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ITTF commercial restructure accelerates during shutdown, Pound says
As part of a series of video interviews by SportBusiness looking at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kevin McCullagh speaks exclusively to Matt Pound, marketing director of the International Table Tennis Federation.
“Instead of a draw ceremony we had an emergency meeting” | ITTF chief executive Steve Dainton on the impact of coronavirus
With its biggest market at the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic, table tennis is one of the sports most affected
China Digest | China invests in its basketball legacy
In this week's China sports industry round-up: China invests in its basketball legacy | Klay Thompson launches charity project in Guiyang | World Cup sponsors Hisense could face fine in wake of new partnership
China Digest | Bargain Liverpool shirts on offer; Shanghai welcomes Aussie rules; LG kits out Wanda Metropolitano
In this week's China sports industry round-up: Bargain Liverpool shirts on offer; Shanghai welcomes Aussie rules; LG kits out Wanda Metropolitano; Sabatini installed at Jiangsu Suning; Door opens for ITTF.
Federations | Why one size never fits all
Kevin Roberts looks at how international federations have adopted different approaches to managing their commercial rights.
World Table Tennis aims to serve up additional private equity investment
World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, is continuing conversations with a view to selling further shares to private equity investors
Endeavor’s 160over90 among quartet of companies working with WTT
World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has recruited the support of four companies, including 160over90, the marketing services arm of sports and entertainment…
Round-Up: Ballon d’Or cancelled, Japanese athlete abuse report, slimmed-down SEA Games, and more
Football's Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player, run by French magazine France Football, will not take place this year due to Covid-19
Round-Up: True threatens FAT, ITTF worlds postponed again, WTA ‘hopeful’ on China tournaments, and more
Thai pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions is threatening not to show the end of the extended Thai League 1 football season, and is demanding a reduction in its rights fees for the competition
Going it alone | Table tennis takes its rights in-house
Rob Ridley explores the International Table Tennis Federation’s decision to part company with the TMS International agency and bring its rights in-house.