The All Japan Championships traditionally brought together all the best Japanese players, with Matsushima eventually repeating his success from 2025.
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2025 Review. World Table Tennis shows progress, as ITTF and ETTU get involved in scandals and discrimination
Time to look back at the performance of the leading table tennis organizations in 2025. World Table Tennis made some good progress, while ITTF and ETTU kept falling into the abyss.
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Shandong Weiqiao wins its fourth Chinese Super League title in a dominant fashion
The reigning Chinese Super League champions successfully defended their title in Nanjing.
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Wang Chuqin – The Player of the Year 2025
Stunning rallies, dramatic upsets, and breakout stars—2025 thrilled table tennis fans. Now, let’s crown the Player of the Year.
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Tomokazu Harimoto repeats his 2018 success, as Wang Chuqin withdraws from the WTT Cup Finals due to injury
The Japanese star was finally able to win another World Tour Finals title at the WTT Cup Finals in Hong Kong.
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How ETTU rewards failed management. The Ina Jozepsone case
A curious case of poor management by table tennis officials has been rewarded by the European Table Tennis Union with a vice-president role.
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Team China wins the Mixed Team World Cup again, as Harimoto faced controversial moment
The 2025 ITTF Mixed World Cup concludes as expected. Team China adds another gold medal to its collection.
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Retired, but still the best in the World. Fan Zhendong claims the China National Games title
The 15th China National Games once again proved that the World Ranking in table tennis means nothing and WTT tournaments are massively overrated.
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Team China brings back another gold from the Asian Championships
The generations might change, but Team China remains the strongest table tennis collective in the World.
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ETTU’s vice-president Ina Jozepsone and her Family Business in the Latvian Table Tennis Federation
The curious case of never-ending conflicts of interest, and promotion of selfish interests in the realm of the European table tennis.
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