The Indian duo beat Murtadha and Rashed 11-8 11-6 11-3 in a lop-sided affair. In the quarterfinals, Sathiyan and Sharath Kamal will be up against Chinese pair of Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan. read more

India lost to Japan 1-3 in the quarterfinal on Monday but ensured that it will finish in the top six of the tournament with the win over Singapore on Tuesday. India will thus gain direct entry in the next championships in 2021. read more

Manika, who recently parted ways with her childhood coach Sandeep Gupta to train with Sanmay Paranjape, said she is happy with the progress in her game after moving her base to Pune. read more

G. Sathiyan and Archana Kamath defeated Singapore’s Peng Yu En Koen–Goi Rui Xuan 3-0 in the final read more

Ace paddler Sharath Kamal will play for the Chennai Lions in the third season of the Ultimate Tennis League, which will be held in New Delhi from July 25. read more

Padma Awards: As many as 112 ‘inspiring’ personalities were selected for this year’s Padma awards and their names were announced on the eve of Republic Day this year. read more

The mixed doubles category has been included in the Olympics for the first time in the Tokyo Games. read more

Sathiyan gained three spots to achieve a new career-high ranking while Batra moved up four spots to be 47th. read more

The other sportspersons conferred with the same award were chess player Harika Dronavalli, table tennis player Sharath Kamal, archer Bombayla Devi Laishram, wrestler Bajrang Punia, basketball player Prashanti Singh and kabaddi star Ajay Thakur. read more

An exciting final was on the cards with world number 30 taking on 31st ranked Sathiyan. And what a final it turned out to be with Sharath securing it 4-3. read more

Sharath, who reached a career-high ranking of 30 last month, is just a step away from surpassing Kamlesh Mehta’s eight titles. read more

The team comprising G Sathiyan, Achanta Sharath Kamal and A Amalraj couldn’t put up a fight against the mighty Koreans, who set up a summit clash against defending champions China in a repeat of 2014 edition. read more

The Asian Games torch was lit by IOA president Narinder Batra on Sunday, who also said that there will not be any change to the 524-member squad for the quadrennial event. read more

G Sathiyan, who won three medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, signed with top German table tennis club ASV Grunwettersbach Tischtennis read more

The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) has retained the same team for the World Championships in Halmstad as the one that competed in the 2018 Commonwealth Games. read more