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Ultimate Table Tennis indefinitely postponed amidst ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
•Ultimate Table Tennis, which began in 2017, was to take place after the Tokyo Olympics, which has now been moved to next year because of the pandemic.
Coronavirus Outbreak: International Table Tennis Federation extends suspension of activities till July end
•The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Saturday extended the suspension its activities till end of July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Coronavirus Outbreak: ITTF forced to cancel nine tournaments, including two World Tour events, due to COVID-19
•The ITTF has already suspended all its activities till June end. Earlier this month, the world body had set new dates for the World Team Championships, which were supposed to take place in Busan in March. It will now be held in September-October.
Coronavirus Outbreak: India's top-ranked table tennis player G Sathiyan trains with robot to hone skills during lockdown
•The robot, which Sathiyan imported from Germany, can launch up to 120 balls per minute from across the net with varying spin and speed
Table Tennis World Championships provisionally scheduled for September-October in South Korea
•The Table Tennis World Championships, which was postponed due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, has been provisionally scheduled to be held in South Korea between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, the sport’s governing body said on Tuesday.
Coronavirus Outbreak: ITTF suspends all planned events until 30 June, rankings frozen as of March
•The ITTF Executive Committee met on Sunday to further discuss the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the international table tennis event schedule
Coronavirus pandemic: Amid COVID-19 threat, Achanta Sharath Kamal focuses on job at hand by winning first title in 10 years
•As the news of sporting events getting suspended or postponed around the world started trickling in, Sharath was in Muscat for the ITTF Challenge Plus event
Coronavirus pandemic: A look at qualifying events for Tokyo Olympics 2020 in limbo due to COVID-19 threat
•Here we look at the status of many qualifying events for Tokyo Olympics 2020, which have been either postponed or cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
World Table Tennis Championships 2020 postponed until June over coronavirus fears in South Korea
•Next month’s table tennis world championships in South Korea have been postponed until June over health concerns as the east Asian nation grapples with an outbreak of the coronavirus
Chinese Table Tennis Association thanks Qatar for providing training facilities in Doha amid coronavirus outbreak
•Asian powerhouse China have won 28 out of 32 golds awarded since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988 and QTTA chief Khalil Al-Mohannadi said he wanted to make sure the worlds best would be playing at the Qatar event