Commonwealth Games 2022 : Karnataka HC Dismisses Table Tennis Player Archana Kamat's Plea Challenging Her Exclusion
2 years, 6 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022 : Karnataka HC Dismisses Table Tennis Player Archana Kamat's Plea Challenging Her Exclusion

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Table Tennis Player Archana Kamath, questioning the decision of the Table Tennis Federation in not selecting her in the team which would represent India in the upcoming CommonWealth Games, 2022, to be held in England. It is submitted that while Respondent No.2 was embarking on making changes in the existing criteria knowing very well that the same were flawed, had issued and published a Long List of Probables consisting of men and women players eligible to be a part of the Indian table tennis team to represent India in the Commonwealth Games-2022, on its official website. Further, the list also included an announcement regarding a national training camp to be held from 23.05.2022 to 30.05.2022 at the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence in Bengaluru following which the Selection Committee was to announce the national table tennis team to represent India in the Commonwealth Games-2022. Direct the Federation to incorporate the name of the Petitioner as part of the Women's Table Tennis Team representing India in the Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, 2022.

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Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: How Chennai is lapping up TT action
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: How Chennai is lapping up TT action

The Hindu  

The golden point has been announced and the crowd is on the edge of its seat. Table tennis comes to life at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, with the ongoing Ultimate Table Tennis league dishing up some exciting matches for the city’s sports enthusiasts. “I remember him winning his first medal and feeling very proud,” she recalls, “I immediately pestered …

UTT 2024: Bengaluru Smashers Thrash Jaipur Patriots as Manika Batra Stars
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UTT 2024: Bengaluru Smashers Thrash Jaipur Patriots as Manika Batra Stars

News 18  

Bengaluru Smashers took a significant step toward playoff qualification in IndianOil Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 by resoundingly beating Jaipur Patriots 11-4 today at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium. Batra herself added to the flourish by defeating Suthasini Sawettabut in the tie’s final match 3-0 – winning two Golden Points along the way – putting on a show for those watching. Lily …

UTT 2024: Manika Batra Helps Bengaluru Smashers Beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis
3 months, 3 weeks ago

UTT 2024: Manika Batra Helps Bengaluru Smashers Beat Puneri Paltan Table Tennis

News 18  

Star paddler Manika Batra survived the giant-slaying Ayhika Mukherjee to lead her team, PBG Bengaluru Smashers to 10-5 victory against Puneri Paltan Table Tennis in Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium today. The tie started with 17-year-old Ankur Bhattacharjee of Puneri Paltan Table Tennis taking on Bengaluru Smashers’ Jeet Chandra. With Bengaluru Smashers needing just one point …

Archana Kamath quits professional table tennis to pursue academic career in US
4 months ago

Archana Kamath quits professional table tennis to pursue academic career in US

New Indian Express  

India's women's table tennis player, Archana Kamath, who played a crucial role in the Paris Olympics 2024 to lead the country to the quarter-finals, announced her decision to quit professional table tennis and focus on her academic career. The 24-year-old who had helped India achieve a historical feat in the Olympics by reaching the quarters, decided to carry forward her …

Archana Kamath, 24, calls time on Table Tennis career after representing India at Paris Olympics
4 months ago

Archana Kamath, 24, calls time on Table Tennis career after representing India at Paris Olympics

India TV News  

India’s budding paddler Archana Kamath has decided to call time on her playing career to pursue academics as she doesn’t really see a future for herself in the sport moving forward. Having been the recipient of extraordinary support, including financial, I can confidently say, that it wasn’t in any way a financial decision,” Archana told The Indian Express. She also …

India loses to Germany in women’s table tennis team event
4 months, 2 weeks ago

India loses to Germany in women’s table tennis team event

The Hindu  

India bowed out of the women’s team event after losing 3-2 to a superior Germany in the quarterfinals of the Olympics at the South Paris Arena’s table tennis venue in Paris on Wednesday. The 11th-ranked India, which qualified in the team event for the first time and creditably reached the last eight, could not match the Germans’ well-planned and controlled …

India lose to Germany 1-3 in women's Table tennis team event, Indian campaign ends in Paris Olympics
4 months, 2 weeks ago

India lose to Germany 1-3 in women's Table tennis team event, Indian campaign ends in Paris Olympics

Hindustan Times  

Archana Kamath gave a brief resistance but that was not enough as India lost 1-3 to technically superior Germany in the women's table tennis team event quarterfinals of the Paris Olympics here on Wednesday. Sreeja Akula and Archana Girish Kamath of India play against Yuan Wan and Shan Xiaona of Germany in the Women's Team Quarterfinal match Indian table tennis …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian women’s table tennis team lose to Germany in quarterfinal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Indian women’s table tennis team lose to Germany in quarterfinal

The Hindu  

India bowed out of the women’s team event after losing 3-2 to a superior Germany in the quarterfinals of the Olympics at the South Paris Arena’s table tennis venue here on Wednesday. The 11th-ranked India, which qualified in the team event for the first time and creditably reached the last eight, could not match the Germans’ well-planned and controlled performance. …

India's 6-member TT team all geared up to turn tables at Paris Olympics: UTT chairperson
4 months, 3 weeks ago

India's 6-member TT team all geared up to turn tables at Paris Olympics: UTT chairperson

Hindustan Times  

Commonwealth Games champion Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra will lead the six-member Indian table tennis team at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Table Tennis players Sharath Kamal and Manav Thakkar with Head Coach Massimo Costantini during the Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 Player Draft, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 10 The most exciting part about the Indian table tennis contingent, however, has been …

Paris Olympics 2024, table tennis draw: Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey in singles; Sharath Kamal faces Deni Kozul
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024, table tennis draw: Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey in singles; Sharath Kamal faces Deni Kozul

Firstpost  

Manika, who is seeded 18th at the Paris Games, had become the first women’s table tennis player from India to make it to the round of 32 in singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. India’s Paris Olympics 2024 flag bearer and legendary table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal will face Deni Kozul of Slovenia in the men’s singles opening …

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian table tennis closing on slice of history
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian table tennis closing on slice of history

The Hindu  

Even before India’s largest table tennis contingent checks into the Olympic Village, that’s the one-word summation of its Paris 2024 campaign. India’s men and women have qualified for the team championship at the Olympics for the first time since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. India’s table tennis team for Paris 2024 includes eight players, including a reserve …

Table tennis: Indian teams qualify for Paris Olympics, script history
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Table tennis: Indian teams qualify for Paris Olympics, script history

The Hindu  

The Indian men’s and women’s teams scripted history as they qualified for the Olympics for the first time ever based on their world rankings. After the conclusion of the World Team Championships Finals in Busan last month, which served as the last qualifying event for the Paris Olympics, seven spots in the team events remained, which have been awarded to …

ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships: Ayhiya Mukherjee stuns World No. 1 Sun Yingsha
10 months, 1 week ago

ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships: Ayhiya Mukherjee stuns World No. 1 Sun Yingsha

The Hindu  

The Indian women’s team went down fighting 2-3 to top seed China in their first group match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan on Friday. Manika Batra, India’s highest ranked player at 36, caved in without much of a fight to Wang Manyu, World No.4. With the match tied at 1-1, Sreeja Akula, ranked 49, played, perhaps …

How India’s table tennis stars are charting a course to the Paris Olympics
10 months, 1 week ago

How India’s table tennis stars are charting a course to the Paris Olympics

Live Mint  

The International Table Tennis Federation World Team Table Tennis Championships that begins in Busan, South Korea, on 16 February will mark India’s first chance of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer. With athletes from China continuing to dominate the sport—including the world’s top five male and top four female players—India’s best chance of success in TT in Paris …

Asian Games 2023, Table Tennis: Ayhika, Sutirtha reach semi-finals in women's doubles event, assured of a medal
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023, Table Tennis: Ayhika, Sutirtha reach semi-finals in women's doubles event, assured of a medal

India Today  

India's duo of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukhrejee beat world champions and world number 2 China in the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event in table tennis. Asian Games 2023: Women's doubles Table Tennis This win assured India for its first medal in table tennis at the 2023 Asian Games. Dominated the Chinese pair as we secure a medal in …

Asian Games 2023: India men’s and women’s teams advance ahead in table tennis
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: India men’s and women’s teams advance ahead in table tennis

The Hindu  

The Indian table tennis teams flexed their bench strength in their respective group matches and registered victories to progress into the next round as pool toppers. The men’s team beat Tajikistan 3-0, while the women’s team beat Nepal by the same scoreline here at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park gymnasium on Saturday. India rides on ‘tsunami’ of morale boost, reaches …

Asian Games 2023: Indian Table Tennis team pips Yemen, Singapore to remain on top of Group F
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Indian Table Tennis team pips Yemen, Singapore to remain on top of Group F

The Hindu  

The Indian men’s table tennis team consolidated its position at the top of Group F with wins over Yemen and Singapore at the Gongshu Canal Sports Park Gymnasium on Friday. Sharath Kamal, G. Sathiyan and Harmeet Desai had straight games victories in their respective singles matches in a 3-0 sweep of Yemen. In the women’s team, Manika Batra, Sreeja Akula …

Asian Games 2023: Indian Table Tennis and Women's Football Team Take Off For Hangzhou
1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Indian Table Tennis and Women's Football Team Take Off For Hangzhou

News 18  

The Indian table tennis and women’s football teams have taken off for Hangzhou for the Asian Games on Monday. The Women’s football team were given an enthusiastic send-off at the Indira Gandhi International Airport as they were headed for the 19th edition of the Asian Games being held in China. Led by Commonwealth Games men’s singles gold medallist Achanta Sharad …

Asian Games 2022: Harmeet Desai claims his non-selection from Asiad singles event ‘unfair’
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Games 2022: Harmeet Desai claims his non-selection from Asiad singles event ‘unfair’

The Hindu  

India’s leading table tennis player Harmeet Desai feels he has been “unfairly” left out of the singles competition for the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou. Harmeet, an important member of the Indian table tennis team over the last 10 years, has been picked in the Asian Games squad but will only feature in team and mixed doubles events. TTFI secretary …

UTT 2023: U Mumba thrashes Bengaluru Smashers with a stunning comeback
1 year, 5 months ago

UTT 2023: U Mumba thrashes Bengaluru Smashers with a stunning comeback

The Hindu  

Pune U Mumba TT staged a stunning comeback to make a winning start in Ultimate Table Tennis 2023 as it beat Bengaluru Smashers 10-5 in a tie that went down to the wire at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Mahalunge-Balewadi in Pune on Friday. WATCH | UTT highlights: U Mumba TT comes back to beat Bengaluru Smashers Manika Batra played …

Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra key attractions among Indians for Ultimate Table Tennis
1 year, 7 months ago

Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra key attractions among Indians for Ultimate Table Tennis

Firstpost  

The fourth season of Ultimate Table Tennis is scheduled to be held at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune from 13 to 30 July and the player draft will be held in Mumbai next month. Mumbai: Veteran paddler Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra will headline the Indian line-up while world no 12 Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri will be among …

National Badminton selection trials for Asian Games 2023: Srikanth, Lakshya join Prannoy in Indian squad
1 year, 7 months ago

National Badminton selection trials for Asian Games 2023: Srikanth, Lakshya join Prannoy in Indian squad

The Hindu  

Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen won their respective men’s singles matches on the fourth and final day of the badminton selection trials for the Asian Games 2023 at the Jwala Gutta Academy of Excellence here on Sunday. Based on the aggregate results put up over the last four days, Ashmita, Malvika and Anupama completed India’s four-member women’s singles squad, spearheaded …

Table Tennis Nationals review: Sathiyan steps up in Sharath’s absence, Sreeja adds second successive crown
1 year, 8 months ago

Table Tennis Nationals review: Sathiyan steps up in Sharath’s absence, Sreeja adds second successive crown

The Hindu  

It’s a packed calendar for senior Indian table tennis players in 2023. Sharath Kamal, India’s star paddler and defending champion, pulled out of the singles event of the Senior Nationals precisely because of the workload he might encounter. Already saddled with the work of co-chairperson of the International Table Tennis Federation’s Athletes’ Commission, a role for which he travels within …

National Table Tennis Championships: Sreeja Akula Defends Crown, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Earns Second Title
1 year, 8 months ago

National Table Tennis Championships: Sreeja Akula Defends Crown, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Earns Second Title

News 18  

Defending champion Sreeja Akula of RBI claimed a second successive women’s singles crown after beating Sutirtha Mukherjee of West Bengal 4-2 in the 84th UTT Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships here on Monday. Women’s singles: Final: Sreeja Akula bt Sutirtha Mukherjee 9-11, 14-12, 11-7, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10. Semi-finals: Sutirtha Mukherjee bt Ayhika Mukherjee 12-10, 11-7, 11-5, 12-10; Sreeja Akula …

National Table Tennis Championships: Top Seeds Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula Through to Next Round
1 year, 8 months ago

National Table Tennis Championships: Top Seeds Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula Through to Next Round

News 18  

Top-seeded Manika Batra and second-seeded Sreeja Akula, also the defending champion, made short work of their respective opponents in women’s singles to enter the Round of 32 in the 84th Senior National Table Tennis Championships on Saturday. Other seeded players, including Reeth Rishya, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Anusha Kutumbale, Swastika Ghosh and Prapti Sen scored easy wins to join the …

Maharashtra, Rajasthan question non-inclusion in TTFI election process
2 years ago

Maharashtra, Rajasthan question non-inclusion in TTFI election process

The Hindu  

Peeved at being left out of the upcoming elections of the Table Tennis Federation of India, Maharashtra and Rajasthan have questioned their non-inclusion. In its representation to the Returning Officer Justice Vineet Saran, Maharashtra State Table Tennis Association said, “Sir, we had done a lot of exercise to comply with the National Sports Code. The MSSTA Secretary General Yatin Tipnis …

Delhi High Court Appoints Former SC Judge Justice Vineet Saran As Returning Officer For TTFI Elections
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Appoints Former SC Judge Justice Vineet Saran As Returning Officer For TTFI Elections

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has appointed the retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice Vineet Saran, as the returning officer for conducting elections of the Executive Committee of Table Tennis Federation of India.Justice Rekha Palli requested the former judge to prepare the electoral college and conduct the elections as per the federation's constitution. The Delhi High Court has appointed the retired Supreme …

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Suhana Saini produces upset win in women’s singles, Sanil Shetty survives scare in men’s singles
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Suhana Saini produces upset win in women’s singles, Sanil Shetty survives scare in men’s singles

The Hindu  

SURAT: Sixteen-year-old Suhana Saini of Haryana, one of the most promising young paddlers, produced the lone upset in the women’s singles second round table tennis match of the 36th National Games here on Thursday. Maharashtra’s Sanil Shetty, the third seed, was pushed to the brink before he overcame Divyansh Srivastav 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9. Haryana’s Soumyajit Ghosh, …

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Athletes in action on Day 2, What happened on Day 1?
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Athletes in action on Day 2, What happened on Day 1?

The Hindu  

The National Games 2022 table tennis event will take place at PDDU Indoor Stadium, Surat from September 20 to September 24. SCHEDULE DAY 2 - Event TIME OPPONENT 1 VS OPPONENT 2 Women's team semifinals 10 AM Maharashtra vs Tamil Nadu Women's team semifinals 10 AM Telangana vs West Bengal Men's team semifinals 12 PM Gujarat vs West Bengal Men's …

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Schedule, athletes in action, timings
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games 2022, Table Tennis: Schedule, athletes in action, timings

The Hindu  

The National Games 2022 table tennis event will take place at PDDU Indoor Stadium, Surat from September 20 to September 24. To ensure the presence of Achanta Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan and Manika Batra, who will compete at the World Table Tennis Championships, the table tennis events were scheduled earlier than the other competitions. Gujarat, the host of the 36th …

World Table Tennis Championships: Sathiyan, Batra to lead India's charge as Sharath Kamal opts out
2 years, 3 months ago

World Table Tennis Championships: Sathiyan, Batra to lead India's charge as Sharath Kamal opts out

Firstpost  

The 40-year-old Sharath, who had won the men’s singles, mixed doubles and team title at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games recently, opted out due to personal reasons. New Delhi: India’s triple gold medallist at the recent Commonwealth Games, Sharath Kamal, has opted out of next month’s World Table Tennis Championships in China, citing personal reasons. “National men and women coaches S …

Commonwealth Games: A reassuring performance by Indian paddlers
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games: A reassuring performance by Indian paddlers

The Hindu  

The overall standard, exposure and performance of Indian paddlers has improved considerably over the last decade. And the manner in which India’s table tennis contingent continued its supremacy in Birmingham from Gold Coast four years earlier proved that Indian table tennis is on the right track. If only Sharath and G. Sathiyan could have avenged the 2018 loss to Pitchford …

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule for day 8
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's schedule for day 8

India TV News  

Birmingham| Team India is all geared up for the 8th day of the multi-national sporting event. Sakshi Mallik, who also happens to be an Olympic medallist will headline India's wrestling campaign alongside Bajrang Punia who is leading the men's wrestling team. With Bhavina Patel and Sonalben Patel playing each of the two semi-finals in Women’s Singles Classes 3-5, team India …

Commonwealth Games 2022: ‘We are more mature now’, says Sathiyan after table tennis men’s team defends gold
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: ‘We are more mature now’, says Sathiyan after table tennis men’s team defends gold

The Hindu  

The men’s team championship gold may have been India’s seventh table tennis gold in the Commonwealth Games history ever the sport was included in the Friendly Games in 2002. “Delighted with the aggressive brand of table tennis I played and I hope I can continue in the same mood for the remaining week.” Sathiyan admitted that Sharath “after creating a …

Commonwealth Games 2022: Table-tennis | India beats Singapore; retains men's team gold
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: Table-tennis | India beats Singapore; retains men's team gold

The Hindu  

India’s paddlers retained their men’s team championship title with a convincing 3-1 win over Singapore in the Commonwealth Games at Birmingham on Tuesday. 3⃣rd GOLD FOR MEN'S TEAM 🏓🏓 at #CommonwealthGames 🔥🔥🔥#TeamIndia🇮🇳 defeat Team Singapore 🇸🇬 3️⃣-1️⃣ in the FINAL, defending their 2018 CWG 🥇 Bringing home 1️⃣1️⃣th Medal for India at @birminghamcg22 Superb Champions! Mamata congratulates team West Bengal …

Commonwealth Games 2022, India vs Singapore, Table Tennis Men’s Team Finals: Where to watch, squad, timing, live streaming info
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022, India vs Singapore, Table Tennis Men’s Team Finals: Where to watch, squad, timing, live streaming info

The Hindu  

Here is everything you need to know ahead of India vs Singapore table tennis men’s team finals clash at Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. India’s road to finals beat Nigeria 3-0 beat Bangladesh 3-0 beat Northern Ireland 3-0 beat Singapore 3-0 beat Barbados 3-0 Singapore’s road to finals beat England 3-2 beat Canada 3-0 beat Barbados 3-0 lost to India …

Defending champions India out of women's team event in table tennis
2 years, 4 months ago

Defending champions India out of women's team event in table tennis

The Hindu  

Defending champions India, led by star paddler Manika Batra, crashed out of the women's table tennis team event in the Commonwealth Games after losing to Malaysia 3-2 in the quarterfinals on Saturday. India were on the backfoot after the pair of Reeth Tennison and Sreeja Akula lost the opening doubles match 1-3 before Batra levelled the tie with a 3-2 …

Commonwealth Games 2022: G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal about Indian Table Tennis team progressing to quarterfinals
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games 2022: G Sathiyan, Sharath Kamal about Indian Table Tennis team progressing to quarterfinals

The Hindu  

It took merely 49 minutes for the India men’s table tennis team to make short work of Barbados at the Commonwealth Games. Star paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran were pumped after an excellent first day of competitions at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, which saw them enter the quarterfinals without much fuss. The team is really in …

Commonwealth Games: India off to confident start in women's table tennis team event after blanking South Africa 3-0
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games: India off to confident start in women's table tennis team event after blanking South Africa 3-0

Firstpost  

India, gold medal winners at the Gold Coast Games four years ago, were represented by star paddler Manika Batra as well as Sreeja Akula, Reeth Rishya, and Diya Chitale. India were off to a winning start in the 2022 Commonwealth Games table tennis with the women’s team blanking South Africa 3-0 in Round 1 of the women’s event. Commonwealth Games: …

India at Commonwealth Games 2022: Athletes ready to shine in Birmingham
2 years, 4 months ago

India at Commonwealth Games 2022: Athletes ready to shine in Birmingham

The Hindu  

Back in 2019, a cloud of uncertainty loomed over India’s participation in the Commonwealth Games. As many as 46 ambitious new artistic commissions and over 50 alignment projects have been planned for Commonwealth Games 2022. Shooting’s absence and Olympic javelin throw champion Neeraj Chopra dropping out of the CWG with an injury will have a bearing on India’s medal tally. …

Table Tennis: CoA is transparent and democratic, says Gita Mittal
2 years, 5 months ago

Table Tennis: CoA is transparent and democratic, says Gita Mittal

The Hindu  

Justice Gita Mittal, chairperson of the Committee of Administrators appointed by the Delhi High Court to run the affairs of the Table Tennis Federation of India, believes the committee has taken transparent and democratic steps to put the sport back on track in the country. Speaking to Sportstar during the 83rd National Junior and Youth Table Tennis Championships, Mittal said …

Table tennis player Archana Kamath loses legal battle against non-selection to Commonwealth Games
2 years, 6 months ago

Table tennis player Archana Kamath loses legal battle against non-selection to Commonwealth Games

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Archana Girish Kamath, a table tennis player questioning the Table Tennis Federation of India’s decision of not selecting her for the national women’s TT team to represent the country in the ensuing Commonwealth Games 2022 to be held in the United Kingdom. “These are the matters in the …

Don't Send List of Women's Team for CWG Till Next Hearing: High Court to TTFI
2 years, 6 months ago

Don't Send List of Women's Team for CWG Till Next Hearing: High Court to TTFI

News 18  

A division bench of the Karnataka High Court has in an interim order directed the Table Tennis Federation of India not to send the list of selected women table tennis players for the upcoming Commonwealth Games till the next date of hearing on a petition filed by a paddler. The division bench of P S Dinesh Kumar and C M …

Table Tennis Player Archana Kamath Moves Court after Exclusion from CWG Squad
2 years, 6 months ago

Table Tennis Player Archana Kamath Moves Court after Exclusion from CWG Squad

News 18  

Rising woman paddler Archana Kamath is the latest table tennis player to move court after she was dropped from the Indian team for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, further deepening the chaos surrounding the selection of the side for July 28-August 8 quadrennial event. Archana was initially included in the table tennis squad as an ‘exception’ as she did not meet …

Paddler Diya replaces Archana in Commonwealth Games team
2 years, 6 months ago

Paddler Diya replaces Archana in Commonwealth Games team

The Hindu  

Better sense, in a small degree, prevailed when the National selectors proceeded to make a course correction and rightly replaced Archana Kamath with a deserving Diya Chitale in the Indian women’s table tennis team for the Commonwealth Games, starting next month. However, the selectors retained the men’s team, where an equally-deserving Manush Shah was kept away. In response to the …

CWG 2022: Table tennis player Diya Chitale, who moved court over her exclusion, included in India squad
2 years, 6 months ago

CWG 2022: Table tennis player Diya Chitale, who moved court over her exclusion, included in India squad

Firstpost  

However, Manush Shah, who had also filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court against his non-selection, remains a reserve player with no changes made in the men’s squad, which will be led by Sharath Kamal. New Delhi: Young Indian table tennis player Diya Chitale, who had approached the Delhi High Court over her exclusion from the women’s CWG …

Explained: The selection mess surrounding India's table tennis team for 2022 Commonwealth Games
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: The selection mess surrounding India's table tennis team for 2022 Commonwealth Games

Firstpost  

The Indian table tennis federation is back in the news and once again for all the wrong reasons. “I am senior India rank 4 and according to existing criteria of selection process I’m No 4, but in spite of that I’m dropped from Indian’s women’s team for the Commonwealth Games team. Dear sir @PMOIndia @ianuragthakur I'm Swastika Ghosh, senior India …

Table Tennis Mess: Diya Chitale Files Writ Petition in Delhi HC After Being Overlooked For CWG
2 years, 6 months ago

Table Tennis Mess: Diya Chitale Files Writ Petition in Delhi HC After Being Overlooked For CWG

News 18  

3 Diya Chitale has filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court after being overlooked for the national Table Tennis squad that will take part in the upcoming Commonwealth Games with the Committee of Administrators headed by a former decathlete allegedly selecting a player who does not meet the eligibility criteria. Chitale’s petition prayed for a stay on the selection …

Paddler Diya Chitale challenges CWG table tennis selection in court
2 years, 6 months ago

Paddler Diya Chitale challenges CWG table tennis selection in court

The Hindu  

Diya Chitale, one of the most promising youngsters in the Indian table tennis circuit, has challenged her exclusion from the women’s squad for the Commonwealth Games starting in Birmingham on July 28, in the Delhi High Court. In a writ petition, accessed by Sportstar, Diya has requested the high court to “include” her “in the list of four players in …

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