Table Tennis
Chengdu Airlines 2019 ITTF Men’s World Cup: Who will steal the show this weekend in China?
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Thursday, 28 November 2019 11:29
The Men’s World Cup forms part of the Grand Slam trio of titles, alongside the Olympic Games and World Championships. Whoever celebrates this Sunday will have to navigate their way past a highly competitive field of talent, stretching the entire globe. That is because the all-star event features a series of former Men’s World Cup winners: reigning world champion, Ma…
Set to follow in celebrated footsteps?
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Thursday, 28 November 2019 12:37
The 15 year old accounted for Nigeria’s Emmanuel Augustine (11-2, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8) and Peru’s Jhon Loli (11-2, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8) to end the day the one unbeaten player from India in the group stage of the boys’ singles event. Colleagues Anukram Jain, Deepit Patil and Raegan Alburquerque all experienced defeats, he now faces Belgium’s Adrien Rassenfosse to…
Once again attracting the attention, team event medallists
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Thursday, 28 November 2019 09:26
All ended the day unbeaten, moreover all accounted for the most prominent name in their group; an event, as in the boys’ team competition, where there is only minimal margin for error. A total of 16 groups, four players in each group, only first position guarantees progress to join the 16 seeds in the main draw. Pyong Song Gyong beat…
Chengdu Airlines Men’s World Cup Group Stage Draw: Now Live!
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Wednesday, 27 November 2019 23:43
Group D: Battle in the G-Group! Simon Gauzy, Sathian Gnanasekaran and Jonathan Groth have given alliteration fans a whole table tennis Men’s World Cup group to cheer about. The French, Indian and Danish athletes have never faced each other in the group stages in recent times, which makes this roster an unpredictable one. Gnanasekaran comes on the back of having…
Increasing strength in depth and far sighted approach, key factors
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Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:01
The results suggest that Japan is ever closer to China, both have a wealth of teenage talent and younger but as we look at the aspiring generation are we seeing a gap appear between those two nations and the rest? In Korat in the boys’ team event Japan surrendered just one individual match; that was at the quarter-final stage, when…
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Wednesday, 27 November 2019 07:58
China again sets standard, secures team titles in Korat
Wednesday, 27 November 2019 02:55
Top eight in the hunt for gold at Chengdu
Tuesday, 26 November 2019 14:18
Defeat but narrow bodes well for Japan
Tuesday, 26 November 2019 09:58
Boys follow girls but circumstances very different
Tuesday, 26 November 2019 06:11
2019 ITTF Star Awards nominations list finalised
Tuesday, 26 November 2019 05:24
Former winners, ready to set first stage alight
Tuesday, 26 November 2019 02:04
Quadri Aruna to replace injured Wong Chun Ting at Men’s World Cup
Monday, 25 November 2019 20:57
2019 – The year that the ITTF invested in its future!
Monday, 25 November 2019 10:21
Trust rewarded Feng Yi-Hsin and Yu Hsiu-Ting guide Chinese Taipei to semi-finals
Monday, 25 November 2019 10:38
Qualifiers progress, desperate disappointment for Russia
Monday, 25 November 2019 06:26
More gold, Yunier Fernandez and Elias Romero add to title haul
Monday, 25 November 2019 06:31
Mattias Falck: #BehindTheTable
Sunday, 24 November 2019 15:18
Times change, champions emerge, principles the same
Sunday, 24 November 2019 09:07
Spreading the net in Thailand
Sunday, 24 November 2019 09:51
Outstanding in Ulaanbaator, same again in Korat
Sunday, 24 November 2019 10:44
Team events commence, DRP Korea stuns to book quarter-final place
Sunday, 24 November 2019 05:44
Individual events conclude, titles for Thais Fraga Severo and Yunier Fernandez
Sunday, 24 November 2019 07:25
Different duels decide diamond destiny; Xu Xin and Sun Yingsha win in Singapore
Sunday, 24 November 2019 00:02
Harimoto’s search for maiden win goes on, stunning comeback sends Sun through
Saturday, 23 November 2019 15:19