Table Tennis

MUMBAI: Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) has added an eighth franchise to the league’s roster with the announcement of the SG Sports and Entertainment (SGSE) Pvt Ltd-owned unit that will represent Ahmedabad.

The franchise-based league, promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani under the auspices of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI), continues to grow as SGSE - a strategic arm of the APL Apollo Group - comes on board after a successful fourth edition in July last year. The team will be known as Ahmedabad SG Pipers.

Jun 25, 2020 20:06
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the decision of the Union Sports Ministry to provisionally renew the annual recognition of 54 National Sports Federations (NSF) and directed it to "maintain status quo ante".
Jun 19, 2020 18:06
LAUSANNE: Olympic Day 2020 will see Olympians, athletes and fans all over the globe get active in the world's largest 24-hour digital Olympic workout. Twenty-three Olympic athletes have already joined the recording of an official Olympic Day workout video, and on Olympic Day, athletes from around the world will lead live workouts at 11 a.m. local time across 20 time zones on @olympics Instagram live.
Jun 08, 2020 20:06
NEW DELHI: USA Table Tennis (USATT) has partnered with Stupa Sports Analytics (Stupa), an Indian sports tech start-up, to assist the USA national team, including players and coaches, with an in-depth match and practice analysis, which will help each player identify trends and patterns of his/her game as well as of his/her own opponents. 
Jun 05, 2020 18:06
LAUSANNE: The International Table Tennis Federation announced Thursday that the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Busan had been asked to look for new dates to host the Hana Bank 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships, which were scheduled to be held in the South Korean city from 27 September through to 4 October. 
May 13, 2020 20:05
NEW DELHI: Resume non-contact sports like cricket and badminton behind closed doors, in few locations and with limited manpower, industry body FICCI suggested on Wednesday, as the Indian sports sector looks to get the wheels back in motion amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 08, 2020 13:04
LAUSANNE: As part of the work of the “here we go” task force currently addressing the list of questions raised by the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) qualification task force has approved a series of amendments to the tokyo 2020 qualification system principles.
Apr 07, 2020 18:04
LAUSANNE: The ITTF has been working in close cooperation with the Korea Table Tennis Association (KTTA), led by president Ryu Seung-min, and representatives of the city of Busan in order to establish the new provisional dates and also have other optional dates to stage the World Championships, if necessary.
Mar 30, 2020 17:03
LAUSANNE: On Sunday 29 March 2020, the ITTF executive committee met to discuss further the effects of COVID-19 on the international table tennis event schedule.
Mar 04, 2020 16:03
LAUSANNE: The International Table Tennis Federation has released details of World Table Tennis, its new in-house commercial vehicle that is tasked with the mandate to drive table tennis forward in the modern era, with innovations to all facets of the global table tennis product.
Feb 25, 2020 18:02
LAUSANNE: In light of the emerging situation in Korea Republic, the International Table Tennis Federation has postponed the Hana Bank 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships, which was scheduled to be held in Busan, with the dates of 21-28 June provisionally reserved.