{"id":6908,"date":"2012-06-01T14:26:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6908"},"modified":"2012-06-01T14:26:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:26:14","slug":"olympic-bound-paddlers-to-play-in-sweden-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=6908","title":{"rendered":"Olympic-bound paddlers to play in Sweden, Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/tennis\/sharath_tt.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Olympic-bound paddlers to play in Sweden, Brazil\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>New Delhi: <\/strong>A 14-member Indian team including Olympic-bound paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das will be playing tournaments in Sweden and Brazil during June.<\/p>\n<p>The sports ministry Friday approved the players&#8217; participation in the Swedish Open at Helsingborg (June 7-10) and Brazil Open at Santos (June 13-17). Both events are recognised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).<\/p>\n<p>Besides Ghosh and Ankita, the contingent will comprise veteran Sharath Kamal and reigning national champion Anthony Amalraj.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the two events, Ghosh and Ankita will stay back in Austria ahead of the Olympics while the others will comeback,&#8221; Dhanraj Choudhary, secretary general, Table Tennis Federation of India, told IANS. <\/p>\n<p>The London Olympics are scheduled for July 27-Aug 12. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/tennis\/sharath_tt.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Olympic-bound paddlers to play in Sweden, Brazil\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/>New Delhi: <\/strong>A 14-member Indian team including Olympic-bound paddlers Soumyajit Ghosh and Ankita Das will be playing tournaments in Sweden and Brazil during June.<\/p>\n<p>The sports ministry Friday approved the players&#8217; participation in the Swedish Open at Helsingborg (June 7-10) and Brazil Open at Santos (June 13-17). 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