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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The Attuans “lost their homeland, they lost their family members,” Pagano said. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit …

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gregory Golodoff spent most of his years on a quiet Alaska island, living an ordinary life, managing a co-op store, fishing for crab and serving as the village council president. Golodoff was the last survivor among 41 residents imprisoned in Japan after Japanese troops captured remote Attu Island during World War II. Their deceased spouses, Gregory Golodoff …

Manika Batra became the first Indian paddler to win a medal in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup after shocking world number six Hina Hayata of Japan in the bronze play-off on Saturday. Continued….1/2Thank you everyone for the your constant support and cheering.Adding one more milestone for my Country 🇮🇳🙏 — Manika Batra November 19, 2022 Earlier in the day, Manika lost …

Bangkok: Manika Batra became the first Indian paddler to win a medal in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup after shocking world number six Hina Hayata of Japan in the bronze play-off here on Saturday. At deuce, the Japanese had the service, but an unforeseen fault – Hayata’s service hit the net, and the ball dropped on her side to go down …

ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup: Manika Batra Upsets World No. 7 Chinese, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Exits

Manika Batra shocked World No. 7 Chen Xingtong in a round of 16 cliffhanger but compatriot Sathiyan Gnanasekaran lost his men’s single pre-quarterfinals at the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup on Thursday. In the round of 16 match-ups on the opening day, World No.44 Manika, who is unseeded in the event, came up with a fantastic showing to beat the third seeded …

The Indian men made history at the Asian Championships, first winning team bronze last week, and both pairs adding a doubles bronze each. New Delhi: The two Indian pairs of Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan, and Harmeet Desai and Manav Thakkar, earned bronze medals in the men’s doubles of the 2021 ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships on Monday. In the first semi-final, …

Al-Mohannadi elected ATTU president, China's Xu to serve as deputy

DOHA - Khalil Al-Mohannadi was elected president of the Asian Table Tennis Union at the biennial General Meeting here on Sunday, while current Chinese paddler Xu Xin and South Korean legend Kim Taek-soo were named deputy presidents of Asian table tennis' governing body. Al-Mohannadi, current deputy president of the International Table Tennis Federation, becomes the sixth president of the ATTU. …

Indian men entered the semifinals of the 25th-ITTF-ATTU Asian table tennis championships with a 3-1 win over Iran at the Lusain Sports Arena in Doha on Wednesday. After two of India's best players, Sharath Kamal and G. Sathiyan gave a rousing start defeating Nima Alamian and Noshad Alamiyan respectively, it was believed that Harmeet Desai, world-ranked 72 would close the …

Indian women will take on Kazakhstan in the First Division final of the 25th-ITTF-ATTU Asian table tennis championships to be held at the Lusail Sports Arena here on Thursday. The four group toppers--India, Iran, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan--played a criss-cross semifinal on Wednesday. In the first knock-out match, India trounced Uzbekistan 3-0 while in the other contest Kazakhstan overcame a tough …

Sathiyan, currently the top-ranked Indian in the world, hardly broke a sweat as he notched up a 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 win against his North Korean opponent in the pre-quarter-final match that lasted 22 minutes. Yogyakarta : G Sathiyan’s good run in the ITTF-ATTU Asian table tennis championships was cut short by China’s Lin Gaoyuan. Earlier, he had become only the …

G Sathiyan qualifies for World Cup despite losing in positions 5-8 match against Lin Yun-Ju at ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup

Sathiyan could have taken a game from the Taipei’s No 2 paddler as he had two game points in the fourth set, but the wily teenager pocketed it to push the Indian to the sixth spot Yokohama: India’s G Sathiyan booked a berth at the World Cup after finishing sixth in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in positions 5-8 match on …

India’s G Sathiyan booked a berth at the World Cup after finishing sixth in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in positions 5-8 match here Sunday. 14 Chun Ting Wong of Hong Kong on Saturday, couldn’t produce his best against 17-year-old Lin Yun-Ju of Chinese Taipei, who notched up a 11-4, 11-8, 11-8, 14-12 win to finish fifth. Despite the defeat in …

G Sathiyan in contention for World Cup spot after upset victory over World No. 14 Chun Ting Wong at ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup

India’s Sharath Kamal and G. Sathiyan will aim to seal their berths for the World Cup when they compete at the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup table tennis championships to be held in Yokohama, Japan from April 5 to 7. The field of 16, selected based on the January 2019 World rankings, features World No.1 Fan Zhendong, Olympic, World championship and World …