Pune, July 12 (Ians) Defending champions Chennai Lions will face Puneri Paltan in the opening match of the Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4, beginning on Thursday at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, here.
Chennai Lions’ challenge will be spearheaded by veteran Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal.
“We are delighted that Ultimate Table Tennis is back with Season 4. All of us are ready to see some top table tennis action as Utt makes the game really exciting. A lot of young players also get to be a part of it which is a really great thing for Indian table tennis,” said Sharath Kamal during the pre-season press conference, here on Wednesday.
On the other hand, Puneri Paltan paddler Hana Matelova is excited to play in India and wants to give her best to take the franchise to new heights this season.
“It’s an honour to be a part of the Utt family...
Chennai Lions’ challenge will be spearheaded by veteran Indian paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal.
“We are delighted that Ultimate Table Tennis is back with Season 4. All of us are ready to see some top table tennis action as Utt makes the game really exciting. A lot of young players also get to be a part of it which is a really great thing for Indian table tennis,” said Sharath Kamal during the pre-season press conference, here on Wednesday.
On the other hand, Puneri Paltan paddler Hana Matelova is excited to play in India and wants to give her best to take the franchise to new heights this season.
“It’s an honour to be a part of the Utt family...
- 7/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, June 2 (Ians) The franchises took their picks during the Ultimate Table Tennis (Utt) Season 4 Player Draft, which took place at the National Sports Club of India, here on Friday.
Before the start of Utt Season 4, the team owners, management and coaches got down to business in order to secure their teams as strategy and luck would allow them.
The draft kicked off with Puneri Paltan Table Tennis and Goa Challengers, who chose not to use their right to retain a player and were offered to take first picks.
Using the opportunity, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis swooped in to pick up Egypt’s Omar Assar as their first addition to the squad whereas Goa Challengers opted for former Southeast Asian Games champion Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand.
Assar has been brilliant in the recent tournaments which has seen him jump eight spots in the latest Ittf rankings to World No. 22.
“We...
Before the start of Utt Season 4, the team owners, management and coaches got down to business in order to secure their teams as strategy and luck would allow them.
The draft kicked off with Puneri Paltan Table Tennis and Goa Challengers, who chose not to use their right to retain a player and were offered to take first picks.
Using the opportunity, Puneri Paltan Table Tennis swooped in to pick up Egypt’s Omar Assar as their first addition to the squad whereas Goa Challengers opted for former Southeast Asian Games champion Suthasini Sawettabut of Thailand.
Assar has been brilliant in the recent tournaments which has seen him jump eight spots in the latest Ittf rankings to World No. 22.
“We...
- 6/2/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, May 26 (Ians) Results came thick and fast on competition day four of the Khelo India University Games (Kiug) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (Up), the first day when medals were won, as Vikkas Prabhakar of Srm University, Tamil Nadu, emerged the fastest male swimmer of the Games and Siva Sridhar of Jain University, Karnataka, became the first double gold medallist on Friday.
Also hogging the limelight was India international shooter Hriday Hazarika, who won the men’s 10m air rifle event for Cotton University of Assam.
Vikkas won the men’s 50m freestyle dash at Greater Noida’s Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik (Svsp) indoor stadium, with a timing of 23.47. There was a dead-heat for silver as both Veer Khatkar of Maharshi Dayanand University and Shailesh Shwejal of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ms came in second with 24.02 secs.
Earlier in the day, the talented Aneesh Gowda of Christ University (deemed) bagged the...
Also hogging the limelight was India international shooter Hriday Hazarika, who won the men’s 10m air rifle event for Cotton University of Assam.
Vikkas won the men’s 50m freestyle dash at Greater Noida’s Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik (Svsp) indoor stadium, with a timing of 23.47. There was a dead-heat for silver as both Veer Khatkar of Maharshi Dayanand University and Shailesh Shwejal of Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ms came in second with 24.02 secs.
Earlier in the day, the talented Aneesh Gowda of Christ University (deemed) bagged the...
- 5/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Goa, Feb 27 (Ians) Three rounds of qualifying spread over two days will begin official proceedings of the first ever Stupa Sports Analytics hosted Usd 2,50,000 World Table Tennis (Wtt) Star Contender at Panjim’s Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor stadium from Monday.
In what will be a huge opportunity for the next generation of Indian Table Tennis, 15 Indian paddlers led by senior pro Harmeet Desai in men’s singles and 13, led by world number 84 Archana Kamath in the women’s singles, will look to grab one of the eight qualifying spots in each draw.
As many as 17 Indian pairs across formats, will also look to book one of the four qualifying spots available in the men’s, women’s and mixed doubles respectively. The main draw begins from March 1 with four of the five finals slated for March 5.
Leading the lines for India in the men’s singles qualifiers will be the spectacled 22-year-old Manush Shah,...
In what will be a huge opportunity for the next generation of Indian Table Tennis, 15 Indian paddlers led by senior pro Harmeet Desai in men’s singles and 13, led by world number 84 Archana Kamath in the women’s singles, will look to grab one of the eight qualifying spots in each draw.
As many as 17 Indian pairs across formats, will also look to book one of the four qualifying spots available in the men’s, women’s and mixed doubles respectively. The main draw begins from March 1 with four of the five finals slated for March 5.
Leading the lines for India in the men’s singles qualifiers will be the spectacled 22-year-old Manush Shah,...
- 2/27/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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