Fifth Khelo India Youth Games 2022

The Government of India conducts the Khelo India Youth Games every year to hunt talents from different parts of India. The sports event is seen as the best gateway for Indian athletes to enter international events and bring pride to ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023

Category: Sports Current Affairs

China’s Chen Meng wins ITTF Women’s World Cup title

China’s Chen Meng has been crowned as the winner of the first-ever ITTF Women’s World Cup title. Chen Meng is the world’s No.1 women tennis player at present. She defeated her Chinese compatriot Sun Yingsha by 11-13 11-6 11-9 11-6 ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020

National Coaching Camp for Table Tennis approved by Sports Authority of India: Key Facts

The SAI stands for Sports Authority of India. It has consented a national coaching camp for table tennis. It will be held from 28 October – 8 December 2020. What is the fund allocated for the camp? The National Coaching ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020

Poulomi Ghatak: Indian Table Tennis star announced retirement

Poulomi Ghatak, one of the most successful Indian table tennis players, who represented India at various international levels, declared retirement from her tennis career. Who is Poulomi Ghatak? Poulomi Ghatak belongs to the state of West Bengal. She is married ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020

International Table Tennis Federation suspends events, freezes World Rankings

On March 30, 2020 the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announced that it is suspending all the planned events till June 30, 2020. The decision was taken during the ITTF meeting that was held to discuss the effects of Novel ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan win silver at ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open

Indian men’s doubles pair-Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan recently won the silver medal at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open, held at Budapest. They lost the hard-fought final match to the German pair of Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska. In ..

Manav Thakkar becomes first Indian to be ranked World No.1 in U-21 Men’s Singles Category

19-year-old Indian table tennis player Manav Thakkar has jumped nine places to become the world number 1 in the Under-21 Men’s single category rankings released by the International Tennis Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Friday, 3rd January 2020. The updated ranking ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Dejan Papic appointed as new national coach of Indian table tennis team

Dejan Papic from Canada has been appointed the new national coach of the Indian table tennis team. He accepted the one-year contract that was offered to him by the Sports Authority of India (SAI). He will be paid USD 7000 ..