Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has signed a strategic investment agreement with its continental arm in Oceania in what the global governing body claims is a ground-breaking initiative for the sport.

Kevin Roberts looks at how international federations have adopted different approaches to managing their commercial rights.

Rob Ridley explores the International Table Tennis Federation’s decision to part company with the TMS International agency and bring its rights in-house.

Former world No.1 Jean-Michel Saive has become the third official to announce they will stand for the presidency of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in elections due to be held on May 31.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has awarded hosting rights for its 2018 Men’s World Cup to Paris, with the event set to be held at the Disneyland resort outside the French capital.

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) deputy president Khalil Al-Mohannadi has announced that he will stand for the presidency of the sport’s world governing body during this year’s elections.

The International Table Tennis Federation has said it will end its exclusive commercial and marketing partnership with TMS International on January 1 in favour of exploiting its rights in-house.

Table tennis legend Deng Yaping has established an investment fund that will seek to tap into opportunities in the expanding Chinese sports industry.

A lucrative new table tennis league for the Asia-Pacific region will launch next year, it has been confirmed.

Thomas Weikert, president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has announced that he will stand for another term as head of the sport’s global governing body in next year’s elections.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed the 12 cities that will host events on next year’s revamped World Tour series, which will be split into two tiers.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has unveiled a new format for the sport which is designed to appeal to the youth market.

The US city of Philadelphia has secured hosting rights to the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) 2016 Women’s World Cup.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has opened a bidding process to host events on its 2017 World Tour, which is to undergo a major revamp in an effort to make the series more attractive to prospective host cities.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced that its European Olympic qualification tournament is to relocate to Halmstad in Sweden, due to ongoing concerns over security in Istanbul, the Turkish city where the event had been scheduled to take place next month.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has formed a new working group to review the structure and format of some of the sport’s major events.

The Hungarian capital of Budapest has today (Tuesday) been confirmed as the host city of the 2019 individual World Table Tennis Championships.

The Hungarian capital of Budapest appears set to land hosting rights for the 2019 individual World Table Tennis Championships after it was confirmed as the only city to submit a bid.