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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.
APAC Round-Up: Good, bad news for Bundesliga; ITTF postponements; Cricket Australia loan; and more
European football news
There was both positive and negative news for the planned restart of the German Bundesliga football season over the weekend
Turkmenistan football league restarts, other Asian events join cancelled list
Turkmenistan on Sunday joined the small handful of countries around the world to continue hosting sports events amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as its domestic football season restarted
ITTF considers dropping individual World Championships
The head of the ITTF has said the organisation is considering getting rid of its individual World Championships, as part of its ongoing competition restructure
Mixed fortunes for landmark badminton and table tennis events
Badminton's 2020 Thomas and Uber Cup is facing fresh doubts on whether it will go ahead
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.