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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Indian men's team's qualification bid ends after defeat to Czech Republic

The Indian men's table tennis team's quest for an Olympic berth ended in disappointment after it suffered a 1-3 defeat to Czech Republic in a play-off match of the qualifying event

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A chance meeting between two table tennis players proved to be the catalyst for China’s re-entry into the international community

Fast-rising Sathiyan Gnanasekaran reaches World No 24 rank in ITTF charts to become first Indian to break into top-25

Sathiyan rose four spots to be 24th in the latest ITTF rankings, following his impressive sixth place finish in the Asia Cup in Yokohama earlier this month.

Down memory lane: Kamlesh Mehta recalls how table tennis went from a monsoon sport to a summer of excellence in 2018

Table tennis veteran Kamlesh Mehta walks down the memory lane to reminisce about a time where, forget video tapes and analytics, Indian table tennis players didn’t even have coaches and only a rudimentary understanding of physical fitness.

Asian Cup Table Tennis 2017: Lin Gaoyuan, Zhu Yuling claim maiden titles to seal World Cup berths

Lin defeated compatriot Fan Zhendong, twice finalist, 4-2 but it was the women final between Zhu Yuling and Liu Shiwen, four-time winner, that brought the packed stadium down.

Wimbledon 2017: Peng Shuai says Chinese men prefer ping pong and badminton over tennis

Peng Shuai said Chinese tennis had made huge strides in the last 10 years, first with Li Ting and Sun Tiantian winning women's doubles gold at the 2004 Olympics and Li Na winning the 2011 French Open to become the first Chinese Grand Slam winner.

China faces ITTF sanction after top players quit table tennis tournament

ITTF threatened to slap sanctions on China's national team after three top players quit a tournament in apparent protest at their head coach's removal.