Republic Day 2021: Paddler Mouma Das, six other sportspersons awarded Padma Shri
Mouma, who won the Arjuna Award in 2013, became only the second table tennis player after Achanta Sharath Kamal to win the Padma Shri. Sharath won the recognition in 2019. Sudha, who was awarded the Arjuna in 2012, is the second-most renowned athlete to bag the recognition. She is an Indian Olympic athlete in the 3000 metres steeplechase event.
Jan 26, 2021, 06:25 AM IST
Asian Games 2018: Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran enter TT pre-quarters
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran also made it to the round of 16 but it was curtains for Mouma Das in women's singles.
Aug 30, 2018, 21:25 PM IST
Air India leaves Indian Table Tennis squad stranded at IGI airport
CWG gold medalist Manika Batra tweeted about the ordeal and said she and fellow players were informed that the flight to Melbourne - for ITTF World Tour Australian Open- had been overbooked.
Jul 22, 2018, 21:15 PM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Indians paddlers lose in mixed doubles table tennis semi-finals
The Indian pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Mouma Das went down to Singapore's Gao Ning and Yu Mengyu in the first semi-finals.
Apr 14, 2018, 07:22 AM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018: Manika Batra-Mouma Das win maiden women's doubles silver for India
Manika Batra and Mouma Das fought hard before going down against defending champions Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu to settle for a silver medal in the women's doubles, a first ever for India in the Commonwealth Games.
Apr 13, 2018, 19:19 PM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Manika Batra-Mouma Das reach TT women's doubles final
Manika and Mouma yet again proved their dominance on the table with a 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 11-5) thrashing of Malaysian pair of Ying Ho and Karen Lyne in the first semi-final.
Apr 13, 2018, 12:11 PM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Paddlers Manika, Mouma in singles quarters; Madhurika ousted
Manika thrashed local girl Tracy Feng 4-1 (11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7) to reach the last eight of the competition.
Apr 12, 2018, 11:53 AM IST
Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast: Sharath-Mouma advance, Harmeet-Pooja ousted in TT mixed doubles
Sharath and Mouma, however, proceeded to the round of 16 after beating the Sri Lankan duo of Rohan Sirisena and Ishara Madurangi 3-1 at the Oxenford Studios here.
Apr 11, 2018, 11:05 AM IST
Indian women create history, win first team table tennis CWG gold
Indian women's table tennis team created history at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday as they beat Singapore 3-1 in the gold medal match.
Apr 08, 2018, 17:46 PM IST
Ultimate Table Tennis: Wong Chun Ting, Han Ying top draws in inaugural TT League
The league would be held in Chennai (July 13-20), New Delhi (July 21 to 26) and Mumbai (July 27 to 30).
Jun 05, 2017, 19:47 PM IST
Rio Olympics 2016: How India performed on Day 1 of biggest sporting extravaganza
Jitu Rai's failure summed up India's sagging fortunes at the world greatest sporting spectacle.
Aug 07, 2016, 08:08 AM IST
2016 Rio Olympics: Indian campaign in TT ends with all 1st round defeats on Day 1
Interestingly, the cumulative duration of India's Olympic TT journey was 139 minutes (2 hrs and 19 minutes).
Aug 07, 2016, 05:13 AM IST
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Mouma Das book 2016 Rio Olympics berths
Earlier, Soumyajit Ghosh and Manika Batra had qualified for the Rio Games, to be held in August.
Apr 16, 2016, 17:51 PM IST
2016 Summer Olympics: Soumyajit Ghosh, Manika Batra book their Rio berths
With no other country from the region participating in the South Asian Zone qualification event, the competition was restricted to the Indian paddlers alone.
Apr 14, 2016, 16:35 PM IST
2016 World Table Tennis Championships: Indians enter final, qualify for champions division
Both men's and women's teamsmade history by entering the finals of second division of the World Championships.
Mar 05, 2016, 00:01 AM IST
World Table Tennis Championships: Indian men blank Vietnam; women triumph 3-0 over Columbia
There are 24 teams in the Second Division divided into four groups of six teams each in both sections.
Feb 28, 2016, 23:58 PM IST
