Tag: table tennis
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LIEBHERR 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships, Dortmund
By Hubert Gueriau, LIEBHERR 2012, This is the sixth time that Germany is hosting the World Championships. After Bremen in 2006, Dortmund is receiving for the third time (after 1969 and 1989) a test which is to host the most elite event in the world of table tennis. In Berlin (1930) and Dortmund (1969, 1989…
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Stage set for Qatar Schools Olympic Program Finals Festival
Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2012: The fifth edition of the Qatar Olympic Committee’s (QOC) Schools Olympic Program is entering the final stages of the competition at the Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence, in Doha. Qatar Schools This year’s edition of the Schools Olympic Program has the theme ‘Sport and Family’ which sees school boys and girls…
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Iraq Junior and Cadet Open Winners Secure Top Ten Standings
March 19, 2012: Success at the Iraq Junior and Cadet Open in Sulaimaniyah, on Saturday 17th March 2012, sees Iran’s Seyed Pourya OMRANI and Sweden’s Kristina ZETTERSTRÖM clinch top ten places on the ITTF Junior Circuit Standings published by the International Table Tennis Federation on Sunday 18th March. Winner of the Junior Boys’ Singles title,…
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New Names on ITTF Junior Circuit Roll of Honour
LAUSANNE (SUI), March 18, 2012: Iran’s Seyed Pourya OMRANI and Sweden’s Kristina ZETTERSTRÖM won the respective Junior Boys’ and Junior Girls’ Singles titles at the Iraq Junior and Cadet Open Championships, which concluded in the Kurdistan city of ulaimaniyah on Saturday 17th March 2012. It is for both players a new chapter in their careers, it is…
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Major Award for ITTF Executive Committee Member, Africa Recognises Chérif Hajem
Lausanne-(SUI), March 17, 2012: Member of the ITTF Executive Committee, Tunisia’s Chérif Hajem has been awarded “La Médaille d’honneur du Conseil Supérieur du Sport en Afrique”, in recognition of his contribution to sport in the African continent. The award was agreed by members of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa at their meeting in Asmara,…
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Austrian World Champion Organises Ideal Preparations for Adversaries
Lausanne-(SUI), March 16, 2012: Ideal Preparations, Winner of the Men’s Singles title at the LIEBHERR World Table Tennis Championship in the Parisien suburb of Bercy in May 2003, when causing China intense pain by beating defending title holder WANG Liqin and the reigning Olympic champion, KONG Linghui, Austria’s Werner SCHLAGER is now playing an integral…
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Selection Trials for Karachi Table Tennis Team & Pakistan Day Ranking Table Tennis
Karachi-Pakistan: Pakistan Day Ranking, Karachi Table Tennis Association (KTTA) is holding a three days trials from 17th March 2012 at Islamia Club in collaboration with the Sindh Table Tennis Association (STTA) to select the Karachi region Men’s and Women’s Teams to participate in the 15th Sindh Games to be held at Mirpurkhas from 30th March…
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WTTC 2012 – Jörg Rosskopf Optimistic for German Success
By: ITTF-March 13, 2012: Jörg Rosskopf, At the LIEBHERR World Team Championships in Bremen in 2006 it was the bronze medal for Germany in the men’s event; four years later when the tournament returned to Europe it was the silver medal in Moscow. On both occasions Germany was beaten by China, on both occasions the result…
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“Smash Polio Out” Open Table Tennis Tournament 2012
Karachi-Pakistan: Polio Plus Committee is Organizing a “Smash Polio Out” Open Table Tennis Tournament 2012 in collaboration with KTTA from March 13 to 16, 2012 at Islamia Club Majeed Khan Gymnasium, Karachi. Dr Farhan Essa has been nominated as the Chairman of the event with Arif Khan as the tournament secretary. The main theme behind…
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Karachi Table Tennis Championships 2012
Karachi-Pakistan Jan 29, 2012: Following are the results of the Karachi Table Tennis Championships 2012. Mohammed Muzammil of Islamia Club Becomes Men’s Singles (Ranking) Champion of Karachi Table Tennis Championship. This was the best final of the day; he won the match against Tabish Khurshid of Islamia Club in nail biting thriller. Muzammil was leading 2-0,…