The custom table was gifted to the pope by Robert Blackwell Jr., the chairman of the luxury table tennis company Killerspin​.

How to win In order to win a match of Olympic table tennis, one player must reach 11 points before the other. In an instance where the score is tied, 10-10, the first player to reach 11 will not win.

In table tennis there is generally a standard handicap of 1.5 games that bettors can wager on. Generally a match is played until one side wins three out of five games.

This guide breaks down the official competition format for Olympic Table Tennis, detailing every step from qualification to the finals. Learn about the different stages and medal events, and how each ...

However, ping-pong was actually invented in London. Near the end of the 19th century, the Victorian game of Lawn Tennis (what we now know as tennis) was becoming quite popular across Great Britain.

There are programmes for young people to get into table tennis, like TT Kidz, external which aims to give 7-to-11-year-olds a fun first experience of the sport.

Since table tennis' addition to the Summer Olympics, China has won 32 of the 37 gold medals and 20 of the 37 silvers. Here's what to know.

The U.S. national team trains at 888 Table Tennis in Burlingame, but top-tier training wasn’t the only purpose of the facility, which opened in 2020. The owner’s son is one of many peop… ...

There are programmes for young people to get into table tennis, like TT Kidz, external which aims to give 7-to-11-year-olds a fun first experience of the sport.