Latest Updates Around The World
September 29, 2025 | Paul Stimpson The Anna Hursey of GB conquered Jieni Shao with a higher ranked to set up a collision with World No 4 Kuai-Man at the China Smash. The Welsh Youngster (WR 76) remained on the role she built in three qualifying rounds when she came from behind against her Portuguese […]
September 29, 2025 | Paul Stimpson England finished the team event at the European Under-13 Championships in Sweden in the Top 20 when they ended their campaign with two victories. In the bracket before 19th to 22nd positions, England overcame Luxembourg 3-2 for the first time. Sinan Surensoy & Amber Lemmon together to win the […]
September 28, 2025 (by Steve Hopkins) Fullerton Table Tennis Academy is located along the Imperial Highway in Fullerton, California. The facility is near Bonita PL and S Harbor BLVD/E Imperial Hwy in the neighborhoods of La Habra. This positions the club just north of Anaheim with easy access to the entire Greater Los Angeles area. […]
September 28, 2025 (By Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL) Four weeks in the new season of the German Professional League (TTBL), and there are no unbeaten teams – and 8 of the 12 teams fall within one match. Pres season Favorite Saarbrucken (who added fan Zhendong to an incredibly talented selection) lost their first game and […]
September 27, 2025 (By Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Eight players fought through the qualifications to reach the main drawing at the China Smash, the premiere WTT event that was played in Beijing this week. Samuel Kulczycki van Polen came from one group of eight and won three games, including a 3-1 victory over Ma Jingbao […]
ITTF President Petra Sörling completed an East Asian tour with productive visits to Japan and Korea Republic, in which cooperation with national stakeholders and the broader Olympic community was advanced. “Japan and Korea Republic are appreciated active members of our global family,” said President Sörling. “These visits confirmed our shared dedication to development, strong governance […]
When Ubiraci “Biriba” Rodrigues da Costa got on the field in Beijing in 1961, few could have predicted what would unfold. The 15-year-old from Brazil was about to deliver one of the most shocking disturbances of table tennis, in which world champion Rong Guotan was defeated for a stunned crowd of 15,000 Chinese supporters. The […]
New Zealand today welcomed the Para table tennis community When Auckland started organizing the ITTF Oceania Para championships, until 28 September. This marks the first Para table tennis championship of the country since the in collaboration with ISMWSF World Games in 2003. The championship has an extra meaning as a qualifying path for the ITTF […]
September 26, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Aad Kwakkelstein has joined the Table Tennis England team as a coach developer. AAD will work together with Steve Brunskill in a crucial role that improves and promotes coaching standards and to support the development of coaches in their environment. His work will focus on guiding, training and supporting […]
