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Former European Champion and Table Tennis icon Michael Maze once again proves why he is still one of the best European players in the World. Yesterday on the 17th March 2012 Michael Maze progressed UMMC into the European Champions League final in an epic win over Germany's Bastian Steger by 3...

Last Friday, Liu Guoliang the head of the Chinese National Table Tennis team released the list of players to represent China in the upcoming World Team Championships 2012. The players sent are the players preparing for the London 2012 Olympics. The men's list is below. To see who will be...

Where has Portugal's Tiago Apolonia been lately? Tiago has slowly been recovering in Kessingpark clinic in Ausgburg, Germany after a meniscus surgery he had on his knee last week. According to the ettu.org, Apolonia is recovering fast and doing well. Tiago Apolonia reported, "During the match...

World leading Coca‑Cola has been a major sponsor for the Olympic Games since 1928. Coca Cola is a major part of London 2012 Olympics and has strengthened its partnership with the games by sponsoring the Paralympic Games 2012. Table tennis players have had a huge part in advertising the games...

India may not have had the best of fortunes in the Men's team event at the Asian Championships 2012 as they finished 8th in the championships. India's star player Sharath Kamel Achanta lost three matches in the team event which included Noshad Alamiyan, Huang Sheng-Sheng and Chen Chien-An. Kamel...

Hey guys, I found a video with Darius Knight on the London Olympics this year. Haha :-D Photo by: Ian Gavan/Getty Images Europe

TableTennisDaily exclusive interview with a TT professional! Simon Gauzy and his French side believe they can catch up to the Asian teams one day. Thanks for taking part in our TableTennisDaily interview Simon. Congratulations on your recent World Ranking of 77. What an achievement and we are...

France is this years hosts at the European Top 12 which begins this weekend on the 4th February 2012. As cited on ettu.org, in form Adrien Mattenet from France is hoping to achieve a medal! This competition is a stepping stone for Adriens preparation for the London Olympic games. Adrien...

Ai Fukuhara won the Japan National Championships in style defeating last years winner Kasumi Ishikawa by an 4 sets to 1 with scores: 11-7, 11-7, 11-7, 3-11, 11-5. Ai Fukuhara expressed at the end of the match, she wants to show to the World at the London 2012 Olympics how much she has developed...

Name: Zhang Jike Nationality: China Date Of Birth: February 16, 1988 Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Weight 70 kg (150 lb, 11 st) Zhang Jike playing a forehand against compatriot Wang Hao in the final of the Men's Singles at the London 2012 Olympics! Photo by: Source: Feng Li/Getty Images...

Remember the other day we released an article sited by ITTF.com which introduced the official racquet requirements for the table tennis players representing their countries at the London 2012 Olympics. Well below we have a video submitted by the ITTF which shows real footage on the process that...

As you are all well aware, Liu Guoliang celebrated his 36th birthday yesterday which can be found here. In Liu Guoliang's birthday message on Weibo he included that he wished all his players representing China in London 2012 Olympics to have an amazing experience filled with happiness and joy...

Ever wondered what the official requirements are for a table tennis professionals racquet at the London 2012 Olympics are? Below are the requirements submitted in a recent article by the ITTF. Several factors have to be taken into consideration in testing new table tennis rackets. This is...

It's that time of the year everyone! The January World rankings have been released by the ITTF and here are the listings below! The rankings were published by the International Table Tennis Federation on Wednesday 4th January 2012. Similar to the December ITTF World Rankings in 2011, Ma Long...

The Chinese National Team (Guoping) announced the ultimate list of 10 players preparing for the 2012 London Olympics! The National TT Team coaches recently had a conference revealing the names of players preparing for the Olympics. For the men's team are Ma Lin, Wang Hao, Zhang Jike, Ma Long...

Ma Long 'the destroyer' stormed his way to victory at the recent Pro Tour Grand Finals defeating compatriot Zhang Jike in the final by 4 games to 1 with scores 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4, 14-12. The 23 year old on the 27th November 2011 quoted in an interview after that, 'drinks are on me tonight!'...

Ma Long is the Winner Of ITTF Pro tour finals. Ma long Smashed the world top players in such an important event. What an amazing performance , played like Super-Man. He is currently the most eligible person for 2012 London Olympics. No one else can match his current form . I cant never...

So after an amazing weekend of table tennis at the London Pro Tour Grand Finals! I was just about to leave when I got a phone call from my best friend Myles Collins! He said he just entered the building (just as the Mens Singles final had just finished lol)! He was to late to watch it. However...

courtesy of ITTF Again, I found this interview by tabletennista that is worth sharing with everyone. Liu Guoliang candidly talks about the Chinese team and the upcoming Olympics. Everyone is just excited for the final announcement of the Chinese delegates for the 2012 London Olympics. Since...

Hello all ! I am new to this forum and it's my first post. Yay! Nice to meet you all! I am here because I saw the video where Dan was playing against Ma Lin. It is awesome mate! I am a big fan of Ma Lin... really love his playing style that one-shot-kill leaving no chance for his opponents to...