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Chennai Lions is an Indian professional table tennis franchise team based in Chennai that played in the Ultimate Table Tennis. It was established in 2019 by film director Aishwarya R. Dhanush and entrepreneur Sameer Bharat Ram. [1] [2] They are the reigning champions of the league after defeating Dabang Delhi TTC in 2019 UTT finals. [3] [4]
He is the first Indian table tennis player ever to become ten time Senior National Champion [4] hence breaking the record of eight-time National Champion Kamlesh Mehta. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri , India's fourth highest civilian award [ 5 ] and in 2022, he was awarded the Khel Ratna Award , India's highest sporting honour. [ 6 ]
The club has four lighted tennis courts, and Vijay Amritraj played there. It held the first South India Championships in 1889, and hosted for many years after. It has hosted several International Tennis Federation tournaments and the women's national championships. The club also has a gym, swimming pool, billiards, table tennis and a cards room ...
Ultimate Table Tennis is a professional level table tennis league in India. [4] Launched in 2017, it consists of 8 teams. [5] The league is held by Table Tennis Federation of India. [6] The 2024 champions are Goa Challengers who defeated Dabang Delhi TTC in the finals. Falcons TTC won the first season with a 14–9 score against Shazé Challengers.
The TEAMS Division draws most of its funding under the Scheme of “Assistance to National Sports Federations” from Sports Ministry. The TEAMS Division also provides support to the NSFs in the hiring of foreign coaches and selection of the national coach for each NSF, who are responsible for the training of core probables for the National teams.
Chennai is home to popular Table tennis players Sharath Kamal and Subramanian Raman, both gold medalists at the Commonwealth Games and winners of the Arjuna award. The Chennai Sepak Takraw League is a major attraction in Chennai for the sport of Sepak Takraw, players from Tamil Nadu participate in four teams in this league. The Tamil Nadu men's ...
This list of table tennis players is alphabetically ordered by surname. The main source of the information included in this page is the official International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) database. More detailed information about their careers is available in the individual players' articles, and in the ITTF database.
He is currently head coach of Indian players for Paris Olympics 2024. He first came to India to coach the Indian table tennis players in 2009. His second coaching stint with the Indian table tennis team was from 2016 to 2018 during which Indian players won a total of 8 medal, notably 3 gold medals at the Commonwealth games 2018.