Harmeet Desai

India's sporting elite converges in Lucknow for the Times of India Sports Awards, honouring a decade of excellence and the past year's achievements. The prestigious event, attended by legends and led by a distinguished jury, celebrates athletes across over 45 categories, including a significant focus on para-sports, recognizing outstanding performances and emerging talents who have made the nation proud.

The Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) will be held on March 21, 2026, in Lucknow, celebrating India’s top athletes for performances in 2025 across 45+ categories, judged by legends like Abhinav Bindra and Mithali Raj. In table tennis, stars such as Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Thakkar, Manika Batra, and Diya Chitale headlined the year with major international wins and historic milestones.

India's campaign at the ITTF World Tour Philippines Open Table Tennis championship ended today after top paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh and harmeet desai lost their respective men's singles second round matches on Saturday.

Indian table tennis player harmeet desai made a successful Olympic debut at the Paris Olympics, defeating Jordan's Zaid Abo Yaman 4-0 in the men's singles preliminary round. The 31-year-old from Surat, ranked 538th globally, won with scores of 11-7, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5. His victory advances him to the second round.

Indian table tennis duo of G Sathiyan and harmeet desai notched up a dominating 3-1 win over Emmanual Lebesson and Alexandre Cassin in the summit clash to claim the men's doubles title at the WTT Contender Tunis on Saturday.

Even though harmeet desai had tasted some success at the international level, the paddler hadn't really made it count at the individual level.

Surat-based paddler harmeet desai has been making steady progress at national and international circuit. He has been a regular in the Indian outfit for over a year now. Since he has made it to his maiden final of the national championship, he has gone on from strength to strength.

National champion Soumyajit Ghosh stamped his authority, though with a bit of struggle, to beat his PSPB colleague harmeet desai 4-2.

Star paddler Manika Batra was on Wednesday left out of the India squad for the Asian Championships beginning September 28 in Doha after she did not attend the mandatory national camp in Sonepat. In the absence of the world number 56th player, 97th-ranked Sutirtha Mukherjee will lead the women's team. The other members are Ayhika Mukherjee (ranked 131) and Archana Kamath (132).

The Indian men's table tennis team began their Asian Games journey on a winning note with a convincing 3-0 triumph over Yemen. Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, and harmeet desai secured straight-game victories against their Yemeni counterparts.

Ace Gujarat paddler harmeet desai, along with Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh, will spearhead the Indian contingent for the Egypt Open, which gets underway in Cairo from Thursday.

Indian table tennis' brand new star harmeet desai was hardly ever seen pumping his feast with an air of aggression during the course of a match, of course until Thursday.

The Table Tennis champ from Surat played a key role in India’s gold medal win at the Commonwealth Games.

A lot was expected from Surat-based paddler harmeet desai when Indian table tennis team left for Tokyo to take part in the World Team TT championship.

harmeet desai defeated Belgian Cedric Nuytin 4-2 to win the gold medal in the Under-21 men's final of the Brazil Open Table Tennis in Santos.

Indian paddler harmeet desai staved off a strong challenge from compatriot Amalraj Anthony to win the ITTF Challenge Indonesia Open in Batam, Indonesia on Sunday.

Commonwealth Games gold medallist and reigning national table tennis champion, harmeet desai, will be flying to Paris next week to participate in the prestigious French TT League, which is set to begin from October 20. Desai will be representing the Loire Nord Table Tennis Club in the league.

harmeet desai held his nerve in an exciting battle against G Sathiyan to take Goa Challengers to a 10-5 victory over Dabang Delhi TTC in the Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 here on Saturday. Harmeet was the key performer for Goa Challengers as he registered a stunning victory against Sathiyan by 3-0 in the fourth match of the tie after winning the mixed doubles match with Suthasini Sawettabut to give his franchise an unassailable 8-4 lead.

The TT star was supposed to be in Germany at this time

After working hard for years the wait came to an end. Surat-based international paddler harmeet desai picked up his first national men's title when he won the Central Zone title last week at Gandhidham.

India paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran stated that he has improved a lot since his Tokyo Olympics defeat and would continue this form for the World Championship.

The Indian team, consisting of Achanta Sharath Kamal, Soumyajit Ghosh, harmeet desai, Sanil Shetty and G. Sathiyan, did their primary job of winning both their group matches.

The B teams of India toppled superior A teams to win the both the boys' and the girls' titles in the ONGC-Indian Open Global Junior Table Tennis championships on Thursday.

He is probably the best paddler has produced yet.

A. Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra led the Indian men's and women's table tennis teams at the Paris Olympics, marking India's first participation in the Games. The squad featured six members, with G. Sathiyan and Ayhika Mukherjee as alternates. This talented lineup aimed to make a significant impact on the global stage.

Indian paddlers did the country proud as they claimed three more gold medals to finish with six out of seven on offer in the 3rd edition of Lusofonia Games at Peddem ground in Mapusa.

Falcons TTC set up a summit clash with Dabang Smashers overcoming a tough challenge from RP-SG Mavericks in the second semifinal of the Ultimate Table Tennis Season II at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here on Saturday.

Six won out of seven gold medals on offer. If this is not enough to please you, then add two silver and three bronze too.

Miffed at being handed just a third of the cash he was promised, Surat’s paddler harmeet desai shot off a letter to chief minister Vijay Rupani over discrepancies in cash awards for medalists from the state.