That chemistry helped them come back in the mixed doubles table tennis match on July 26, beat the Chinese team for the first time, and secure Japan’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the sport.

Fifteen-year-old Miwa Harimoto secured the final spot for the women’s national table tennis team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, being selected over Olympic medalist Mima Ito. The Japan Table ...

Photo =Sports Chosun DB 'Korea's Top Ranker' Shin Yu-bin (10th in the world) will inevitably face a tough match in the ...

DBS's Kelvin Lau brings some fancy footwork to the world of table tennis Wang had won against Japan’s Kasumi Ishikawa and 16-year-old Mima Ito en route to the semifinals, while Chen, who beat ...

Doha: The World Table Tennis Championships (WTT) is among the most prestigious and important events in the sport, having created legends and etched ...

The Chinese team of Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha defeated Japan's Ishikawa Kasumi, Hirano Miu and Ito Mima 3-0 on Thursday in the women's team gold medal match. Chen and Wang, who paired for ...

Or, accept an offer to travel to the other side of the world and teach table tennis. For Ito, a 66-year-old former junior high school teacher from northern Japan, it was an easy decision.

The era of Ping-Pong diplomacy had begun 12 months earlier when the American team—in Nagoya, Japan, for the World Table Tennis Championship—got a surprise invitation from their Chinese ...

Ayhika and Sutirtha have become the first-ever all-India women's doubles pair from India to win a medal at the competition.

The Hong Kong women’s table tennis team has had its Tokyo Olympics dream crushed by Japan’s elite paddlers, though they will still have a shot at the bronze medal. Up against the three top ...