Table Tennis

In a joint statement made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee, it was announced  that the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021.…

The 2020 edition of the National Sports Festival billed to hold in Benin, Edo State has been postponed. This decision was reached after a meeting between the Minister of Sports, Sunday Dare, Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire and a few…

ITTF Executive Committee holds an emergency meeting to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the international table tennis event schedule. With the spread of COVID-19 across different parts of the world, the International Table Tennis…

With less than five months to go before the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach plans emergency talks with member organisations, sources close to the IOC said on Sunday. The IOC plans a conference…

In light of the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has decided to suspend all activities provisionally until the end of April 2020. Following the declaration by the World Health…

Cancelling the 2020 Olympics is “unthinkable” although the classification of the coronavirus as a pandemic will likely have some impact on the Games, the Tokyo city governor said on Thursday. “It can’t be said that the announcement…

Sport across the United States and Canada was gripped by coronavirus fears on Wednesday, with basketball, baseball, soccer and ice hockey all hit as local authorities ordered bans on spectators at sporting events. Days after the…

Future of global table tennis is fast approaching with World Table Tennis (WTT) arriving in 2021. With a new, exciting event structure in place, now is your chance to grasp the opportunity of hosting one of the first-ever WTT events and put…

Japan and Olympic organisers are at pains to insist this summer’s Games in Tokyo are on, despite the new coronavirus outbreak, but what would a cancellation cost the world’s third-biggest economic powerhouse? With a dearth of…

Postponing or cancelling the Tokyo Olympics is “inconceivable”, Japan’s Olympic minister said Wednesday, as the new coronavirus outbreak raises fears the event could be scrapped. “From the viewpoint of athletes who are the main…