From the amount of newsprint and daily discussions dedicated to cricket, it is not tough to identify India’s favorite sport! Even though hockey is the official Indian sport and football enjoys a fair degree of popularity, the Indian cricket team is the most loved, often despised and debated group of players in the subcontinent. Aside from cricket, football and hockey – Indians follow lawn tennis, badminton, athletics, weightlifting and boxing. Sports like car racing and [...]
Achanta Sharath Kamal is one of those talented table tennis players of India who have made a mark for themselves in the international arena. Born in the year 1982 in Tamil Nadu, Achanta Sharath Kamal works for Indian Oil Corporation. Having proved his table tennis skills in many tournaments, he made India proud by bagging the gold medal in 2006 Commonwealth Games which was organized in Melbourne. Winning the National Champion in 2003, he also [...]
Poulomi Ghatak is an Indian table tennis star was born in West Bengal in 1983. Poulomi is known for her excellent performance in the various tournaments. From a very tender age, she started practising table tennis and was always keen on taking it up as a profession. Being trained by Indian coach Tapan Chandra and Korean coach Mekim, Poulomi started her tennis career in the year 1992. From her initial days itself, Poulomi Ghatak was a [...]
Mouma Das was born on 24th February, 1984 in West Bengal. She started playing table tennis on a full-fledged basis from the year 1993. Currently he is the No. 2 player of India. Father Asit Kumar Das is said to have made a major contribution towards honing the table tennis skills of Mouma Das. He is getting training under Shri Jayanta kumar Pushilal. A senior level table tennis player, she had made a mark for [...]
Chetan Baboor is a notable table tennis player of India who has the record of winning the national championship four times. During the last decade of the 20th century, he played many tournaments in the popular Swedish club called Kalmer. Having the experience of playing with such tennis proponents as Jan Ove Waldner in the Kalmer Club, he has honed his skills a lot. Chetan Baboor participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, 1996 Atlanta Olympics [...]
