The advent of table tennis supposedly dates back to the late 1800s, when the wealthy Victorians in England created an indoor version of lawn tennis using items laying around the house to assemble a ...

Para table tennis is the third largest Paralympic sport in terms of athlete numbers and is practiced in more than 100 countries. The sport is governed by the International Table Tennis Federation ...

Some of influential British artist David Hockney’s artworks and photos in the ’70s and ’80s depicted scenes at tennis courts and centers. In clothing, tennis aesthetics have cycled through ...

As she unzipped her jacket, adjusted her knee strap and began stretching for her first table-tennis match of this Olympics, an odd sensation came over the most unlikely player on the floor.

Here's what you need to know about table tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did table tennis become an Olympic sport? Debuting in 1988 when Seoul successfully bid for the Summer Games ...

PARIS—No country has ever dominated an Olympic sport the way that China rules table tennis. Since it made its debut at the Games in 1988, the Chinese have won 33 of a possible 38 gold medals.

China extended its dominance in table tennis by winning the Olympic women's team event, achieving a gold medal sweep in the sport and compensating for the disappointment of missing out in Tokyo.

In the world of professional table tennis, where every move is calculated, and precision is key, observers may notice players frequently touching the table during matches. While this might appear ...

Lee After watching it at the Paris Olympics, Andrew Keh knows exactly how bad he is at table tennis. Lily Zhang and three teammates from the United States table tennis team were hanging out on a ...

PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Sweden's Truls Moregard continued his dream run as China underlined its global dominance of table tennis by securing three 4-0 victories in the Olympic singles semi-finals ...

Age is just a number in the women’s singles table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics, where 61-year-old Ni Xia Lian, who is representing Luxembourg, blew kisses to the South Paris Arena ...

South Korea's Shin Yu-bin beat Japan's Hirano Miu 4-3 in an epic battle in the women's table tennis singles quarterfinal which left both players in tears after more than an hour on Thursday. The ...