Manika Batra: News

05 Aug 2024

2024 Paris Olympics

Paris Olympics, table tennis: India stun Romania, reach quarter-finals 

India stunned Romania 3-2 in the 2024 Paris Olympics table tennis women's team event on August 5.

28 Jul 2024

2024 Paris Olympics

2024 Paris Olympics: Indian paddler Manika Batra reaches second round

India's Manika Batra has reached the table tennis women's singles second round at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

25 Jul 2024

2024 Paris Olympics

2024 Paris Olympics, table tennis: Key details of Indian contingent 

The 2024 Paris Olympics will be underway on July 26 in Paris, the capital of France. Over 10,000 athletes will feature at the Paris Games for 19 days.

02 Oct 2023

Table Tennis

Asian Games, table tennis: Ayhika-Sutirtha clinch a historic doubles bronze

Indian table tennis duo of Ayhika Mukherjee and Sutirtha Mukherjee settled for a historic bronze medal at the 2023 Asian Games.

27 Sep 2023

Asian Games

Asian Games, mixed doubles table tennis: Sathiyan-Manika advance to R16

Indian mixed doubles duo of Sathiyan Gnanasekaran and Manika Batra have progressed to the Round of 16 of the 2023 Asian Games.

24 Sep 2023

Table Tennis

Asian Games 2023, women's team table tennis: Thailand pip India

Indian women's table tennis team bowed out of the round of 16 at the 2023 Asian Games after losing to Thailand 3-2.

23 Sep 2023

Table Tennis

Asian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian women's team thrashes Nepal

The Indian women's table tennis team continued its winning run with a perfect 3-0 victory over Nepal on Saturday, booking a place in the round of 16 at the 2023 Asian Games.

22 Sep 2023

Table Tennis

Asian Games 2023, table tennis: Indian women's team beats Singapore

Indian women's team started its 2023 Asian Games campaign with a hard-fought win over Singapore. The Indian female paddlers won the clash 3-2 as Ayhika Mukherjee, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula all registered a solitary win.

19 Sep 2023

Asian Games

Asian Games 2023: Decoding India's table tennis contingent

Indian table tennis stars created history at the Asian Games in 2018 as they bagged their first medals at the continental event.

19 Nov 2022

Table Tennis

Asian Cup TT tournament: India's Manika Batra wins bronze medal

Star Indian paddler Manika Batra clinched the bronze medal at the ongoing ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup tournament on Saturday.

04 Aug 2022

PV Sindhu

2022 Commonwealth Games: Here's India's schedule for August 4

The Indian contingent has had a promising campaign in the 2022 Commonwealth Games so far.

31 Jul 2022

Table Tennis

Commonwealth Games: Indian women's team crashes out in table tennis

Defending champions India are out in the quarters in the women's table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

30 Jul 2022

Table Tennis

Commonwealth Games: India beat Guyana 3-0 in table tennis (women's)

The Indian women's table tennis team continues its winning run at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG).

30 Jul 2022

Table Tennis

CWG: India men's table tennis team beats Singapore, reaches quarter-finals

The Indian men's table tennis team stamped a one-sided win against Singapore on the first day of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

04 Sep 2021

Sports

Coach Soumyadeep asked me to lose a match: Manika Batra

India's table tennis star Manika Batra has alleged that her coach Soumyadeep Roy asked her to concede an Olympic qualifier match to Sutirtha Mukherjee in Doha in March.

23 Jul 2021

Olympics

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Here's India's schedule on July 24

The Indian contingent has a busy day ahead on July 24 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

11 Jun 2021

Table Tennis

Star paddler Manika Batra agrees to attend national camp

Indian table tennis contingent's Olympic preparations got a much-needed boost on Friday when star paddler Manika Batra agreed to join the national camp in Sonepat to train with mixed doubles partner and veteran Sharath Kamal.

20 Mar 2021

Table Tennis

Paddlers Sharath Kamal-Manika Batra clinch Olympic quota in mixed doubles

Star Indian paddlers Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra clinched a mixed doubles quota spot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

19 Mar 2021

Table Tennis

Table tennis: Four Indian players qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics

India have a reason to smile as four paddlers qualified for the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

13 Mar 2021

Table Tennis

Table Tennis: Indian paddlers eye Olympic qualification in Doha event

As many as nine qualification spots for the Tokyo Olympics will be up for grabs when the World Singles Qualification Tournament gets underway at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Doha, Qatar between March 14-17, 2021.

29 Aug 2018

India

#AsianGames2018: Kamal, Batra win historic bronze in Mixed Doubles TT

The Indian Table Tennis contingent's dream run at the Asian Games got better today when the Mixed Doubles pairing of A Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra exceeded its own expectations to win a historic bronze.

04 Aug 2018

India

Table Tennis: Kamal and Batra move up in world rankings

Indian table tennis aces Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra have moved up in the world rankings as they achieved 33rd and 57th ranks respectively.

Manika Batra, six others, denied boarding on 'overbooked' Air-India flight

Commonwealth Games star, Manika Batra and six other table tennis players were denied boarding on an Air India flight, on Sunday, which left them stranded at Indira Gandhi International Airport.

17 Apr 2018

India

Statistical analysis of India's performance at Commonwealth Games

India's performance at the 21st Commonwealth Games goes down as the nation's third best ever in the event.

14 Apr 2018

India

Manika Batra wins India's first-ever women's singles table tennis gold

Manika Batra today won a first ever women's singles table tennis gold for India at the Commonwealth Games, blanking Yu Mengyu of Singapore 4-0 in the final today.

13 Apr 2018

India

5 dark-horses of India who won medals at Commonwealth Games

Indians have performed remarkably well at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games 2018.

10 Apr 2018

Manish Sisodia

Delhi government to give Rs. 14L to Manika for CWG-gold

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today said the Delhi government will give Rs. 14L to paddler Manika Batra for winning a gold medal in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games 2018 in Australia.

08 Apr 2018

India

21st CWG: Gold medal for Indian women's table tennis team

Indian women's table tennis team bagged the gold medal at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games being held at the Gold Coast.