For the fourth year in a row FITET (Italian Table Tennis Association) selected young athletes aged between 8 and 11 year-old coming from all Italian regions. During 2012 campaign, about 280 hopes took part to the selection stages taking place throughout t,
Rising Chinese stars at Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open
The Nikon 2012 Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open is finished by triumph of two rising stars in all-Chinese finals: YU Ziyang beat ZHANG Jiete in Junior Boys`s final 4:1 (11:8, 11:3, 9:11, 11:7, 12:10) whilst GU Ruochen is the best junior girl, defeating G,
Russia Open: Europeans against XU Xin in Ekaterinburg
The host of GAC GROUP World Tour’s Russia Open announced all participants of this event to be held at Ekaterinburg, from September 12th to 16th. There are ten players among the best 50 at ITTF World ranking list. Top seed, Chinese XU Xin (world’s no,
Top youngsters kept ranking positions
There are no big changes at August European Youth Rankings released by the ETTU. All four top players kept their positions: Simon GAUZY (France, Junior Boys), Bernadette SZOCS (Romania, Junior Girls), Alexandre CASSIN (France, Cadet Boys) and Daria CHERNO,
Timo BOLL at Olympics’ TV show
One of the best German athletes in this millennium, Borussia Düsseldorf’s Timo BOLL will be one of the gests in tonight’s TV show at ARD (22h45). The host of the show, Reinhold BECKMAN invited a table tennis star and six other German sportsmen and coaches,
Flanders Masters: another trophy for OVTCHAROV
Still fresh from the great success achieved at the London Olympic Games, Dimitrij OVTCHAROV added another medal to his record. Bronze medalist in both the Men’s Singles and Men’s Team event in England, clinched the title at the 14th Flanders I.T.T. Ostend,
Title for Simon BERGLUND in Guatemala
At the 2012 Guatemala Junior & Cadet Open : ITTF Junior Circuit Simon BERGLUND of Sweden clinched the title in the Cadet Boys Singles Event. In the final, young player from Sweden beat Anirban GHOSH of India 3:0 (11:6, 11:8, 11:6). In semi final BERGL,
Two silver medals for Swedish teams in Guatemala
Simon BERGLUND and Jonas STENER of Sweden clinched silver medal in the Junior Boys Team’s Event at the Guatemala Junior and Cadet Open. In the final of the Event they suffered by the hands of combined New Zealand, Taipei team. Previously in semis European,
OVTCHAROV hits career high
For the first time in his career Dimitrij OVTCHAROV is on ninth position at the world rankings. Thanks to his outstanding performance at the Olympics and winning the bronze medal in Singles and in the Team’s Event 23-year-old OVTCHAROV improved his rating,
Portugal: three mosqueteers to go far
Just few days after the election of new leading man in the Portugal Table Tennis Federation,  Mr. Pedro Miguel Gaspar Dias MOURA., Portuguese Men’s national team was quarter-finalist at the Olympic Games in London: a really good start indeed… ,