Tag: table tennis
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2013 ITTF Star Awards Now Driven by GAC Motor
Abdul Rahim, Special Correspondence from Dubai, UAE Dubai, Jan 8, 2014: International Table Tennis Federation’s long-term partner GAC Group’s subsidiary company GAC Motor has come on board as the Title Sponsor of the 2013 ITTF Star Awards. The inaugural annual awards night, which is being held on 11 January 2014 at Raffles Hotel in Dubai,…
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Korean Jang Shocks Field to Become Champion
Rabat – morocco, Dec 9, 2013: Korean JANG Woojin has stunned the table tennis world by becoming the 2013 World Junior Table Tennis Champion in Rabat, Morocco on 8 December 2013. The 18-year-old sensationally beat three top Chinese players in a row, the same three that won the teams’ gold earlier on in the week,…
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China Retain Both World Junior Team Titles in Morocco
Rabat, Morocco, Dec 5, 2013: China has defended both the men’s and women’s team titles in a pulsating day of table tennis at the 2013 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Rabat, Morocco. The men’s team comprising of KONG Lingxuan, LIANG Jingkun and ZHOU Kai survived the spirited Japanese trio of Masataka MORIZONO, Yuto MURAMATSU…
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Players for 1M $ World Tour Grand Finals
Lausanne, Dec 2, 2013: After 19 events, 1,393 players, 7,461 matches, 34,708 games and 635,462 points, the line up for the 1 million dollar GAC 2013 Group World Tour Grand Finals in Dubai on 9-12 January 2014 has been established. The top 16 men and 16 women from the World Tour standings who have also…
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ITTF Launches Coaching Manuals on iTunes
Lausanne, Nov 29, 2013: The In order to attract the younger generation to become table tennis coaches, the ITTF coaching manuals are now available as e-manuals that can be downloaded from iTunes and Amazon. “This is another step forward for the ITTF Coach Accreditation System,” stated ITTF Deputy CEO (responsible for Development & Education) Glenn…
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Dubai wins bid for 1 Million dollar 2013 World Tour
Dubai, Oct 21, 2013: The International Table Tennis Federation has awarded Dubai the hosting rights for the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals to be held 9-12 January 2014. For a second year in a row, the prize money for the event will be over the million-dollar mark, which makes it the most…
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Waldner to be Immortalised on a Chinese Stamp
Lausanne, Oct 9, 2013: Swedish six-times world table tennis champion and Olympic gold medalist Jan-Ove WALDNER has received the honour of becoming the first living foreigner to feature on a Chinese postage stamp. “It is a great honour,” the 1992 Olympic gold medallist said. The initiative is the result of a cooperation between the postal…
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GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour in Every Continent
Lausanne, Oct 02, 2013: The International Table Tennis has announced the tournaments that will make up the upcoming GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour. In 2014, there will be 21 World Tour events in 21 different countries, which portrays just how global the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour truly is. The world’s best players’…
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Road to Tokyo 2020 begins at STARTS 2013 Women’s World Cup
Lausanne, Sept 20, 2013: Kobe, For three Japanese women, tomorrow’s STARTS 2013 ITTF Women’s World Cup in Kobe, Japan marks the start of a 7-year journey towards a dream home Olympics -Tokyo 2020. The Japanese trio of Kasumi ISHIKAWA, Ai FUKUHARA and Sayaka HIRANO, who captured the Japanese public’s imagination by winning the teams’ silver medal…
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ITTF Launches Inaugural STIGA Trick Shot Showdown
Lausanne, Sept 10, 2013: The ITTF is excited to launch the first ever STIGA Trick Shot Showdown, which will determine who has the world’s best table tennis trick shot. Table tennis fans are invited to send in their best, most creative and outrageous table tennis trick shot to ITTF.com/TrickShot, with the grand prize being return…