Tag: table tennis
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ITTF Officially Thanks Olympic Solidarity’s Years
Lausanne, July 12, 2013: Solidarity, For more than 15 years, the International Table Tennis Federation has held table tennis development activities from Burundi to Palestine and everywhere in between, with an average of 110 courses annually. These programmes that bring the joy of table tennis to the masses could not have been done with the…
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Australia Dominates Oceania Cup next stop ITTF World Cup
Bendigo – Australia, July 02, 2013: The K-Sports 2013 ITTF-Oceania Cup successfully concluded in Bendigo, Australia on 2 July 2013. It was a fruitful day for host country Australia, as they swept 5 of 6 medals on offer, missing out only on the Silver Medal in the Women’s Singles. In the Women’s Singles Finals, top seed…
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ITTF Nominated for Prestigious Beyond Sport
Lausanne, June 27, 2013: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has been nominated for the prestigious “Beyond Sport: Sport Federation or Governing Body of the Year” for the second time in 2 years, for its work using table tennis as a vehicle for positive social change. This nomination comes 2 weeks after the ITTF won…
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Huge Upsets as Japan Dominates Japan Open
Yokohama – Japan, June 23, 2013: World number 188 Masato SHIONO has caused one of the biggest upsets in table tennis history by winning the $200,000 GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour – Japan Open in Yokohama, Japan, adding to the tally of gold for Team Japan. SHIONO, who had to pay his own entry…
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Local Olympic Silver Medallists Hopeful for Gold
June 18, 2013: FUKUHARA, The world’s best table tennis players have arrived Yokohama, Japan for the next stop on the GAC Group 2013 ITTF World Tour Super Series; the $200,000 Japan Open being held 19-23 June 2013. 177 players from 23 countries will fight it out for the lucrative prize cheques and valuable World Tour…
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Top Players Head back to the Lucrative
Lausanne, June 05, 2013: After the highly successful LIEBHERR 2013 World Championships, the professional table tennis world’s attention again focuses on the lucrative ITTF World Tour. A record of over US$ 2,500,000 in prize money, including a purse of US $1,000,000 for the Grand Finals which is set for early 2014 where the men’s and…
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Inaugural ITTF Dream Building Dinner
Paris – France, June 04, 2013: Building Dinner, The International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) first official Dream Building Fundraising Dinner was successfully held on 17 May 2013 at the Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel in Paris, France, alongside the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. The dinner brought together the table tennis community for a night…
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Olympic Champion Defends World Championship Title
Paris – France, May 20, 2013: WANG, ZHANG Jike (CHN) has successfully defended his World Championship title after defeating teammate WANG Hao in a pulsating match at the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris, France. ZHANG Jike, who is also the reigning Olympic Champion, came into this event under a cloud of uncertainly…
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Olympic Champion Becomes World Champion
Paris – France, May 20, 2013: Chinese Taipei has broken 22 years of Chinese dominance to win the Men’s Doubles at the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships, and Olympic Champion LI Xiaoxia (CHN) has won her first ever Women’s Singles World Championships in a thrilling day of table tennis in Paris, France. The pair…
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DPR Korea Wins a Historic Mixed Doubles
Paris – France, May 18, 2013: DPR Korea has broken China’s 19-year stranglehold on the mixed doubles title at the World Championships, by beating the Korean Republic in a historic match during the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. The DPR Korean pair of KIM Hyok Bong & KIM Jong were too good for Korean…