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Can India paddlers match Gold Coast high in Birmingham?

Can India paddlers match Gold Coast high in Birmingham?

Rediff.com26 Jul 2022

India had exceeded expectations at 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia by winning three gold, a couple of silver and three bronze medals.

Soumyadeep in TT singles semis

Soumyadeep in TT singles semis

Rediff.com12 Oct 2010

Soumyadeep Roy quelled a stiff challenge from Singapore's Xiaoli Cai to enter the men's singles semi-finals in the Commonwealth Games' table tennis competition on Tuesday. He will take on world No 17 Gao Ning, who beat India's A Amalraj 4-1 in other match.

Hate app: SC refuses to stay probe in FIRs against creator

Hate app: SC refuses to stay probe in FIRs against creator

Rediff.com12 Aug 2022

The bench, which said it would not stay any probe in these FIRs, issued notice on the plea and posted it for hearing after three weeks.

India's Sathiyan in World TT main draw

India's Sathiyan in World TT main draw

Rediff.com28 Apr 2015

India's G Sathiyan continued his good show and qualified for the main draw of the men's singles event at the World Table Tennis Championships, in Suzhou, China.

Commonwealth TT: Indian men in final

Commonwealth TT: Indian men in final

Rediff.com7 May 2013

India's men paddlers entered the final of the team championship at the 19th Commonwealth Championships, beating England, while the women went down fighting to the same opponents, in the semi-finals, in Delhi, on Tuesday. While the men prevailed 3-2, the women's team lost 2-3 and had to settle for the bronze medal.

PHOTOS: Sania, TT squad at Rio Games Village

PHOTOS: Sania, TT squad at Rio Games Village

Rediff.com2 Aug 2016

Tennis star Sania Mirza arrived at the Games Village of the Rio Olympics and so did the table tennis squad while the Indian hockey team won its practice match against Spain.

Chinese sweep at World TT

Chinese sweep at World TT

Rediff.com5 May 2009

China completed a clean sweep of all five titles at the World Table Tennis Championships in Yokahama on Tuesday, with world number ones Wang Hao and Zhang Yining claiming the men's and women's singles crowns. The Chinese team dominated the event -- held every two years -- for the third straight time, with all-Chinese finals in each discipline.

Soumyajit progresses in TT, Ankita loses

Soumyajit progresses in TT, Ankita loses

Rediff.com28 Jul 2012

Young Soumyajit Ghosh's maiden appearance at the Olympics was a memorable one as he advanced to the second round of the table tennis event after Ankita Das bowed out on Saturday.

PIX: Ronaldo nets 100th international goal as Portugal win

PIX: Ronaldo nets 100th international goal as Portugal win

Rediff.com9 Sep 2020

Cristiano Ronaldo rattled home a superb first-half free kick to become only the second male player to score 100 international goals as Portugal outclassed 10-man Sweden 2-0 in their Nations League A Group 3 game on Tuesday.

Europa League PIX: United win; fireworks halt Berlin game

Europa League PIX: United win; fireworks halt Berlin game

Rediff.com7 Oct 2022

Rashford scores a brace as Man United fight back to beat Omonia

Manika Batra's Winning Style Moments

Manika Batra's Winning Style Moments

Rediff.com29 Jul 2021

How the table tennis star keeps it cute and casual.

PIX: An auto show at last!

PIX: An auto show at last!

Rediff.com18 Jul 2020

After a long delay, Thailand opened its twice-postponed Bangkok international motor show to the public as coronavirus restrictions eased, with nearly all attendees wearing masks and face shields.

World TT: Indian men win

World TT: Indian men win

Rediff.com29 Feb 2008

Indian men and women experienced contrasting fortunes at the World Team Table Tennis Championships as the former blanked Nigeria 3-0 but the eves went down 2-3 to Australia.

Sharath, Mouma win National TT

Sharath, Mouma win National TT

Rediff.com13 Mar 2007

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.

TT player Soumyajit suspended over rape allegation; dropped from CWG squad

TT player Soumyajit suspended over rape allegation; dropped from CWG squad

Rediff.com24 Mar 2018

India's table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh has been provisionally suspended by his country's governing body after an 18-year-old woman filed a rape allegation against him with the police.

Why this TT star won't pose for Playboy again?

Why this TT star won't pose for Playboy again?

Rediff.com6 Jul 2017

Germany's Olympic silver-winning paddler Petrissa Solja wants the focus to be firmly on her game as she gears up for the Ultimate Table Tennis in India next week.

Dutch Grand Prix to make Sunday switch in 2016

Dutch Grand Prix to make Sunday switch in 2016

Rediff.com26 Jun 2015

The Dutch round of the MotoGP championship will break with tradition by switching from Saturday to a Sunday slot from next season out of financial necessity, local organisers said on Thursday.

Sharath finishes 6th at Asian Cup TT

Sharath finishes 6th at Asian Cup TT

Rediff.com14 Mar 2015

Sharath Kamal settled for a creditable sixth spot after going down against South Korean Kim Minseok in a thriller at the 28th Asian Cup table tennis tournament in Jaipur on Saturday.

Indian women win TT team silver

Indian women win TT team silver

Rediff.com8 Oct 2010

The Indian women's team had to be content with a silver medal after going down 0-3 to top seeds Singapore in the final, while their men counterparts lost the semi-final to England and crash out of the Commonwealth Games table tennis competition on Friday. Nothing went right for the defending champions, including Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal, in the final-four clash, which they lost 1-3 at the Yamuna Sports Complex.

Indian challenge ends at World TT championship

Indian challenge ends at World TT championship

Rediff.com17 May 2013

Ace Indian paddler Achantha Sharath Kamal lost to Germany's Timo Boll 1-4 in the second round to crash out of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.

Sharath Kamal in TT final

Sharath Kamal in TT final

Rediff.com25 Mar 2006

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 women win TT bronze

Indian women win TT bronze

Rediff.com20 Mar 2006

Mouma Das played a stellar role in a 3-2 victory over Canada in the play-off at the Commonwealth Games

Indian men settle for Commonwealth TT silver

Indian men settle for Commonwealth TT silver

Rediff.com8 May 2013

The Indian men's team suffered a 0-3 thrashing from a much superior Singapore and had to settle for the silver medal at the 19th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, in New Delhi, on Wednesday.

Religious Bonhomie At Ram Navami Yatra

Religious Bonhomie At Ram Navami Yatra

Rediff.com4 Apr 2023

Sunday's yatra proved that it needs both the maturity of locals as well as the police doing their duty, to ensure that a religious procession doesn't turn ugly.

Sharath emerges champion in TT Championship

Sharath emerges champion in TT Championship

Rediff.com8 Aug 2010

Top seed Achanta Sharath Kamal overcame a stiff resistance from unseeded Sanil Shetty of Air India to emerge champion in the Inter Institutional Table Tennis Championship at Ajmer on Sunday.

Sharath Kamal wins Egypt Open TT

Sharath Kamal wins Egypt Open TT

Rediff.com11 Jul 2010

India's Achanta Sharath Kamal came up with a splendid performance to shock top seed Li Ching of Hong Kong and win the Egypt Open Table Tennis Championships in Cairo on Sunday. The sixth seeded Indian Olympian won 11-5,11-6,14-16,12-10,11-9 to claim his second successive title in as many weeks, having won the US Open last Sunday, beating Keineth Thomas of Slovakia in Michigan.

Sharath wins US Open TT title

Sharath wins US Open TT title

Rediff.com5 Jul 2010

Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal notched up the biggest title of his career when he clinched the US Open Table Tennis Championships crown, beating Keineth Thomas of Slovakia at Michigan.

Indian challenge ends at World Junior TT

Indian challenge ends at World Junior TT

Rediff.com15 Dec 2012

The Indian challenge at the Volkswagen 2012 World Junior table tennis championships came to an end when Ayhika Mukerjee and Suthirtha Mukherjee lost their respective pre-quarterfinal matches in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Asian Games: Mixed fortune for Indian TT players

Asian Games: Mixed fortune for Indian TT players

Rediff.com29 Sep 2014

The Indian table tennis players had a bitter-sweet day at the Asian Games as the mixed doubles team of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Poulomi Ghatak crashed out while the women's doubles team got the better of arch-rivals Pakistan in a round-of-32 match in Incheon on Monday.

China reaffirm Asian supremacy in TT

China reaffirm Asian supremacy in TT

Rediff.com20 Nov 2009

Chinese paddlers reasserted continental supremacy on Friday by defending both the men's and women's team titles on the fourth day of the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships while Indian men finished a distant seventh in the Champions Division.

TT: China win men's doubles

TT: China win men's doubles

Rediff.com21 Aug 2004

India's challenge in TT ends

India's challenge in TT ends

Rediff.com15 Aug 2004

Achanta Sharath Kamal lost his second round match to 25th ranked Lai Chak Ko of Hong Kong.

Nobel in Economics goes to Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson

Nobel in Economics goes to Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

"This year's Laureates, Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, have studied how auctions work. They have also used their insights to design new auction formats for goods and services that are difficult to sell in a traditional way, such as radio frequencies. Their discoveries have benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world," the academy said.

India's TT campaign ends as Soumyajit loses

India's TT campaign ends as Soumyajit loses

Rediff.com29 Jul 2012

Soumyajit Ghosh's Olympic campaign in the table tennis event came to an end after the youngster fought valiantly before going down to Bong Hyok Kim of North Korea in the men's singles second round at ExCel.

Indian paddlers sweep SAG Junior TT Championship

Indian paddlers sweep SAG Junior TT Championship

Rediff.com18 Jun 2012

Indian junior paddlers on Monday made a sweep of the team titles in all the four categories of boys and girls, in the ongoing 12th SAF Junior Table Tennis Championships held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex indoor stadium in Shillong.

India runners-up in Commonwealth TT

India runners-up in Commonwealth TT

Rediff.com23 May 2009

Gao Ning was India's nemesis as Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal and his compatriots went down to Singapore 1-3 and finished runners-up in the men's team event of the 18th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship in Glasgow on Saturday. The Indian team, which put up brilliant efforts to notch seven consecutive wins and enter the final, failed to live up to expectations when it mattered most.

Amalraj, Kamal score in Olympic TT qualifier

Amalraj, Kamal score in Olympic TT qualifier

Rediff.com10 May 2012

While national champion Anthony Amalraj defeated world number 49 Emmanuel Lebesson of France, Sharath Kamal got the better of Slovakian Jan Zibrat 4-2, in Doha on Thursday.

TT: Sharath, Shamini clinch national titles

TT: Sharath, Shamini clinch national titles

Rediff.com11 Jan 2009

Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal retained the men's singles title for the Maharaja Pithapuram Cup while top seed K Shamini lifted the Travancore Cup by winning the women's singles competition in the 70th Senior National Table Tennis Championship at the Secretariat Indoor Hall in Patna on Sunday.

Asian TT: Indian men, women in quarterfinals

Asian TT: Indian men, women in quarterfinals

Rediff.com24 Feb 2012

Indian women paddlers stunned fancied Thailand 3-0, while their male counterparts edged past Iran 3-2 to enter the Asian Table Tennis Championship quarterfinals in Macau.

TT Docomo to stay invested in Tata Tele

TT Docomo to stay invested in Tata Tele

Rediff.com5 Mar 2014

Docomo is looking to expand its reach beyond Japan and sees India and Africa as key emerging markets.