Table Tennis

Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov beat Taiwan's Lin Yun Ju 4-3 in a head-to-head battle at the Olympics men's table tennis singles on Friday to win the bronze medal. The German paddler saved four matches points in the sixth game,…

Egypt's Omar Assar lost 4-1 in a battle against defending champion Ma Long on Wednesday, but he leaves with confidence as the first paddler to storm into Olympic singles quarterfinals from his country. At a match where oohs and aahs…

China's Chen Meng and Fan Zhendong, the world No 1s, advanced to the Olympic women's and men's singles semifinals on Wednesday along with teammate Sun Yingsha. Chen had to dig deep and fight back to beat Hong Kong's Doo Hoi Kem 4-2,…

Team Nigeria continued its poor run in the table tennis event of the ongoing Tokyo Olympics games after Aruna Quadri suffered a defeat in the men’s single Tuesday morning. The Nigerian lost 4-2 to Brazil’s Gustavo Tsuboi in the third…

Team Nigeria finally had a reprieve on Saturday as Table Tennis claimed first win at the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games in Tokyo, Sportinglife.ng reports. Since the commencement of the games officially, Team Nigeria has suffered…

The most troubled Olympics in modern history finally open in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to shake off lingering virus fears after a one-year postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and controversy. Eight years after Japanese…

Draw for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games table tennis events has been finalised with just two days to go before the biggest show on earth officially commences with the opening ceremony in the Japanese capital. Conducted virtually, the draw…

The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization told sports officials Wednesday as events began in Japan. How infections…

Olajide Omotayo will be making his debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games; he is eager to establish himself as one of Africa’s best representatives among the array of stars in Japan. The Lagos State-born athlete believes knowing his…

China’s table tennis chief on Tuesday claimed the “smaller than usual” size of the playing areas may affect players’ performance and safety, in his latest complaints about the Tokyo Olympics. China have won 28 of the 32 table tennis…