• Would put in my best at Olympics: Ankita

    Updated: 2012-02-04 02:43:53
    Eighteen-year-old Ankita Das is elated at having being named among probables for the Olympic qualification tournament to be held in Hong Kong in April.

  • Wandsworth's Knight on Olympic short list

    Updated: 2012-02-01 18:34:32
    Wandsworth table tennis star Darius Knight has passed the first hurdle in his quest to represent Great Britain at the London Olympics.

  • Sports News: Table tennis: Naomi Owen on Olympic shortlist

    Updated: 2012-02-01 01:51:14
    LLANDRINDOD WELLS table tennis star Naomi Owens has been shortlisted for a place in the Great Britain squad that will take part in the Olympics.

  • Gold medal formula: Mind over matter?

    Updated: 2012-01-31 17:37:02
    Mind over matter? Or nature over nurture? What is it that separates Olympic legends like Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps from the millions of enthusiastic amateurs around the world? Matthew Syed, author of "Bounce" and a former Olympic table tennis player, believes that an individual's ability is secondary to the level ... (more)

  • Local Sports Notebook: Johnson now a successful women's coach

    Updated: 2012-01-31 13:27:10
    Mark Johnson has traded in one journey for another and his second career is also very successful.

  • Han Xiao hoping to grab a U.S. place at the pingpong table

    Updated: 2012-01-31 00:48:39
    Han Xiao, 25, won three national titles in doubles and was named U.S. player of the year when he was 15.

  • Launch of Sunderland's Olympic legacy

    Updated: 2012-01-30 11:24:34
    The launch of Sunderland Council Olympic progamme at Sunderland Winter Gardens. Sunderland Council Leader Paul Watson with Councillor Mel Speding and Councillor John Kelly with some of the local athletes who attended the event.

  • How Kim Gilbert plans to paddle her way back into the table tennis upper tier again

    Updated: 2012-01-28 20:43:13
    That's the right attitude. Along with a bag full of confidence. And a lot of history on your side.

  • Pledging Allegiance

    Updated: 2012-01-27 01:07:57
    After a poor showing at the Vancouver Games two years ago, the Russian Olympic team will be under immense pressure to perform better and boost the medal count in front of the home crowd in Sochi.

  • Expect medals in next Olympics: T-T coach

    Updated: 2012-01-23 23:38:02
    Indian table tennis team's Polish coach Kucharski Leszek feels that Indian players have a decent chance of getting selected and playing well at the 2012 Olympics but feels that medals could perhaps be expected in the next edition of the mega event.

  • NTTF shops for N15m for world tourney

    Updated: 2012-01-23 05:49:09
    THE Nigeria Table Tennis Federation is shopping for N15 million to participate in the World Table Tennis Championship in Dortmund, Germany, from March 25 to April 1. The NTTF has registered 10 players for the tournament, which should also serve as an avenue to test the players against some of the world best before the July Olympics.

  • City ready for big Chinese year

    Updated: 2012-01-22 00:21:03
    Members of Leeds' Chinese community have reason for a double celebration as the Year of the Dragon dawns on 23 January.

  • Sports News: Olympics: Table Tennis ace Naomi Owen keeps London 2012 dream alive

    Updated: 2012-01-18 20:07:39
    MID Wales table tennis ace Naomi Owen kept alive her Olympic dream with a crucial victory in the Hungarian Open.

  • Volunteer John strikes Olympic gold

    Updated: 2012-01-17 10:49:44
    Only six years ago John Rwothomach followed his parents over to the UK to seek refuge from persecution in war-torn Uganda.

  • Olympics news: Oscar Pistorius eyes London 2012 spot

    Updated: 2012-01-16 01:53:04
    The 17-year-old, who has won a world junior title in the 200m breaststroke, said: "I plan to win gold." WORLD No 1 Lee Chong-Wei has set his sights on his country's first ever Olympic gold after winning an eighth Malaysia Open.

  • Ellicott City teenager Gong is pingpong prodigy

    Updated: 2012-01-14 14:11:32
    The little orange pingpong balls are taking quite a beating, one after another being smashed off the racket of Tong Tong Gong as he practices with one of his three coaches.

  • Ripley leads at Winner's Choice wrestling

    Updated: 2012-01-14 10:02:19
    Ripley held a six-point lead on Point Pleasant after day one of the Winner's Choice Wrestling Tournament in Fairmont Friday.

  • US Table Tennis team to be determined in Olympic Trials in N.C.

    Updated: 2012-01-14 05:47:24
    Cary, NC, United States - The make-up of the U.S. Table Tennis team will be determined in February, when the nation's top athletes converge in Cary, N.C., for the Olympic Trials, starting Feb.

  • Iranian table tennis players qualify for Olympics

    Updated: 2012-01-11 18:46:09
    Two Iranian table tennis players Noshad Alamian and Neda Shahsavari qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games on Wednesday.

  • katef1 published The Committee to set up a Pre-Games Training Camp...

    Updated: 2012-01-11 15:31:23
    The Committee to set up a Pre-Games Training Camp in West Devon is launching an appeal for overseas athletes to come and train here.

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