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Ask The Experts: Lily Yip, No. 160, A Butterfly Question and answer Ask The Experts: Lily Yip, No. 160, A Butterfly Question and answer Blade: Timo Boll ALC / Innerforce Layer Series ZLC Backhand: Tenergy 05 Question: Hello, i am learning how to chop and i was wondering what kind of pimples the player in the video below […]

2017 World Table Tennis Day For All

(BY ANGELA GUAN) On April 6th, 2017, we celebrated ITTF’s 3rd annual World Table Tennis Day for All: a day for people of all ages, all backgrounds, and all levels around the world to celebrate the sport of table tennis. It is not only a sport that is about competition, but also it is a […]

‘Bionic man’, Navin Kumar, gives keynote speech for Parkinson’s Conference

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Young Talent Overcomes Obstacles on the Road to Hopes Qualification

(BY MATT HETHERINGTON) Table Tennis is a sport well known for its role in diplomacy and also in creating life-long friendships between individuals and nations. This powerful story is not only of a talented young girl defying the odds to continue with the sport that she loves, but of the compassion and generosity shown by […]

Kanak Jha: My Quest for Olympic Games 2020

Kanak Jha: My Quest for Olympic Games 2020 Kanak Jha: My Quest for Olympic Games 2020 My Story in Brief When I first started playing table tennis at 6 years old I had no idea where the journey would take me in the next 10 years, but here I am, now 16 and coming off […]

The best table tennis tip ever… An interview with Larry Hodges

The best table tennis tip ever… An interview with Larry Hodges The best table tennis tip ever… An interview with Larry Hodges By Tom Lodziak This week’s blog post is dedicated to the great Larry Hodges. If you don’t know who Larry Hodges is, where the heck have you been? This man is MR TABLE TENNIS. […]

ICC Table Tennis Center: Annual TT Exhibition and Fundraiser

ICC Table Tennis Center: Annual TT Exhibition and Fundraiser ICC Table Tennis Center: Annual TT Exhibition and Fundraiser Event Date: Sunday, April 23, 2017 – 5:30pm Event End Date: Sunday, April 23, 2017 – 9:00pm Event Location: ICC Table Tennis Center: 1507 N Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035 With your support the program and its […]

Seeking elusive title; Timo Boll returns to Korea

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Winner of the Cadet Boys’ Singles title at the European Youth Championships in Den Haag in 1995, a whole host of titles have come the way of Timo Boll since that date but one has always proved elusive. He has never been crowned Men’s Singles champion at an ITTF […]

ITTF Working Group discusses strategies to promote full participation of all member nations in World Championships

ITTF Working Group discusses strategies to promote full participation of all member nations in World Championships (By Neha Aggarwal) ITTF Working Group discusses strategies to promote full participation of all member nations in World Championships The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Major Events Working Group, chaired by ITTF Executive Vice President Mr. Shi Zhihao, met […]

NTITTC Feb. 5, 2017 Open Championship Results

NTITTC Feb. 5, 2017 Open Championship Results (By NTITTC) NTITTC Feb. 5, 2017 Open Championship Results Under 2200 1st: Benjamin Zhang; 2nd: Shenique Clare; 3rd: Yuxi Li/Michael Henry Under 2000 1st: Shenique Clare; 2nd: William Song; 3rd: James Yen/Bradley Robbins Under 1600 1st: Jasmine Lo; 2nd: Sean Chen; 3rd: Yuan Li Under 1300 1st: Jasmine Lo; […]

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