Tag: Glenn Tepper
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IOC Sport for Hope Centre in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 18, 2014: IOC Sport Hope Centre, The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is pleased to have contributed to the opening of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sport for Hope Centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Sport for Hope Centre was officially opened this week by the President of the IOC Thomas Bach, in…
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Most National Associations of any Sport
Lausanne, May 16, 2014: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) now has 220 National Associations, which is the equal most of any sport in the world. The ITTF Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tokyo, Japan earlier this month accepted Mali and US Virgin Islands to join the ITTF family, which brings the ITTF equal…
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New Star Emerges ITTF World Cadet Challenge
Otocec – Slovenia, Oct 31, 2013: Asia has claimed both the boys’ and girls’ team titles by defeating Europe at the 2013 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Otocec, Slovenia. Despite the gold medals and the Butterfly Cups going to Asia, the star of the show was Europe’s Adina DIACONU from Romania. She defeated top-ranked players…
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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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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…