the ITTF Indian Open Pro Tour Table Tennis tournament, which concluded on Sunday.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
A budding table tennis player suddenly died after being allegedly beaten up by his father, who was not happy with his recent performances.
Neha Aggarwal and Soumi Mondal were beaten in the semi-finals in straight games in the girls' singles of the table tennis competition of the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune on Thursday. Neha was beaten by Isabelle Li 5-11, 6-11, 6-11, 9-11 in just 28 minutes, while Soumi Mondal was victim of another Singaporean, Kai Xin Zena Sim, losing 14-16, 10-12, 4-11, 4-11.
India's leading table tennis player Sharath Kamal, who was ignored for Padma Shri, feels the existing awards application system makes the athletes beg for the honour.
The ace Indian paddler got the better of Spain's Spaniard Alfredo Carneros 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 at the Peking University Gymnasium in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
The National champions, both representing PSEB, won the men and women's singles titles respectively in the Inter-Institutional Table Tennis Championship.
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Meet the heroes from the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Indian men beat Scotland 3-1 in the 17th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
India were ousted from the men's championship division when England beat them 3-2 in the pre-quarterfinals
Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal is hoping for a good showing in the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships that get underway in Lucknow on Monday to boost his ranking.
India's top paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal beat Segun Toriola of Nigeria 11-6, 15-13, 11-8, 11-3 in the semi-final
Indian junior paddlers won three silver and five bronze medals in the STIGA Canadian Junior Open table tennis tournament.
India pulled off a huge upset, beating Nigeria 3-2 in the semi-finals at the Commonwealth Games.
The shooters bagged three gold and one silver medal in five events that took India's tally to four gold and three silver after two days.
India's national champion beat the Brazilian to advance to the quarter-finals of the inaugural Indian Open table tennis championships.
Nikhil Kanetkar and Abhinn Shyam Gupta begin their campaign in the men's badminton tournament.
Achanta Sharath Kamal is pitted against Mohamed Boudjadja of Algeria in the first round of the men's singles while Mouma Das faces Nanthana Komwong of Thailand in the women's singles.
Indian athletes are undergoing rigorous training sessions to acclimatise themselves to the conditions in this historic city.
All eyes will be on the shooting range, with Indians in three finals.
There was no rain break, no twilight five-set drama and no Wimbledon trophy on offer on Friday but none of that bothered ageless Swiss maestro Roger Federer. The only thing that mattered to the 20-time Grand Slam champion was that, unlike in his last grasscourt duel with Rafael Nadal 11 years ago, he had won the "crazy last game" which sealed his passage into a 12th Wimbledon final.
Psychologists have become a more established presence on the tennis tour, with top players like Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova espousing the benefits.
Murray was made to fight for two hours and 52 minute
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The Indian ace was beaten in the men's singles semi-finals of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
The defending champion beat Cai Xiao Li of Singapore in the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
Achanta Sharath Kamal was the only Indian to survive the second round heat in men's singles.
India beat Australia 3-0 and set-up a title clash with Singapore in the men's team event.
The Indian men's and women's teams romped into the second round of the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships.
India just about managed to cling to men's second division berth at the World Table Tennis championship.
India beat Finland to secure a quarter-final berth in the men's second division at the World Table Tennis Championships.
Akhil Kumar, Jitender Kumar and Vijender were handed out empty envelopes in name of cash awards
In an embarrassment to India, the country has been warned of heavy penalty by the Olympic Council of Asia if it withdraws from sending teams in a few disciplines in the upcoming Asian Games, a development which led to the IOA slamming some government officials for "ruining sport".
India's top-ranked player beat Australia's William Henzel in a gruelling final at the Commonwealth Games.
The men's table tennis team topped the group with an all-win record.
India trounced hosts Australia 3-0 to win all their four league matches in the men's table tennis tournament.
The former beat defending champion Subhajit Saha to win the men's singles title while defending champion Mouma Das beat top seed Poulomi Ghatak to retain her crown.
The fifth seeded Indian ace will take on top seed Gao Ning of Singapore.
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