Latest Updates Around The World
Eleven additional teams per gender have secured their places at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 through to the November 2025 World Team Rankings, bringing the field closer to completion for next year’s historic centenary celebrations. * A century after the first ITTF World Table Tennis Championships took place in England in […]
November 5, 2025 (by: Major League Table Tennis) WEEK 5 IN NEW YORK: New matchups and new storylines as the competition shifts east 🧠What we learned Dominance in New York Slice: The Slice had a near-perfect Week 4, dismantling both Princeton and Portland. Their only slip was a narrow loss to Chicago, which required […]
November 5, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Former world and Commonwealth champion and three-time Paralympic medalist Ross Wilson has announced his retirement from table tennis. The three-time Paralympic medalist made the announcement in a post on Instagram, ending a career of incredible highs. The 30-year-old from Kent found success on the international front shortly after his […]
November 5, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Table Tennis England and Special Olympics Great Britain have worked together to create a new development plan designed to increase sporting opportunities for children and adults with intellectual (learning) disabilities. Launched today, the Table tennis development plan strives for: Build closer relationships between Special Olympics GB and Table Tennis […]
ITTF has unveiled the 2026 ITTF World Para Circuit calendar, featuring a circuit of more than 20 events across six continents as the sport enters a historic centenary year for the ITTF. With the inaugural revamped ITTF World Para Circuit coming to an end this month, anticipation is building towards an ambitious 2026 season that […]
November 4, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Dimitar Dimitrov and Rishaan Sawant both won bronze medals at the WTT Youth Contender Senec in Slovakia. Both won their groups in the Under-13 Boys’ Singles with three wins out of three, with Sawant beating third seed Taavi Samaraweera of Sri Lanka in three straight wins. Dimitrov, seeded second, […]
November 4, 2025 | Paul Stimpson The Butterfly National Schools Team Finals will be expanded this season, with eight teams competing in each category. The competition, which is held for boys and girls in the under-11, under-13, under-16 and under-19 age groups, has for years consisted of four schools in each category, playing on a […]
The ITTF World Para Elite Yvelines 2025 concluded on Thursday 30 October with a spectacular final in which champions were crowned in singles and doubles, fittingly bringing the curtain down on the Elite level of the inaugural revamped World Para Circuit. The five-day event in Voisins-le-Bretonneux provided exceptional competition while serving as a moving tribute […]
November 3, 2025 (by: Bowmar Sports) Choosing the right equipment can be a challenge, but confidence in what you play with makes all the difference. Confidence in your equipment is essential to perform optimally. But today’s wide range of table tennis blades can make choosing the right one a challenge, especially for players moving from […]
November 3, 2025 (By Larry Hodges) Many coaches, including myself, encouraged emerging players to serve back aggressively, even against short serves. So they learned to aggressively turn over short serves, which helped them control the point. This often worked. But then I noticed that in the long run, these types of players 1) rarely develop […]
