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In the words of Youtuber TTZhangJike "Ma Long has long been in the shadow of Zhang Jike and Wang Hao, but now after many years of hard training, he is now the unbeatable world number 1 and current Olympic Champion!" This thrilling tribute of Ma Long after the Rio Olympics just shows what an...

Hello and welcome to episode 17 of the TableTennisDaily podcast, today on the show we have world number 25 Quadri Aruna! Aruna has had an extraordinary summer reaching the quarter finals of the Rio Olympics losing to the eventual winner Ma Long. On route to the final Aruna eliminated both Chuang...

Since China claiming all golds in the table tennis event at the 2016 Rio Olympics there has been lots of speculation that Head Coach Liu Guolian will retire. In an interview with Sohu.com Liu Guoliang discusses these rumours. Liu Guoliang - Delighted with results in Rio - Via ITTF Flickr Liu...

One can only imagine what it means for a top athlete, meticulously preparing for months and years on end for the great goal - and then missing out on it. Dimitrij Ovtcharov provides insight into his inner life after the singles quarter final knock out in Rio. "I tried to write off this matter as...

We have reached the final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games men’s singles event and what a final it promises to be. The stage is set for the current world champion Ma Long to take on the current Olympic champion Zhang Jike. The significance of this match and the stakes couldn’t be any higher with...

We now know the identity of our 4 potential Olympic men's singles gold medalists. The current Olympic Zhang Jike did what he was expected to do, beating Koki Niwa comfortably 4-1. He will be facing a surprise semi finalist Vladimir Samsonov. Vladimir Samsonov victorious over Ovtcharov! - Via...

After a dramatic round 4 we have our Olympic men's singles quarter finalists. Ma Long survived an early scare after going 2-0 down to an in form Jeoung Youngsik, coming back and winning 4-2. Marcos Freitas cruised into the quarter finals smoothly dispatching Ukranian Lei Kou in straight sets...

The Rio Olympic table tennis men's singles events are now well underway and we've already seen some incredible matches, big upsets and amazing support from the Rio crowd. Home town hero Hugo Calderano has been on dazzling form knocking out both Par Gerell and Tang Peng in the second and third...

Over the last few days various news stations including the likes of media giants Daily Mail, news.com.au, thedrinkbusiness.com have all written articles about how Ma Long's success is due to excessive alcohol intake! Has this news gone to far? As cited by Matt Hetherington, ' this is a terrible...

Hello everyone welcome to episode 13 of the TableTennisDaily podcast. In this episode we are joined alongside current World number 26 and Greek National team player Panagiotis Gionis. Last season Panagiotis played for Borussia Dusseldorf in the German Bundesliga alongside Timo Boll. Gionis is...

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Hey everyone, Last month TableTennisDaily visited Germany where I met Dimitrij Ovtcharov for a 1 set showdown and to record Ovtcharov's practice preparations for the upcoming Rio Olympics. Dima vs Dan! Dima is a really cool guy and a lot of fun as you can see in the video :) Winner of the...

4 of the world's top 6 players not competing in singles events at the 2016 Olympic Games! Is it fair? Who's really to blame? Left to right Xu Xin, Zhu Yuling, Liu Shiwen & Fan Zhendong - Photo by: IITF/ITTF Flickr! It's been over a week now since the names of who will compete in the men's...

Last week saw the European Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympics 2016 come to a close in Halmsted, Sweden! The men's and women's qualifiers list from Europe has now come in. Find out which 10 men and 10 women have qualified from Europe below: Timo Boll books a place to Rio! - Photo by...

The spectacular Asian Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympics 2016 has commenced! The men's competition has been fierce with some unexpected results, including Chuang Chih Yuan eliminating Xu Xin! In the first stage of the event world number 1 proved his worth booking a place to Rio de Janeiro...

Dimitrij Ovtcharov had an incredible year in 2015. At the end of the year (29th December) one of the biggest German Newspapers interviewed the World Number 4 about his thoughts on the current situation in the world of table tennis, his thoughts on the new plastic balls, conditions of the World...