On three evenings every week, while most teenagers were heading home after school, Aysha Sartape and Aanshi Khanna were beginning another journey.One travelled from Palava in Dombivli. The other from Thane. Their destination was the Yashwantrao Chavan gro... See more
MUMBAI: Oliver Kahn was midway through explaining why Spain had become the World Cup’s most complete team when his phone rang.“Let’s get down, let’s get down to business…” blared Tiesto’s ‘The Business’. Kahn smiled, silenced the call and resumed exactly ... See more
MUMBAI: Indian table tennis achieved another significant milestone this week as the dynamic right-hand-left-hand combination of Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah climbed to a career-best World No. 2 in the latest ITTF men’s doubles rankings. It is the highest... See more
When an Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist, three-time Olympian and the poster girl, inarguably, of Indian table tennis is left out of the squad for a major international event, questions are bound to be asked. And even though Manika Batra has herself... See more
MUMBAI: India’s most recognisable table tennis player, Manika Batra, has been left out of the squad for the upcoming Asian Games after failing to meet the selection criteria laid down by the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).In Manika’s absence, Ind... See more
