Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today felicitated the sports persons who achieved success in the recently held Commonwealth Games at Birmingham. The Chief Minister rewarded the players by offering them cheques of sums provisioned in the Sports policy of the State. Table Tennis Player Harmeet Desai who won gold in Commonwealth games was rewarded with Rs. 35 lakh cheque. Wheelchair Table Tennis Gold winner Bhaving Patel was rewarded with Rs. 25 lakh cheque. Bronze winner Wheelchair ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Here is an inspiring nugget from the pages of history. In this photo, which dates back to 2010, you can see none other than Paralympic Gold medalist Bhavina Patel (on the left), Table Tennis player Sonal Patel with then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi! In fact, CM Modi is seen holding the wheelchair of Sonal Patel as well. This photo was clicked when Sonal and Bhavina were heading to take part in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. CM Modi had met them, and other athlet...Read More

Gandhnagar: Daughter of Gujarat, 35-year old Bhavina Patel has won a gold medal in the women's singles class 3-5 at the Commonwealth Games. Bhavina had won a silver medal at Tokyo Paralympics. Bhavina hails from Mahesana district of North Gujarat. Another daughter of Gujarat, 34-year-old Sonalben Manubhai Patel has also given India a medal with bronze win in women's singles class 3-5. She is participating in wheelchair class 3 para table tennis. She is making her Paralympic debut in Tokyo Par...Read More

Gandhinagar: India's topmost Wheelchair Table Tennis player, Tokyo Paralympics medalist, Gujarat origin Bhavina Patel has reached the final in Women's Singles Class 3-5 against a strong Nigerian player Christiana Ikpeoyi. Gujarat based paddler has assured one more medal to India in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and will play the finals on Saturday. After a must-watch semi-final win over Akanisi Latu of Fiji with scores of 11-1, 11-5, 11-1, Bhavina Patel has also been perso...Read More

Gandhinagar: Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi today presented Rs. 3 crore cheque to Tokyo paralympics silver medal winner Bhavina Patel at her residence, Shubh-Labh tenement in Ghatlodiya area of Ahmedabad. Sanghavi is also the Minister of State for Sports, Youth and Cultural Affairs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by DeshGujarat (@deshgujaratinsta) Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has announced Rs. 3 crore prize to Bhavina Patel. This announcement was made by Sports minister of Gujarat, Ishwarsinh Patel. Bhavina Patel won silver in Tokyo Paralympics today. Last month the Gujarat government had announced Rs. 10 lakh assistance to each of six Gujarat players going to Tokyo for Olympic and Paralympic. The announcement has been made as per a scheme announced by the State government in year 2014 according to which Gujarat player who w...Read More

Gandhinagar: After the historic silver, India’s first individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra penned an emotional letter to Bhavina Patel. “Many congratulations in delivering outstanding performance to win a Silver medal, and becoming India’s first medalist at Tokyo Olympics 2020. The whole nation is extremely proud of you overcoming all challenges and coming up with a spirited show in Tokyo," Bindra wrote in his letter to Bhavina. “Despite losing your first match, the sp...Read More

Gandhinagar: Here is an inspiring nugget from the pages of history. In this photo, which dates back to 2010, you can see none other than Paralympic Silver medalist Bhavina Patel (on the left), Table Tennis player Sonal Patel with then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi! In fact, CM Modi is seen holding the wheelchair of Sonal Patel as well. This photo was clicked when Sonal and Bhavina were heading to take part in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. CM Modi had met them, and other at...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ahmedabad based Bhavina Patel who is originally from Mahesana in North Gujarat bear her world number 3 Chinese opponent in the semifinal of Tokyo Paralympics and reached final. The semifinal between Bhavina and her Chinese opponent lasted 34 minutes. Bhavina has become the first Indian to enter the final of a table tennis event in the Paralympics. Bhavina will next take on world number one Chinese paddler Ying Zhou in the summit clash on August 29. This is Bhavina's maiden Paraly...Read More