Nine places in each of the Tokyo 2020 men's and women's team events will be available at the International Table Tennis Federation World Qualification Tournament Gondomar, Portugal, where action begins tomorrow.
Twenty-eight cities have declared interest in being the home of the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) new headquarters, the sport's governing body has said.
Table Tennis Review (TTR) technology will be implemented at the sport's major events in 2020, including the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
China's Chen Meng overcame compatriot Wang Manyu to seal a record-equalling third consecutive women's singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou.
Top seed Xu Xin has been knocked out of the men's singles semi-finals at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, China.
Top seed Sun Yingsha has been eliminated from the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, losing to fellow Chinese Wang Yidi in the quarter-finals.
Chinese table tennis world number one Fan Zhendong continued his dominance over Germany's Timo Boll at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou, China.
The World Tour Grand Finals, which start tomorrow in Zhengzhou, China, will feature not just the finest table tennis players on the planet - including defending men's and women's champions Tomokazu Harimoto and Chen Meng - but also a new system of video reviewing.
The cream of the table tennis crop have been recognised at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Awards at the JW Marriott Hotel in Zhengzhou, China.
Australia won both the men and women's competition's at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Tokyo 2020 team qualification tournament to book their place at the Olympic Games.
Melbourne, Düsseldorf and Durban have all submitted final bids to host the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Table Tennis Championships Finals.
Australia are favourites to win the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Tokyo 2020 team qualification tournament in Melbourne.
World number one Fan Zhendong successfully defended his International Table Tennis Federation Men's World Cup title as he downed Japanese teenager Tomokazu Harimoto in the final in Chengdu.
Miyu Nagasaki secured a hard-fought 4-2 win over compatriot Haruna Ojio to become world junior girls singles champion in Korat in Thailand today.
Four different countries are represented in the last four of the boys’ ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Korat, Thailand.
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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The Australian Open begins this week amid fears over air quality due to the country's bushfire crisis. Mike Rowbottom explores the wider debate about athletes and potentially harmful environments.
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