Tag: table tennis
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Shock Defeat in Austria Olympic Champion
Lausanne, Feb 05, 2012: China’s DING Ning, the reigning World champion retains her top billing on the Women’s World Rankings, issued by the International Table Tennis Federation on Monday 4th February 2013, but for her compatriot and counterpart, ZHANG Jike, both Olympic and World champion, he falls one place. He changes places with team mate…
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Hebei Tinsue is Nanjing Youth Olympic Games
Lausanne, Feb 04, 2013: China’s Hebei Tinsue Floor Technology Co., Ltd has been announced as the Official Sports Floor Supplier to the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Table Tennis event. In addition, to show their commitment to the development of Table Tennis globally, Tinsue will support the Continents with Marketing agreements with the ITTF, providing…
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Scholarships at LIEBHERR World Table Tennis
Lausanne, Jan 29, 2013: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is offering two (2) scholarships for journalists to attend the LIEBHERR 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris from May 13th to May 20th 2013. It is an opportunity to gain knowledge of table tennis and the International Table Tennis Federation. Each candidate will have…
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Fang Bo; London Decision Reversed
Austria, Jan 28, 2013: China dominated proceedings on the concluding day of action, Sunday 27th January, at the ITTF 2013 World Tour Austrian Open in Wels, the first Major Series tournament of the year. All four titles on offer finished in Chinese hands with DING Ning, the reigning World champion, emerging the most successful player…
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Olympic and World Champions Head Seeding
Lausanne, Jan 23, 2013: SEEDING, China’s ZHANG Jike, the reigning World champion and gold medallist in both Men’s Singles and Men’s Team events at the London 2012 Olympic Games, is the top seed at the ITTF 2013 World Tour Austrian Open. Proceedings start in Wels on Wednesday 23rd January and conclude on Sunday 27th January.…
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Cazuo Matsumoto Creates History in Almeria
Almeria, Jan 22, 2013: Brazil’s Cazuo MATSUMOTO won the Men’s Singles title at the ITTF World Tour 2013 Spanish Open in Almeria on Sunday 20th January and in so doing wrote his name indelibly into the history books of sport. The 27 year old from São Paulo, who had never previously progressed beyond the semi-final…
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ITTF Restructures Senior Staff after Departure
Lausanne, Jan 05, 2013: The International Table Tennis Federation is in the final stages of restructuring its professional staff at its headquarters in Lausanne following the departure at the beginning of this week of Jordi Serra, its long-serving executive director. Serra, who had held the position for 14 years, will not be directly replaced, according…
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Latin American Championships and Cup
Lausanne, Dec 19: TMS International, marketing partner of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has signed a new agreement with Shanghai Double Happiness Co., Ltd (DHS) for the 2013 ITTF-Latin American Championships and Cup. DHS has been a partner of the ITTF since 2002. Most recently in 2012, DHS was a valuable partner in events…
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China Completes Clean Sweep at Volkswagen
Hyderabad – India, Dec17: China completed a clean sweep of titles at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the Indian city of Hyderabad on Sunday 16th December 2012. Earlier in the week they had secured both the Boys’ and Girls’ Team titles; on the concluding day of proceedings they collected all five individual titles on…
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China Captures Hyderabad Team Titles
Hyderabad – India, Dec 13: China repeated the success of one year earlier in Bahrain; when on Wednesday 12th December 2012, they won the Boys’ and Girls’ Team titles at the Volkswagen World Junior Championships in the Indian city of Hyderabad. Once again, as in Bahrain, they beat Japan in both finals; in the Girls’…