He had put his paddle down only momentarily so he could raise the flag aloft after realising his childhood dream to become Olympic table tennis champion. However, in a moment of absurd misfortune, ...

Tournament second seed beaten by Japanese wild card a day after sixth seed Chen Yi loses to German player 22 years her senior.

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying left China in 1989, the same year of the Tiananmen Square massacre, to teach the sport in northern Chile. Fast-forward 35 years, she will debut ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Table tennis player Zeng Zhiying left China all alone for an adventure in Chile in 1989. As her native country boiled with street protests that led to the Tiananmen Square ...

LOS ANGELES, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The gymnasium at La Salle College Preparatory erupted in cheers as members of China's ...

PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - Ni Xialian and Zeng Zhiying were once Chinese table tennis teammates but never made it to the Olympics for the land of their birth. Four decades on, they are both at the ...

Borussia Dusseldorf's home matches moved to larger venues to accommodate large demand, including from China, to watch Olympic ...

That changed when he joined hundreds of students, teachers and families at La Salle College Preparatory High School on Monday ...

Official merchandise for the World Team Table Tennis Championships in London twice featured an incorrect version of China's national flag. Initially, the merchandise displayed a Chinese flag with six ...

KAWASAKI, Japan (AP) — Yao Ming graced marquees for a decade in the NBA, spurring basketball's growing popularity in China. Table tennis needs the inverse: an eye-catching outsider to get the focus ...