Table Tennis
ITTF Foundation HQ: Official Inauguration in Germany
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019 23:41
As the Foundation turned a year older and got officially registered as a not-for-profit organisation under German law, this date marks an important celebration of how far the vision for the Foundation has come. The ITTF Foundation was established by the ITTF in May 2018 and today furthers the work started in 1999 with the realization of the ITTF’s global…
John Peters, four decades of service
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019 14:54
A statistics graduate from the University of Ibadan, he launched his umpiring career in 1973 as part of the technical team at the initial African Games in Lagos. “I can remember vividly that my first contact with table tennis was in 1958 when I saw my schoolmates using our teacher’s table to play the game. I quickly fell in love…
Generations apart, Segun Toriola and Olajide Omotayo emerge shock semi-finalists
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019 14:58
Omotayo Olajide caused the biggest upset, after beating South Africa’s Kurt Lingeveldt (11-4, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10), he accounted for Egypt’s Ahmed Ali Saleh, the no.2 seed (11-7, 10-12, 10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6), another player of venerable years but very much junior to Segun Toriola. In November he will celebrate his 40th birthday. “I am so excited that in my…
Claudia Perez Villalba prevails in Lima, joins elite company in Tokyo 2020 qualification
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019 07:40
Inexperienced Mexican steals the show A remarkable story, Mexico’s Claudia Perez Villalba travelled to Lima with the odds against her, after all she was competing in what was only her fourth professional tournament! However, her lack of international exposure didn’t stop her from causing a storm in the Peruvian capital as she topped the women’s singles class 7 podium to…
Once again a warm welcome from Santo Domingo
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Wednesday, 28 August 2019 04:00
A qualification event for the Latin America Hopes Week and Challenge to be held at the end of September, under the guidance of Venezuela’s Luisana Perez, six countries participated. In addition to the Dominican Republic, players from Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Puerto Rico as well as Trinidad and Tobago attended. Overall, eight boys and four girls practised daily in the…
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