Latest Updates Around The World
February 2, 2026 | Paul Stimpson Max Radiven and Dimitar Dimitrov, both winners on the WTT circuit, are among five young English athletes competing in this week’s WTT Youth Contender Tunis. Radiven (pictured above) won two under-15 singles titles in 2024 but now competes at U17 and U19. Dimitrov is also no stranger to success, […]
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 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, […]
October 20, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Japan’s Joseph Sebatindira and Kaede Neya were the champions as the Challenge competition brought the curtain down on the ITTF World Hopes Week in Sheffield. Photos by Michael Loveder The Elite Training Center hosted 40 of the world’s best under-12 players – 20 boys and 20 girls – plus […]
October 9, 2025 | Paul Stimpson The world’s best under-12 players arrive in Sheffield this weekend, ready for the prestigious ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge. England has been chosen to host one of the premier youth development events in global table tennis, and will welcome players from five continents to the Elite Training Center […]
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 25, 2025 | Paul Stimpson A emphatic victory over Estonia was sandwiched by defeats to a higher -ranked Romania and Croatia when England received their mixed team campaign at the European championships under 13 years of age. England, arranged at No. 18, were signed in group B, where they met in their first match […]
July 28, 2025 | Paul Stimpson Four young English athletes will travel to Sweden to compete in September at the European championships under 13 years old. Double National Champion Amber Lemmon, who won the Onder-12 and Under-13 titles this season at the Mark Bates Ltd U10-13 National Championships, will participate in the singles of the […]
