Jul 31, 2024, at 11:35 pm
Indian table tennis hopeful Sreeja Akula followed Manika Batra's achievement by qualifying for the Round of 16 in the Women’s Singles event at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
Olympics 2024: Manika Batra becomes first Indian table tennis player to reach Round of 16
Jul 30, 2024, at 03:56 pm
Paris/IBNS: Scripting history, Manika Batra became the first Indian table tennis player to reach the Round of 16 in the Olympics on Monday.
May 10, 2024, at 06:32 am
Indian TT player Manika Batra’s historic run at the Saudi Smash 2024 table tennis tournament ended after she lost to the former Asian champion Hina Hayata of Japan in the women’s singles quarter-final match in Jeddah on Thursday.
Manika Batra clinches historic bronze at Table Tennis Asian Cup
Nov 19, 2022, at 10:11 pm
Bangkok: Star paddler Manika Batra on Saturday scripted history here after becoming the first Indian woman to win a medal at the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Tournament.
Olympian Manika Batra visits National War Memorial
Feb 02, 2022, at 08:56 pm
New Delhi: Table Tennis Star Manika Batra visited the National War Memorial to pay tribute to air warrior of the 1971 Indo-Pak War Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon, who showed exemplary courage and determination during the historic war.
Sathiyan, Manika through to semis in mixed doubles at WTT Contender
Aug 20, 2021, at 01:10 am
Budapest/UNI: Indian mixed doubles pair of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra stunned the top seeds Lubomir Pistej and Barbora Balazova of Slovakia to move into the semi-finals of the World Table Tennis contender last night.
Women Athletes: There’s something about her
Jul 30, 2021, at 07:43 pm
The current crop of Indian women athletes, some of them competing at the Tokyo Olympics, establish that despite many hurdles, from humble backgrounds to social pressure, they too can, finds Ranjita Biswas.
Tokyo Olympics: Manika Batra advances to 3rd round in a nail biting contest
Jul 25, 2021, at 09:08 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddler Manika Batra defeated Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine 4-3 in the Tokyo Olympics table tennis women’s singles second round and advanced to the third round in a nec-to-neck fight, here on Sunday.
Tokyo Olympics 2021: Indian paddlers Manika, Sutirtha advance to 2nd round
Jul 24, 2021, at 09:37 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Indian paddlers Manika Batra and Sutirtha Mukherjee advanced to second round in women's singles table tennis event of Tokyo Olympics after registering convincing victories, here on Saturday.
Sharath, Manika enter the mixed doubles final at Asian Olympic Qualifiers
Mar 20, 2021, at 07:16 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A day after sealing their places in the singles at the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra made their way into the mixed doubles final at the Asian Olympic Qualifiers, post-win against Singapore’s Koen Pang Yew En and Lin Ye 4-2 in the last-4 clash in Doha.
Indian paddler Manika Batra makes history, clinches gold
Apr 14, 2018, at 09:31 pm
Gold Coast, Apr 14 (IBNS): Indian paddler Manika Batra made history as she won the gold medal in the women’s singles category at the ongoing Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.