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4th seed France couldn't move past the group. It's believed South Korea threw the match against Croatia on purpose. Brazil is 2nd in group after China. Commendable.

Believe it or not, Japan and Hong Kong are two examples where sports are not driven by nationalism. Nationalism in Japan and Hong Kong is really weak. For Japan, it's because of the WWII where nationalism was associated with militarism. For Hong Kong, nationalism was never cultured during...

The Portugese team didn't even have their own national training center. They got one after winning the ETTC title in 2014. They were training in a basement before then.

For Japan, yes. For Taiwan, yes. For Hong Kong, yes. England didn't really come into the limelight until 2016. It's going to take time. It took the JTTA over 10 years of work from the day they sent Mizutani, Matsu-ken and Kishikawa over to Germany for training for table tennis to shed the...

Very interesting TO by Li Ching at 14:15 in the 3rd game of the 2nd match in the Rn of 16 against Chinese Taipei. He told Doo it's fine, to pull it in(not sure what he's addressing), to rotate the wrist, to loosen up the shoulder, and bam the ball is blasted off, right? Couldn't make out Doo's...

What do you get for giving FZD a cold sweat? An interview, of course! Not for the player, but the man behind. Machine-translated(readable) except the title. http://n.sinaimg.cn/sports/transform/279/w650h429/20180502/vl5s-fzrwiaz2270517.jpg Interview with Chinese Coach Kong Guoping: Portugese...

http://sports.sina.com.cn/others/pingpang/2018-05-02/doc-ifzyqqip6364550.shtml Cai Zhenhua attended the AGM as the President of the ATTU. Needless to say, he was approached by Chinese media for his opinions. On Harimoto after Japan losing to England 1:3, “昨天我也去看了看张本，不是大家想象的这样，这个孩子还早着呢。” (I...

To be fair, ML and LGL lost so much in their early careers, particularly in the majors. ZJK was actually really consistent until after the singles at London 2012. WLQ, MLin and WH also lost a lot in their early days, but later on became the best in terms of consistency, particularly WH. The...

Nuytinck took out Drinkhall!

Ya, that's the reverse tomahawk serve there. You're doing very well getting up to speed with the terms. Good effort by Bergand there. 100 points for giving her all. That's entirely possible. Waldner has had trouble with Ryu Seung Min's pendulum serves, which is a contributing factor to his...

Well, both wear glasses with long hair. That could be a factor.

Ya, that's what I find surprising. Sweden Men's and Women's play really well on home turf, which is expected. Russia is playing ok, but losing 0-3 to Belarus is a little...

I think she is a different lady from the one at Team World Cup.

I find it quite sad for India. Not the 4 losses, but the -11 match difference. They managed to get only 1 match so far.

Hint: Commonwealth Games

What's wrong in this picture?

The rule doesn't require the ref and/or ump to review footage, IIRC. There was nothing wrong with the decision there. The same thing happened in the Women's SF at the WTTC 2014 between Hong Kong and Japan. Sayaka Hirano tried hard not to see the let and Ng Wing Nam lost the match in the end...

Given the form of DO and Boll, there is a good chance we'll see a new finalist this year.

Yay, he took "a game."

Another Japanese report with more or less the same info, but the comments are interesting. 1 No way, not a partner that can be sufficient The Japanese team is getting stronger, but it is still not a level to definitely win. TV Tokyo is getting ****ed hard with gold medal gold medals, but it is...