Rain fell mostly on Spain on the opening day of the European Para Table Tennis Championships at Helsingborg in Sweden, as a pair of their number two seeds suffered jolting defeats.
The women's team event came to a conclusion at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia, with China earning a seventh consecutive gold at the expense of second seeds Japan, confirming Tokyo 2020 entry.
Qualifiers Singapore provided the surprise of the second day at the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia as they reached the semi-finals of the women’s team competition at the expense of fourth seeds South Korea.
China's men and women began in predictably dominant style as team events opened the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia today.
China has sent a strong line-up to the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia, where places at Tokyo 2020 will be up for grabs alongside continental titles.
Lily Zhang completed a clean sweep of titles with victory in the women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles finals at the International Table Tennis Federation Pan American Championships in Paraguay.
Germany and Romania defended their European Table Tennis Championships titles as both nations overcame Portugal in Nantes.
Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi and Vitor Ishiy will meet in the semi-finals after cruising through their last eight matches in the men's singles at the International Table Tennis Federation Pan American Championships in Paraguay.
Defending champions Romania progressed to the women’s team final at the European Table Tennis Championships in Nantes.
Amy Wang and Lily Zhang are guaranteed their second medals of the International Table Tennis Federation Pan American Championships after setting up an all-American mixed doubles final in Paraguay.
Portugal progressed to the women’s semi-finals at the European Table Tennis Championships for the first time after upsetting second seeds Germany in Nantes.
Brazil claimed gold and silver in the team events at the 2019 International Table Tennis Federation Pan American Championships in Paraguay.
ZEN-NOH has been announced as the title sponsor of this year's International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Team World Cup in Tokyo, a test event for next year's Olympic Games.
The African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) has acknowledged the immense contribution of Nigerian umpire John Peters and his four decades of service.
Nigeria's Olajide Omotayo has spoken of his joy after conquering three of the best table tennis players in Africa to be crowed the men's singles table tennis champion at the African Games in Rabat.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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Paraguay's Camilo Pérez López Moreira is a newly-elected International Olympic Committee member who has set his sights on making an impact in tennis. Michael Pavitt sat down with the influential South American.
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