Paris, July 27 (Reuters) - Japan's world number two table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, were upset by North Korea's Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in the first round ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – China won the Olympic women’s team table tennis gold medal on Thursday after a 3-0 victory over Japan in the final, continuing the country’s undefeated streak in the event. The ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Olympic hosts Japan are guaranteed a medal in the table tennis women’s team event after they beat Hong Kong 3-0 in the semi-final on Tuesday. Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano made a ...

ITTF has confirmed the 16 competing teams for the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2025, set to take place in Chengdu, China, from 30 November to 7 December. With the Mixed Team event now confirmed for the ...

PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - China's men and women reached the table tennis team finals at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, with their sights set on winning the last two gold medals to complete a sweep of ...

The 22-year-old says he, Swede Truls Moregard and Brazil’s Hugo Calderano are capable of “consistently beating” their Chinese ...

For decades, China’s supremacy in the paddle-and-ball game, also known as ping pong, has gone unquestioned. For just as long, ...

TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic medallist Ai Fukuhara and fellow table tennis player Chiang Hung-chieh of Taiwan announced their marriage on Wednesday. Fukuhara, 27, began playing table ...

Japan's world No. 2 table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, was upset by North Korea's Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in the first round at the Paris Olympics, losing the ...