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Table tennis: On the day Sharath Kamal bows out, young Manav Thakkar creates a slice of history for Indian TT with stunning win
March 29, 2025 11:30 pm
Manav Thakkar was staring at a quarterfinal defeat against Lim Jonghoon of Korea, but went on an incredible run of 18 straight points across Games 4 & 5. It was poetic on the day Sharath Kamal retired.
Sharath Kamal bids farewell: Indian table tennis legend leaves the sport in a better place than he found it
March 29, 2025 10:05 pm
In some ways, it was fitting that Sharath Kamal's last match as a professional came against an Indian player who considers the veteran to be his idol.
Why pimples that help Manika Batra won't work for Manav Thakkar as Indian TT men struggle
October 11, 2024 6:21 pm
‘Technically or tactically we did nothing wrong. We lost against a better team with better players,’ says coach Massimo Costantini.
As Men's table tennis claim third Asian medal, baton passes from Sharath Kamal to Manav Thakkar
October 10, 2024 12:23 pm
Though India will go in as underdogs against Chinese Taipei on Thursday, with the form Manav is in, anything seems to be possible.
Paris Olympics: China blank India in Sharath Kamal’s Olympic swansong
August 06, 2024 8:33 pm
Veteran manages to take a game from Olympic champion Fan Zhendong in his last Olympic match, but team goes down 0-3 in Round of 16.
Sharath Kamal’s fifth and last Olympics ends in shock defeat in singles; Sreeja Akula and Manika Batra progress
July 29, 2024 1:12 pm
India's top-ranked women’s paddler Sreeja Akula entered the round of 32 with a clinical 4-0 win over Sweden's Christina Kallberg while Manika Batra too looked confident in her 4-1 win over 18-year-old Anna Hursey of Wales(Great Britain).
Olympics begin with boat party — Lady Gaga singing, children taking the flame from Zinedine Zidane — as Paris puts behind terror scare
July 27, 2024 7:04 am
PV Sindhu, dressed in an ivory khadi georgette with orange and green print, and Sharath Kamal in a classy, minimalistic design kurta led the 78 Indians out
Which Indian athletes will take part in the Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony
July 26, 2024 6:18 pm
The IOA stated that the reason behind a lot of the athletes not taking part in Friday's opening ceremony is the fact that they have events scheduled for Saturday.
TT star Sharath Kamal turns back the clock for stunning winner to make quarters of Singapore Smash
March 15, 2024 11:30 am
Apart from shrugging off doubts over his form and fitness, the victory ensures 175 ranking points that could ease his path to Paris.
Indian table tennis teams make history, qualify for Paris Olympics
March 04, 2024 5:40 pm
The official list will be out in the first week of March; India’s men’s and women’s teams have qualified for Paris Olympics despite losing in pre-quarters of World Championships.
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In Pics: Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony lit up by Lady Gaga and Zinedine Zidane
July 27, 2024 12:44 am
The 33rd edition of the Summer Games kicked off on Friday, July 26 in the French Capital after a never-seen-before opening ceremony.
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