Table Tennis: News
Table tennis is a professional game in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball across a hard table divided by net using small bats. The International Table Tennis Federation, which was founded in 1926, governs this game. Table tennis has been the part of Olympic since 1988.
05 Mar 2025
Achanta Sharath KamalTable tennis legend Sharath Kamal announces retirement from professional sport
India's most celebrated table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal has announced his retirement from professional sports.
04 Sep 2024
ParalympicsBhavinaben Patel's Paralympics journey ends in quarter-finals
India's Bhavinaben Patel, who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, was defeated by China's Ying Zhou in the women's singles table tennis class 4 quarter-finals.
04 Sep 2024
Sharath KamalSharath Kamal postpones retirement, commits to another professional season
Indian table tennis legend, Achanta Sharath Kamal, has decided to postpone his retirement plans following his fifth Olympic appearance.
22 Aug 2024
Achanta Sharath KamalSharath Kamal eyes administrative role after retirement from table tennis
Achanta Sharath Kamal, a seasoned Indian table tennis player, has expressed his desire to remain involved with the sport post-retirement by taking up an administrative role.
22 Aug 2024
2024 Paris OlympicsParis Olympics star Archana Kamath retires from professional table tennis
Archana Kamath, a key member of the women's table tennis contingent at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has announced her retirement from professional sports.
09 Aug 2024
GoogleGoogle's new robot can play table tennis like humans
Google's DeepMind team has made a significant breakthrough by developing a table tennis-playing robot.
05 Aug 2024
2024 Paris OlympicsParis Olympics, table tennis: India stun Romania, reach quarter-finals
India stunned Romania 3-2 in the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis women's team event on August 5.
04 Aug 2024
OlympicsDecoding table tennis star Chen Meng's dominance at the Olympics
Women's singles table tennis star Chen Meng bagged successive gold medals at the Olympics.
31 Jul 2024
2024 Paris Olympics2024 Paris Olympics: India's complete schedule on August 1
The 2024 Paris Olympics is witnessing India enjoy another good day at office.
31 Jul 2024
2024 Paris OlympicsOlympics: Sreeja Akula becomes second-ever Indian paddler with this record
Indian table tennis player Sreeja Akula scripted history after beating Singapore's Zheng Jian in the 2024 Paris Olympics women's singles Round of 32.
29 Jul 2024
2024 Paris Olympics2024 Paris Olympics: India's complete schedule on July 30
The Indian contingent is off to an impressive start at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
28 Jul 2024
2024 Paris Olympics2024 Paris Olympics: Indian paddler Manika Batra reaches second round
India's Manika Batra has reached the table tennis women's singles second round at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
28 Jul 2024
2024 Paris OlympicsParis Olympics, table tennis: Sharath Kamal bows out of singles
India's Sharath Kamal suffered a forgettable defeat to Slovenia's Deni Kozul in the table tennis men's singles Round of 64 at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
27 Jul 2024
2024 Paris Olympics2024 Paris Olympics: India's complete schedule on July 28
The 2024 Paris Olympics promises aplenty as prominent athletes from all over the world vie for podium finishes.
25 Jul 2024
2024 Paris Olympics2024 Paris Olympics, table tennis: Key details of Indian contingent
The 2024 Paris Olympics will be underway on July 26 in Paris, the capital of France. Over 10,000 athletes will feature at the Paris Games for 19 days.
02 Oct 2023
Asian GamesAsian Games, table tennis: Ayhika-Sutirtha clinch a historic doubles bronze
Indian table tennis duo of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee settled for a historic bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Games.
24 Sep 2023
Asian GamesAsian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian men's team beats Kazakhstan
Indian men's table tennis team edged past Kazakhstan 3-2 in the round of 16 at the 2023 Asian Games.
24 Sep 2023
Manika BatraAsian Games 2023, women's team table tennis: Thailand pip India
Indian women's table tennis team bowed out of the round of 16 at the 2023 Asian Games after losing to Thailand 3-2.
23 Sep 2023
Asian GamesAsian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian men's team crushes Tajikistan
Indian men's team cruised past Tajikistan with a 3-0 win at the 2023 Asian Games on Saturday to progress to the round of 16.
23 Sep 2023
Asian GamesAsian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian women's team thrashes Nepal
The Indian women's table tennis team continued its winning run with a perfect 3-0 victory over Nepal on Saturday, booking a place in the round of 16 at the 2023 Asian Games.
22 Sep 2023
Asian GamesAsian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian men's team hammers Singapore
Indian men's table tennis team registered consecutive wins against Yemen and Singapore at the 2023 Asian Games. They won both matches with conviction.
22 Sep 2023
Manika BatraAsian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian women's team beats Singapore
Indian women's team started its 2023 Asian Games campaign with a hard-fought win over Singapore. The Indian female paddlers won the clash 3-2 as Ayhika Mukherjee, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula all registered a solitary win.
19 Sep 2023
Asian GamesAsian Games 2023: Decoding India's table tennis contingent
Indian table tennis stars created history at the Asian Games in 2018 as they bagged their first medals at the continental event.
19 Nov 2022
Manika BatraAsian Cup TT tournament: India's Manika Batra wins bronze medal
Star Indian paddler Manika Batra clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament on Saturday.
07 Nov 2022
Sharath KamalTable tennis: India's Sharath Kamal receives Khel Ratna at 40
Indian Table Tennis star, Sharath Kamal, recently received the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
03 Oct 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)World Team TT Championships: India outclass Kazakhstan, stay unbeaten
The Indian men's team has been a force to reckon with in the concurrent World Team Table Tennis Championships in China.
08 Aug 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)Commonwealth Games, table tennis: India's Sharath Kamal wins gold medal
India's Sharath Kamal won the gold medal after beating England's Liam Pitchford in the men's singles table tennis final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).
08 Aug 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)Commonwealth Games, table tennis: India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins bronze medal
India's Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won the bronze medal after beating England's Paul Drinkhall (men's singles table tennis) at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).
07 Aug 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)CWG: India men's TT team bags silver medal in doubles
India's Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wound up with silver in the men's doubles final of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Sunday.
02 Aug 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)Commonwealth Games: Indian men's table tennis team wins gold medal
The Indian men's table tennis team clinched the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Tuesday.
01 Aug 2022
Indian Hockey Team2022 Commonwealth Games: Here's India's schedule for August 1
India had a joyous day at work on Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games.
31 Jul 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)Commonwealth Games: Indian women's team crashes out in table tennis
Defending champions India are out in the quarters in the women's table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
30 Jul 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)Commonwealth Games: India beat Guyana 3-0 in table tennis (women's)
The Indian women's table tennis team continues its winning run at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).
30 Jul 2022
Commonwealth Games (CWG)CWG: India men's table tennis team beats Singapore, reaches quarter-finals
The Indian men's table tennis team stamped a one-sided win against Singapore on the first day of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
28 Aug 2021
TokyoPaddler Bhavinaben Patel scripts history, storms into Paralympics final
Bhavinaben Patel continued to script history as she became the first Indian to enter the final of the table tennis event in Tokyo Paralympics with a hard-fought 3-2 win over China's Miao Zhang in a Class IV semifinal on Saturday.
27 Aug 2021
TokyoParalympics: Bhavinaben becomes first player to enter table tennis quarterfinals
Bhavinaben Patel on Friday became the first Indian table tennis player to enter the Tokyo Paralympics quarterfinals with a dominating win over Joyce de Oliveira of Brazil in the women's singles Class IV event at the Tokyo Games.
27 Jul 2021
Sharath KamalSharath takes a game off Ma Long before bowing out
Indian paddler Sharath Kamal took a game off the legendary Ma Long, the reigning Olympic and world champion, before making a third-round exit from the table tennis competition at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday.
26 Jul 2021
Sharath KamalTable Tennis: Sharath Kamal advances to third round at Olympics
Table Tennis player A Sharath Kamal overcame a sluggish start to beat Portugal's Tiago Polonia in the men's singles second round in the Olympics, on Monday.
15 Jul 2021
OlympicsOlympics: Decoding the records which might never get broken
The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be starting from July 23 onwards behind closed doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.
11 Jun 2021
Manika BatraStar paddler Manika Batra agrees to attend national camp
Indian table tennis contingent's Olympic preparations got a much-needed boost on Friday when star paddler Manika Batra agreed to join the national camp in Sonepat to train with mixed doubles partner and veteran Sharath Kamal.
20 Mar 2021
Manika BatraPaddlers Sharath Kamal-Manika Batra clinch Olympic quota in mixed doubles
Star Indian paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra clinched a mixed doubles quota spot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
19 Mar 2021
Manika BatraTable tennis: Four Indian players qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
India have a reason to smile as four paddlers qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
13 Mar 2021
Manika BatraTable Tennis: Indian paddlers eye Olympic qualification in Doha event
As many as nine qualification spots for the Tokyo Olympics will be up for grabs when the World Singles Qualification Tournament gets underway at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Doha, Qatar between March 14-17, 2021.
06 Dec 2019
IndiaFormer India table tennis coach Bhawani Mukherji passes away
Former Indian table tennis coach Bhawani Mukherji has passed away at the age of 68.
18 Jan 2019
KolkataSoumyajit Ghosh's wife accuses TT player of physical, mental torture
Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh has been accused of mental and physical torture by his wife, Tulika Dutta just five months after their marriage.
29 Aug 2018
India#AsianGames2018: Kamal, Batra win historic bronze in Mixed Doubles TT
The Indian Table Tennis contingent's dream run at the Asian Games got better today when the Mixed Doubles pairing of A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra exceeded its own expectations to win a historic bronze.
28 Aug 2018
Asian GamesIndia wins first-ever Table Tennis medal in Asian Games history
Indian Table Tennis men's team won a historic bronze medal after losing 0-3 to South Korea in a lop-sided semifinal at 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
06 Aug 2018
SingaporeSwastika Ghosh bags bronze in Hong Kong Open in table-tennis
Swastika Ghosh claimed a bronze medal in the junior girls' doubles along with Singapore's Jingyi Zhou in the 2018 Hang Seng Hong Kong Junior and Cadet Open of table tennis, that concluded last week in Hong Kong.
04 Aug 2018
IndiaTable Tennis: Kamal and Batra move up in world rankings
Indian table tennis aces Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra have moved up in the world rankings as they achieved 33rd and 57th ranks respectively.
10 Apr 2018
Manish SisodiaDelhi government to give Rs. 14L to Manika for CWG-gold
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said the Delhi government will give Rs. 14L to paddler Manika Batra for winning a gold medal in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Australia.
08 Apr 2018
India21st CWG: Gold medal for Indian women's table tennis team
Indian women's table tennis team bagged the gold medal at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games being held at the Gold Coast.
27 Mar 2018
IndiaRape accused Ghosh dropped from Ultimate Table Tennis Player draft
25-year-old Indian table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh, who has been accused of rape by a teenager in Kolkata, has suffered another blow.
24 Jan 2018
Commonwealth Games (CWG)11-year-old, Anna Hursey to represent Wales at 2018 CWG
11-year-old table tennis player, Anna Hursey has been named in Wales' squad for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.
29 May 2017
Indian Premier League (IPL)Franchises for the first season of "Ultimate Table Tennis" announced
Five of the six franchises for inaugural edition of "Ultimate Ping Pong", India's first professional table tennis league, have been confirmed.
