Latest Updates Around The World
The player list for the 2025 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup has been confirmed, with the global table tennis elite set to gather in Chengdu, China for the ultimate showdown. From November 30 to December 7, 24 teams will compete for the prestigious Guoliang-Sörling Trophy in the innovative format that brings together male and female […]
The 2025 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup takes place from November 30 to December 7 in Chengdu, China, and tickets go on sale this week for one of the sport’s most innovative events. The winning team will earn 2,500 points in the world rankings as countries battle for global supremacy. Ticket sales schedule The first […]
November 12, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Japanese superstar Mima Ito has rekindled an unlikely friendship with centenarian table tennis star and former world champion veteran Edna Fletcher. The pair first met – and played against each other – in 2007 when Mima came to England at the age of six to film a program for […]
November 12, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Table tennis Ping of England! The For Health project has been selected as one of only six recipients worldwide of one of the ITTF Foundation’s Dream Building Fund Generation 2026 projects. It was chosen by a panel of experts, including ITTF President Petra Sorling and ITTF Foundation Director Leandro […]
November 11, 2025 | Francesca Bullock A team of 17 British athletes including reigning world and European men’s class 7 champion Will Bayley, world number 1 Aaron McKibbin in class 8 and Paris 2024 Paralympic medalists Bly Twomey, Rob Davies, Fliss Pickard, Paul Karabardak and Billy Shilton will compete in the ITTF European Para Table […]
November 11, 2025 | Alan Lane Last week Table Tennis England delivered one Activator course at ExtraCare’s Lovatt Fields Villageas part of a growing partnership to bring table tennis to healthcare villages across the region. The session brought together staff and residents of both Lovatt Fields and Shenley Wood Villageswho took part in an engaging […]
November 10, 2025 (By Larry Hodges) Stop what you’re doing. Go to 7-11 or another store that sells gum. (Chewing gum is fine.) Buy some and enjoy the sweet taste and maybe even a burst of energy from the sugar. (Or become sugar-free.) Now comes the part that will have every club owner yelling at […]
November 10, 2025 | Connor Whitehead The England squad took home a whopping 10 gold medals at the recent 2025 Home Nations Championships, with a total of 22 podium finishes for the England squad heading into UCD Dublin, Ireland, this weekend. The English singles medalists The event started with the team events, where England achieved […]
November 10, 2025 | Tim McGovern Nine English players played in WTT Star Contender Lignano in Italy last week in four different age categories. In the Under-19s, Max Radiven, Rohan Dani and Kacper Piwowar all advanced from their groups, having won one each and lost one to their respective opponents. Dani and Piwowar put up […]
November 10, 2025 | Connor Whitehead Both Tom Jarvis and Anna Hursey entered the 2025 WTT Feeder Vila Nova De Gaia with high expectations, with Jarvis being the fourth seed in the men’s singles behind Cho Daesong, Kay Stumper and Alvaro Robles. Hursey was the top seed in the women’s singles, more than ten spots […]
