Competition returning to the scene, Singapore was very much at the helm of promoting events. Under the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of Asia, replaced in 1972 by the Asian Table Tennis Union, in 1952 the city-state hosted the first ever Asian Championships. Later they organized the tournament in both 1954 and 1967. Notably, competing on home soil, Singapore…

Already at the end of the 1980s, he gradually began playing table tennis for the disabled. First in the town of Havířov itself, later he became the coach of the national team – until 2000. The table tennis players of the Czech Republic started for the first time at the Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta, USA, where he was elected…

This clear and unequivocal endorsement is the positive conclusion of a report by independent consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) following a thorough review process commissioned by the ITTF Executive Committee in response to concerns that were raised by the Deutscher Tischtennis-Bund (German Table Tennis Association – DTTB) and supported by a small number of other member associations. Operating under licence to the…

The Middle East Hub will feature two tiers of the new WTT event structure, with a WTT Contender followed by a WTT Star Contender event in consecutive weeks, providing the perfect preparation for some of the world’s leading names to be challenged by the best up-and-coming athletes in table tennis. The brand-new event series is set to revolutionise the sport…