The Commonwealth Games 2022 edition kicked off on Thursday (July 28) with an emphatic opening ceremony event, held in Birmingham. PV Sindhu was India's flagbearer, along with men's hockey team captain Manpreet Singh, as the focus now shifts on the talented and power-packed Indian contingent in the showpiece event.

CWG 2022, Day 1 for Team India: Harmanpreet-led Indian eves, women's hockey stars, Manika & Co. in action

The Indian women`s table tennis team started its defence of the title it won four years ago at Gold Coast by outplaying South Africa 3-0 in a Group 2 preliminary round match at Hall 3 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Solihull, here on Friday.

CWG 2022: Manika Batra leads women's TT team to convincing win vs South Africa

The Commonwealth Games 2022 edition is set to get underway on July 29 (Friday) in Birmingham, England. The forthcoming edition has been keenly awaited by many Indian sports fanatics, especially after seeing the Indian contingnent's performance in the last year's Tokyo Olympics.

CWG 2022: From PV Sindhu to Bajrang Punia! Full schedule of Indian athletes in showpiece event

India won two more medals and ended their Asian Table Tennis Championships 2021 campaign with a total of three bronze medals, here on Monday. Sharath Kamal Achanta-Satihyan Gnanasekaran and Manav Thakkar-Harmeet Desai, the two Indian men's doubles teams lost their respective semi-final clashes and had to settle for bronze medals.

Asian Table Tennis Championships: India end campaign with three bronze medals

China`s Sun Yingsha crushed Japanese paddler Mima Ito in the semi-final of the women`s singles on Thursday to advance to the gold medal match, where she will face off against her compatriot world number one Chen Meng.

Tokyo Olympics, Table Tennis: China's Sun eyes gold as she sweeps past Japan's Ito

The Table Tennis Federation of India Secretary General Arun Kumar Banerjee has made it clear that Manika Batra's refusal to have national coach Soumyadeep Roy by her side during matches at the Tokyo Olympics will be taken up for discussion once the contingent returns to India.

Tokyo Olympics: TTFI executive committee to decide on action against Manika Batra for refusing guidance from national coach

It was a dream start in the first round of the Women's singles for Sutirtha Mukherjee and she would have liked to proceed with the form and join Manika Batra in the third round, however, lamentably for her, it wasn't to be as she bowed out to the World No.

Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis: Sutirtha Mukherjee's campaign comes to an end after losing to high-ranked Fu Yu

Japan`s dynamic duo of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito narrowly defeated long-invincible Chinese pair Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen to give the host country their first Olympic table tennis gold in the mixed doubles event on Monday.

Tokyo Olympics, Table Tennis: Japan's Mizutani and Ito clench first Olympic gold

Following a helpless trip on Day 2, India expected a superior execution from their competitors on the third day of the Olympics. It was a brilliant beginning to Day 3 as India's first Olympic fencer Bhavani Devi conveyed a success on debut to reach Round of 32.

Tokyo Olympics: Sharath Kamal storms to the pre-quarterfinals in Table Tennis men's singles

Syria`s Hend Zaza, at 12 the youngest athlete competing at the Tokyo Olympics, exited the table tennis tournament in the opening round on Saturday, snapping a selfie with her Austrian opponent to remember the occasion.

Olympics Table Tennis: Tokyo Games' youngest competitor from Syria exits in first round

The Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA) will stage an Olympic simulation event in May to help its players prepare for this year's Tokyo Games, local media reported.

China to hold Olympic simulation event next month

It was 50 years ago but Zhang Xielin still remembers vividly how a shaggy-haired American table tennis player stepped onto the Chinese team's bus, a chance encounter which would shape history.

How table tennis changed the world, 50 years on

While the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown has moved sports enthusiasts and newbies indoors, halting their regular practice sessions, they have managed to turn the tables on these limitations and are finding new ways to carry on.

Table Tennis fans learn tips and tricks on Twitter from India’s best paddlers, Manika Batra and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Veteran table tennis player Sharath Kamal on Thursday surpassed compatriot G Sathiyan to become the highest-ranked Indian in the ITTF world rankings, jumping seven spots to reach 31.

Sharath Kamal is highest-ranked Indian in ITTF world rankings, Suthirtha breaks into top-100

Next month's table tennis world championships in South Korea have been postponed until June over health concerns as the East Asian nation grapples with an outbreak of the coronavirus.

South Korea table tennis world championships postponed over virus fears

China's table tennis team has gone to Qatar to seek refuge after accepting Doha's offer of a training base to avoid returning home to China due to the on-going coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus outbreak: China's table tennis team avoids home trip, take refuge in Qatar

Former national champion Soumyajit Ghosh is free to return to the game after the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) Sunday decided to revoke his suspension, handed out in March this year following allegations of rape against him by an ex-girlfriend.

TTFI lifts Soumyajit Ghosh's ban, free to play in next month's Nationals

Wion Sports Special: Champions of India 2018

Indian table tennis earned the world's respect in a watershed 2018 when the country won a historic two medals at the Asian Games after Manika Batra's unprecedented showing at the Commonwealth Games.

Landmark 2018 fuels Olympic medal hopes for Indian table tennis

India's Manika Batra on Wednesday became the first Indian Table Tennis player to be decorated with the 'Breakthrough Table Tennis Star' award at the prestigious International Table Tennis Federation Star Awards in Incheon.

Manika Batra becomes first Indian Table Tennis player to win Breakthrough Star award

Inside a Chinese-funded facility perched on a steep hill overlooking Port Moresby's sparkling harbour, Papua New Guinea's best table tennis players are honing techniques picked up months earlier on a sponsored trip to Shanghai.

Fifty years on, China uses 'ping-pong diplomacy' in South Pacific

Achanta Sharath and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan settled for a silver medal after losing to England's Paul Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford in the finals of men's table tennis match

CWG 2018: India bags both silver and bronze medals in men's doubles TT event

CWG 2018: India settles for silver in women's doubles TT

Indian men won the gold medal in table tennis team event at 21st Commonwealth Games

CWG 2018: India men's TT team beats Nigeria, bags gold

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