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Table tennis England eyes Rio for 2026 World Schools' Gymnasiade

England’s schools pathway has Rio in sight, with a £1,600 trip, a July 31 interest deadline and Under-18 eligibility for players born in 2008, 2009 or 2010.

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Can U.S.-trained players close the China table tennis gap?

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Attack deep serves early to seize control in table tennis

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Jorgic rises to No. 13, Jha jumps after Skopje final

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Butterfly becomes official equipment partner for WTT Champions Yokohama 2026

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Ryu Hanna stuns Chien Tung-Chuan in Ljubljana qualifying upset

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Walker exits Ljubljana qualifying as stacked field looms large

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Zhu Sibing advances in Ljubljana qualifying, sets up Peng Yu-han clash

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Oliver Willis wins Graham Spicer under-11 title in strong debut field

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Gauzy's Ljubljana run ends as Calderano edges him in semifinal thriller

Gauzy survived two brutal escapes in Ljubljana before Calderano squeezed him 12-10 in the fifth, a loss that still marked a real jump in level.

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Shinozuka shocks top seed Lebrun in Ljubljana round of 16

Hiroto Shinozuka stunned top seed Félix Lebrun in Ljubljana, erasing a 1-0 deficit to win 3-1 and expose cracks in the French star’s title defense.

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Qualifier Park Gyuhyeon stuns Alexis Lebrun in Ljubljana upset

Park Gyuhyeon, a qualifier ranked No. 68, took Alexis Lebrun 3-2 in Ljubljana and never let the French No. 5 settle after the opening game.

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ITTF approves constitutional rollout, names first continental nominations committee members

ITTF moved its centenary constitution from vote to execution, naming five continental Nominations Committee members and ordering quarterly rollout reports.

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Can U.S.-trained players close the China table tennis gap?

The China gap is less about talent than infrastructure. U.S.-trained players are closing pieces of it, but volume, sparring, and standardized elite habits still separate the systems.

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Zhu Sibing advances in Ljubljana qualifying, sets up Peng Yu-han clash

Zhu Sibing pushed through an all-Chinese qualifying match and now gets Peng Yu-han, a bigger test from a younger player ranked 57 places higher.

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ITTF reinstates Belarusian athletes for events starting July 28, 2026

Belarusian passport holders can return to ITTF events after July 28, and the first real points chase is the Aug. 4-8 WTT Feeder Vientiane.

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ITTF spotlights football’s enduring love affair with table tennis

Football keeps giving table tennis a bigger stage, and the ITTF is using that overlap to show why the sport travels so well across dressing rooms, clubs and social feeds.

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Butterfly becomes official equipment partner for WTT Champions Yokohama 2026

Butterfly's TRAZOX table and R40+ ball will set the playing conditions at Yokohama BUNTAI, giving Yokohama 2026 a branded edge at a $500,000 WTT Champions stop.

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Oliver Willis wins Graham Spicer under-11 title in strong debut field

Oliver Willis swept the under-11 title in New Malden as first-time entrants from eight counties filled six bands. The spread of winners showed why this 1-star format matters at grassroots level.

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Miwa Harimoto outlasts Zhu Yuling to win Zagreb title

Miwa Harimoto survived Zhu Yuling’s surge in a 12-10 seventh game to win Zagreb, strengthening her case as one of table tennis’s sharpest closers.

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Pavade and Alexis Lebrun reclaim French national singles titles in Laval

Pavade climbed back to the top in Laval, while Félix Lebrun showed his French crown now belongs to him until someone takes it away.

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Attack deep serves early to seize control in table tennis

A deep serve is a point in disguise: take it early, or the server gets the first big swing. Larry Hodges says passive receives hand over control.

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India names merit-based table tennis squads for 2026 Asian Games

India leaned on rankings and recent form, leaving Manika Batra among the reserves as it set a squad built for stability ahead of Aichi-Nagoya.

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Ryu Hanna stuns Chien Tung-Chuan in Ljubljana qualifying upset

Ryu Hanna erased a two-game hole to oust No. 3 seed Chien Tung-Chuan, as 16 opening-day matches at Hala Tivoli went the distance.

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Harimoto and Odo rise to No. 1 in women’s doubles rankings

Harimoto and Odo turned a Zagreb title run into world No. 1, with Japan winning three of five titles and Harimoto also top of the individual doubles list.

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Indonesia storm back to win mixed doubles 50 world masters title

Ismu Harinto and Lieng Lieng Minangmojo Agustine rallied from two games down to win mixed doubles 50 in Gangneung, a Masters title that highlighted Indonesia’s veteran depth.

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Kanak Jha targets breakthrough run at United States Smash in Los Angeles

Kanak Jha enters United States Smash as the top American and World No.24, with a Los Angeles breakthrough carrying real weight for U.S. table tennis.

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Iulian Chirita leads deep men’s singles field at European U21s

Iulian Chirita returns as top seed after a seven-game 2025 final loss, but a deep field in Cluj-Napoca makes Europe’s U21 crown look wide open.

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Lim Jonghoon and Oh Junsung defend Skopje men’s doubles title

Lim Jonghoon and Oh Junsung stayed on top in Skopje, beating qualifier pair Darko Jorgic and Deni Kozul to complete a second straight men’s doubles crown.

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Teenage Indian star Divyanshi Bhowmick wins WTT Feeder Prishtina crown

Divyanshi Bhowmick backed up a five-game upset of World No. 38 Yeh Yi-Tian with doubles gold, a breakthrough that pushes the 15-year-old into India’s senior conversation.

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Atlanta Blazers land Quadri Aruna, adding global star power to MLTT

Quadri Aruna’s move to Atlanta gives MLTT its biggest credibility play yet, pairing the league’s first African top-10 player with a roster that wants all 18 matches.

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Metz TT reach another Champions League final, fall to Tarnobrzeg

Metz TT reached their third Champions League final with a 3-1 semifinal win, but Tarnobrzeg’s big-match edge left them runner-up again.

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Japan Sweep Ukraine 3-0 to Reach World Team Semifinals

Japan swept Ukraine without dropping a game, but Romania’s 3-1 upset of France changed the women’s draw and sent the five-time champions into medal position.

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Sony AI’s Ace robot defeats elite ping pong players in breakthrough test

Sony AI’s Ace did more than rally, it beat elite human players under ITTF rules. The breakthrough points to a new kind of training partner for high-speed, high-spin table tennis.

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Portland Paddlers stun Carolina Gold Rush for first MLTT title

Portland, missing four roster players and using two free agents, beat defending champion Carolina 21-18 for its first MLTT Cup after a 16-2 regular season.

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Calderano, Takahashi First Non-Asian Pair to Win WTT Singapore Smash Mixed Doubles

Hugo Calderano and Bruna Takahashi beat Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin 3-0 (11-7, 11-6, 13-11) to win mixed doubles at the WTT Singapore Smash, a Grand Smash milestone.

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Jorgic rises to No. 13, Jha jumps after Skopje final

Darko Jorgic’s Skopje title pushed him to No. 13, while Kanak Jha’s runner-up run lifted him six spots to No. 24. The points haul mattered in a band where seedings can swing fast.

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China names world No. 1 Wang Chuqin as men’s captain

Wang Chuqin has taken over China’s men’s captaincy with 10,677 ranking points and a title already in hand, marking a clear passing of the torch from Ma Long.

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