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ITTF and FISU share lessons from World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu

  • Chengdu 2021

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has managed to host the World Team Table Tennis Championships in China

gives us nothing but hope that next year's FISU World University Games will go off without a hitch in China

We hope their knowledge can be used to ensure that international sport can continue to thrive in China


Bahrain welcomes strong line-up for Asian Weightlifting Championships

  • Weightlifting

The final entries for the Asian Weightlifting Championships may include only one of the continent's 11 Tokyo 2020 Olympic champions but it could still be the strongest competition to date in 2022 in terms of quality.

lot of attention for making hugely impressive numbers in training but neither has competed outside China

forfeited a London 2012 gold medal because of a doping disqualification, is up against Yu Linglong of China



China win five-set thriller as pool action continues at Women’s Volleyball World Championship

  • Volleyball

China won a five-set thriller against the Netherlands as pool action continued at the Women’s Volleyball

Two Pool E matches took place today at Rotterdam with the tournament co-hosts edged out by China, a win

them on to 17 points, and just two behind pool leaders Italy.The Netherlands won set one 25-22, before China

levelled proceedings by taking set two 25-21.China took the lead in the contest after claiming set three

YKsV10Dz3M— Volleyball World (@volleyballworld) October 6, 2022Li Yingying top scored in the match for China

a scoreline of 25-11, 25-13, 25-15.Brazil sit in third place in the standings, level on points with China


Olympic medallists Hong Kong suffer shock exit at ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships

  • Table Tennis

Olympic bronze medallists Hong Kong suffered a shock exit in the women's quarter-finals after losing in a five-match thriller to Germany at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu, while the first knockout round concluded in the men's event.

and Portugal recorded 3-0 triumphs versus Belgium and Slovenia respectively, as defending champions China

against Commonwealth gold medallists India.Germany also defeated Croatia 3-0.In the quarter-finals China


Liu appointed ITTF Deputy President by Sörling

  • Table Tennis

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Petra Sörling has appointed Chinese official Liu Guoliang as Deputy President of the worldwide governing body.

Liu's appointment was made in Chengdu in China, which is staging the ongoing ITTF World Team Table Tennis

Liu Guoliang, second to left, led China to several Olympic gold medals during his time as men's head

Liu's appointment comes as the ITTF strengthens its ties in China, and the ongoing World Team Table Tennis


Shaikh Salman to run unopposed for fresh term as AFC President

  • Football

Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa will be re-elected unopposed as President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after being confirmed as the only candidate.

previously running against him for FIFA President ©Getty ImagesNext year's tournament was due to be held in China


Serbia remain unbeaten at Women’s Volleyball World Championship after seventh straight win

  • Volleyball

Holders Serbia remain unbeaten at the Women’s Volleyball World Championship after registering a seventh straight victory in their Pool F contest with the Dominican Republic.

, registering a sixth win as they came from a set down to overcome Japan 20-25, 25-20, 25-14, 25-15.China

E matches are scheduled tomorrow in Rotterdam, with Brazil taking on Puerto Rico and second-placed China



World Games official predicts new sports at Chengdu 2025

  • Chengdu 2025

World Games head of projects Guillaume Felli believes that new sports will be added to the programme for the 2025 edition in Chengdu.

additional quota has also been reserved for Chengdu itself, which will likely lead to sports favoured in China

member federations intend to take advantage of the World Games to further establish their presence in China


China to face India and Hungary in ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships knockouts

  • Table Tennis

Defending champions China are to face India and Hungary in the opening knockout round of the men's and

High-tech Sports Centre.India, the men's Commonwealth Games gold medallists, settled for third to meet China

Table Tennis (@WTTGlobal) October 4, 2022They are due to play Group Six winners Portugal.Japan, like China

Group Six to progress to the quarter-finals.In the women's event, Puerto Rico finished runner-up to China


Royal approval for centenary celebrations of Chariots of Fire Liddell

  • Paris 2024

The 100th anniversary of Eric Liddell's Olympic 400 metres gold medal in Paris is to be commemorated by a special celebration in 2024 led by British Olympic Association President the Princess Royal, who has been named as patron for an event to be known as "The Eric Liddell 100".

Liddell was the son of Scottish missionaries and born in China but returned to Scotland to study.He won

his first international match for Scotland.After competing in the 1924 Olympics, Liddell returned to China


Germany and India among first qualified teams at ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships

  • Table Tennis

Germany, India, Chinese Taipei and Portugal are the first two women teams to qualify for the next round of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu.

equalled their five-point tally.Portugal claimed second following their win 3-2 over Romania.First seeds China

Team China are unstoppable to score a victory in the face of Team USA's valiant fight here at #ITTFWorlds2022