I'm very interested to hear from people in different countries about how much mainstream media coverage is given to table tennis.
In England, table tennis used to get TV coverage many years ago but it steadily sank to almost zero during the last decades of the 20th century. Similarly in...
Welcome to episode 12 of the TableTennisDaily podcast, today on the show we are joined alongside the ITTF President Thomas Weikert.
Thomas became the German National Association President in 2005. And in 2014, he took over the presidency of the ITTF from Adham Sharara.
In this podcast we...
Incredible scenes took place today at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships as tears shed from North Korea's Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Jong Win. The national anthem played and the flag of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was raised in their honour to the newly mixed doubles champions...
The second day of the Asia-Euro All Star Challenge 2013 took place in Qingdao on March 17th! Europe had a 3-2 lead over Asia going into day 2, however they could not keep this advantage as the Asian side did not drop a match winning on aggregate 7:3.
Asia defeat Europe by 5 matches to 0 on...
Day 1 of the Volkswagen China vs World Team Challenge took place today in the Minhang District in Shanghai on the 24th November 2012.
The hosts China looked very strong on day 1 and are most certainly likely to retain their titles tomorrow on the concluding day. The Chinese team included...
Today on the 30th September 2012, China's Ma Long is crowned the Men's Singles World Cup Champion defeating Germany's Timo Boll in 4 straight sets with scores 11-4, 11-3, 11-8, 11-9
Photo by: etta
A superb comeback from Ma Long was made in the World Cup as he lost in the group stages to...
On the 24th June 2012, Iran's Noshad Alamiyan was crowned Men's Singles under 21's champion; a day later Noshad claimed his second title winning the mens singles at the ITTF Euro-Africa 4th Hasan II Morocco Open in Rabat.
Noshad Alamiyan was unbeaten throughout the whole tournament not losing a...
Last week Oh Sang Eun lost in the final of the Japan Open, however this time around the two winged top spin attacker claimed gold against his fellow team mate Joo Se Hyuk. Korea's Oh Sang Eun won the Brazil Open World Tour Men's Singles Title on Sunday 17th June 2012.
Oh Sang Eun defeated Joo...
China's Ma Long, Zhang Jike and Wang Hao faced Korea's Oh Sang Eun, Ryu Seung Min and Kim Min Seok at the semi finals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on the 31 March 2012!
China yet to lose an individual match in one of the biggest table tennis events in history!
Ma Long in...