Mr El-Salhy, who has championed the modernisation of table tennis in Africa, assured the delegates of further innovation in the sport in line with International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) policies. Nigeria’s Wahid Enitan Oshodi, who is Chair of the ITTF Nomination Committee, was unanimously elected as Deputy President, replacing compatriot, Olabanji Oladapo. In addition, Cameroon’s Alfred Bagueka Assobo was returned…

The list of qualified athletes for the Men, Women and Mixed Doubles for next month’s Tokyo Olympics has been released. There will be a total of 65 men and 70 women participating in the singles competition whilst 16 mixed doubles pairs will take to the courts for the first time, when the table tennis competition gets underway at the Tokyo…

As the impact of a global pandemic threatened to jeopardise the Hopes program for one more year, we decided to embrace the opportunity to introduce a further step towards digitalization by introducing an online program with the Hopes Around The Clock. “The Hopes Program is traditionally based on a pyramidical pathway. In 2021, this pathway will be blended into a…

Competing in men’s singles class 10, Gilles de la Bourdonnaye needed just the three games to beat Russia’s Pavel Lukyanov (11-8, 11-9, 11-4) in their quarter-final encounter. The Frenchman recorded the same margin of victory one round later with Czech Republic’s Tibor Chmela the next player to fall (11-8, 11-7, 11-4). Only one player from each category claiming a ticket…