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Air India leaves Indian TT squad stranded at IGI airport

Air India leaves Indian TT squad stranded at IGI airport

Rediff.com22 Jul 2018

The Indian contingent, comprising 17 players and officials, is scheduled to participate at the ITTF World Tour Australian Open starting in Melbourne on Monday.

TT Worlds: Manika advances to Round 3

TT Worlds: Manika advances to Round 3

Rediff.com23 May 2023

While Sharath lost on Monday, Sathiyan could not do much against the mighty world number nine Dang Qiu of Germany, losing 6-11, 6-11, 5-11, 7-11 on Tuesday.

World TT C'ships: Indian women blank Uzbekistan, men lose to South Korea

World TT C'ships: Indian women blank Uzbekistan, men lose to South Korea

Rediff.com19 Feb 2024

Indian women's team eased past Uzbekistan while the men endured successive defeats with the loss to South Korea in the World Table Tennis Team Championships in Busan on Monday.

Two killed in accident on opening day of Isle of Man TT races

Two killed in accident on opening day of Isle of Man TT races

Rediff.com5 Jun 2016

Two motorcycle riders have died in separate accidents on the opening day of the annual Isle of Man TT races, organisers said.

Asian TT: Manav stuns World No 33 Cheng-Jui

Asian TT: Manav stuns World No 33 Cheng-Jui

Rediff.com8 Sep 2023

Manav Thakkar pulled off a memorable 3-1 win over world No 33 Kao Cheng-Jui to enter the men's singles pre-quarter-finals of the Asian Table Tennis Championships.

India men's TT team win bronze at Asian Championships

India men's TT team win bronze at Asian Championships

Rediff.com6 Sep 2023

The Indian men's table tennis team settled for the bronze medal after going down 0-3 to Chinese Taipei in the Asian Championships semi-final.

Asian TT: Indian women lose to Thailand, finish sixth

Asian TT: Indian women lose to Thailand, finish sixth

Rediff.com5 Sep 2023

The Indian women's team finished sixth in the Asian Table Tennis Championships after being blanked 0-3 by Thailand in Pyeongchang on Tuesday.

Asian TT Championships: Indian men's team assured of bronze

Asian TT Championships: Indian men's team assured of bronze

Rediff.com4 Sep 2023

After a long time, Sharath and Sathiyan find themselves out of the top-100 in the singles rankings and would be looking to make amends in the individual events at the Asian Championships.

'Disappointing': PT Usha comments on CWG 2026 debacle

'Disappointing': PT Usha comments on CWG 2026 debacle

Rediff.com24 Oct 2024

Indian Olympic Association president PT Usha feels the axing of medal-yielding sports such as wrestling, hockey and badminton from the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games programme is "disappointing" for the country but the approach to reduce cost would ensure that the event continues to find hosts in future.

Paralympics Day 2: Golden girl Avani leads India's medal rush

Paralympics Day 2: Golden girl Avani leads India's medal rush

Rediff.com31 Aug 2024

How India's athletes fared at the Paris Paralympic Games on Friday.

Asian Games TT: Manika in quarters; Sharath, Sathiyan crash out

Asian Games TT: Manika in quarters; Sharath, Sathiyan crash out

Rediff.com29 Sep 2023

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Manika Batra progressed to the women's singles quarter-finals but veterans Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan crashed out.

Asian Games TT: India men lose in quarters; women exit

Asian Games TT: India men lose in quarters; women exit

Rediff.com24 Sep 2023

Veteran Acantha Sharat Kamal raised his game just in time to help the Indian men's team escape unscathed against Kazakhstan at the Asian Games.

Asian Games: Indian men's TT team thrash Tajikistan, enter knockouts

Asian Games: Indian men's TT team thrash Tajikistan, enter knockouts

Rediff.com23 Sep 2023

Earlier in the day, the Indian women's table tennis team of Diya Parag Chitale, Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee scripted a facile 3-0 victory over Nepal.

Khel Ratna an 'added responsibility' for TT star Manika

Khel Ratna an 'added responsibility' for TT star Manika

Rediff.com22 Aug 2020

Table tennis player Manika Batra, who will be conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award this year, said that the accolade would spur her to bring more laurels for the country.

Scientists who decoded protein structures win Chemistry Nobel

Scientists who decoded protein structures win Chemistry Nobel

Rediff.com9 Oct 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M Jumper, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.

Padma Shri for TT player Mouma Das, six other sportspersons

Padma Shri for TT player Mouma Das, six other sportspersons

Rediff.com25 Jan 2021

P Anitha, Madhavan Nambiar, Sudha Hari Narayan Singh, Virender Singh, and KY Venkatesh have also been awarded the prestigious award.

Physics Nobel goes to scientists who enabled machine learning

Physics Nobel goes to scientists who enabled machine learning

Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.

Asian Games: Manika enters TT pre-quarters; mixed pair knocked out

Asian Games: Manika enters TT pre-quarters; mixed pair knocked out

Rediff.com28 Sep 2023

In the men's doubles, Indian duo of Manav Vikash Thakkar and Manush Utpalbhai Shah defeated Mohamed Shaffan Ismail and Moosa Munsif Ahmed of the Maldives 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-2) to enter the round of 16.

Athletes of Indian origin at Paris Olympics

Athletes of Indian origin at Paris Olympics

Rediff.com22 Jul 2024

Here's a look at some Indian-origin athletes who will be representing their adopted countries at the Paris Games

CSK's day off! Dhoni plays TT; Jadeja enjoys golf

CSK's day off! Dhoni plays TT; Jadeja enjoys golf

Rediff.com5 May 2023

The CSK players took to indoor some games, with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni playing table tennis partnering Ambati Rayudu.

Hyderabad to host World TT Championship in 2013

Hyderabad to host World TT Championship in 2013

Rediff.com12 Jun 2011

Hyderabad will host the World Table Tennis Championship scheduled in 2013, TTFI general secretary Dhanraj Choudhary said on Sunday.

Air India apologises after Indian TT squad denied boarding

Air India apologises after Indian TT squad denied boarding

Rediff.com23 Jul 2018

Terming the incident unfortunate, the national carrier Air India has tendered an apology to the Indian table tennis team, who were denied boarding on the Delhi-Melbourne flight on Sunday.

TT Worlds: Manika crashes out of singles; Sharath-Sathiyan exit

TT Worlds: Manika crashes out of singles; Sharath-Sathiyan exit

Rediff.com24 May 2023

Manika Batra went down fighting to Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico 3-4 in the round of 32 at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban.

Asian Games: Sutirtha-Ayhika sign off with bronze for India's only TT medal

Asian Games: Sutirtha-Ayhika sign off with bronze for India's only TT medal

Rediff.com2 Oct 2023

Sutirtha and Ayhika had shocked the reigning world champion Chinese pair of Chen Meng and Yidi Wang in the quarter-finals.

Passport, vaccination details of international TT players leaked

Passport, vaccination details of international TT players leaked

Rediff.com12 Dec 2022

'We have already implemented additional security measures and we will monitor suspicious activities. A thorough security review and an investigation are currently being undertaken.'

Chinese stamp honour for Swedish TT great Waldner

Chinese stamp honour for Swedish TT great Waldner

Rediff.com28 Sep 2013

Six-times World table tennis champion and 1992 Olympic gold medallist Jan-Ove Waldner has become the first living foreigner to appear on a Chinese postage stamp.

Asian Cup TT: Manika Batra clinches historic bronze

Asian Cup TT: Manika Batra clinches historic bronze

Rediff.com19 Nov 2022

Manika Batra's dream run in the Asian Cup Table Tennis tournament ended

TT legend Anchata Kamal to get Khel Ratna

TT legend Anchata Kamal to get Khel Ratna

Rediff.com14 Nov 2022

While Sharath is the lone Khel Ratna award recipient, a total of 25 athletes including shuttlers Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, woman boxer Nikhat Zareen, athletes Eldhose Paul, Avinash Sable have been nominated for the Arjuna Award this year.

Audi may launch TT Coupe in India

Audi may launch TT Coupe in India

Rediff.com19 Jan 2004

Almost 5 years after it aborted a planned foray into the Indian market with sister concern Skoda, German luxury car maker Audi AG is again preparing to drive into Asia's fourth-biggest car market with the Rs 35 lakh two-door TT Coupe.

CWG: Sharath Kamal wins singles TT gold

CWG: Sharath Kamal wins singles TT gold

Rediff.com8 Aug 2022

With Monday's sensational gold, Sharath has taken his overall medal tally to 13 at the CWG, since making his Games debut in 2006.

Peter Higgs, Nobel laurate behind 'God' particle, dead

Peter Higgs, Nobel laurate behind 'God' particle, dead

Rediff.com10 Apr 2024

His reflections on the origins of mass sparked a nearly five-decade, multi-billion dollar search for a subatomic particle, later known as the 'Higgs boson', which was thought to hold the key to understanding the nature of the universe.

TT World C'ships: Sharath, Sathiyan off to a winning start

TT World C'ships: Sharath, Sathiyan off to a winning start

Rediff.com21 May 2023

Veterans Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan made a winning start at the World Table Tennis Championships in Durban on Sunday.

Year Ender 2022: Sharath, Manika light up TT scene

Year Ender 2022: Sharath, Manika light up TT scene

Rediff.com25 Dec 2022

40-year-old Sharath showed that age was just a number.

Bhopal citizens up in arms against felling of trees for VVIP bungalows

Bhopal citizens up in arms against felling of trees for VVIP bungalows

Rediff.com15 Jun 2024

A top Madhya Pradesh government official, however, said on Saturday that no such plan has been finalised.

Audi launches variant of sports car TT priced at Rs 60.34 lakh

Audi launches variant of sports car TT priced at Rs 60.34 lakh

Rediff.com23 Apr 2015

Audi plans to launch a total of 10 products in India this year as it looks to fend off stiff competition from rival Mercedes-Benz.

CWG TT: Triple delight for Sharath; Batra loses

CWG TT: Triple delight for Sharath; Batra loses

Rediff.com6 Aug 2022

Batra will now take on Singapore's Jian Zeng in the last eight-clash later tonight.

FTAs, reviving exports to be commerce ministry's focus

FTAs, reviving exports to be commerce ministry's focus

Rediff.com18 Jun 2024

Another priority in the first 100 days could be the launch of an e-platform -- Trade Connect -- to help exporters connect with stakeholders of international trade.

Bad day for Indians at Asian TT Championships

Bad day for Indians at Asian TT Championships

Rediff.com5 Jul 2013

Olympian Ankita Das lost to China's Chen Meng 0-4 in the pre-quarters while national champion K Shamini and seasoned Mouma Das made third round exits as the Indian challenge in the women's singles event came to end at the Asian TT Championships, in Busan, Korea on Friday.

Asian Cup TT: Manika upsets World No. 7, Sathiyan exits

Asian Cup TT: Manika upsets World No. 7, Sathiyan exits

Rediff.com17 Nov 2022

Manika will clash with world No. 23 Chen Szu Yu from Taipei in the quarter-finals on Friday.