Manika Batra

Decoding Indian women’s table tennis team’s historic victory to reach Paris Olympics quarterfinals

Doubles tactics and individual brilliance: The key to India’s success over Romania at the Paris Olympics.

Paris Olympics: Sreeja Akula, Manika Batra make history despite Round of 16 losses

Indian table tennis players' historic run at the Paris Olympics ends with close defeats. Where did they lack?

Paris Olympics 2024: Paddler Manika Batra goes down fighting to Japan's Miu Hirano in round of 16

Manika Batra lost with a 1-4 (6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11, 6-11) scoreline to the 13th ranked Japanese, with the 28th ranked Indian wining just the third game after falling behind following the first two games. 

Paris Olympics 2024: The intricacies of Manika Batra's masterclass as she seals historic win

Manika Batra stunned home hope Prithika Pavade in front of a boisterous crowd to become first Indian table tennis player to reach Olympics pre-quarterfinals.

Firstpost Exclusive: Manika Batra sheds light on challenges for Indian women in table tennis, opens up on her journey

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Batra said she has witnessed a lot of change in Indian table tennis of late and will be happy to take credit if she is indeed the reason behind this change in perception.

World Table Tennis Championships: Manika Batra stars in India's 3-2 victory over Hungary

It was a fine comeback from Manika who had lost both her singles against China on Friday when India stood on the cusp of a mega upset before falling short 2-3.

Asian Games 2023: Sharath Kamal helps India scrape through to quarters in men's table tennis after women bow out

The men's match against Kazakhstan was locked 2-2 when Sharath Kamal produced a face-saving win in the decisive fifth rubber.

Manika Batra’s lost luggage recovered, star paddler thanks aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia

Batra lost her baggage containing sports equipment while returning home from a tournament in Peru in a KLM Airlines flight and she had sought help from the government to recover it

Manika Batra loses baggage, sports equipment on return flight; seeks government help

Manika Batra was returning to India (August 6-7 flight) after playing in a WTT Contender tournament in Lima, Peru via Amsterdam.

Manika Batra, Sharath Kamal out of WTT Zagreb Contender

Batra and Sharath lost by identical 0-3 margins against their higher-ranked opponents