China’s Fan Zhendong has returned to the top of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) men’s singles rankings prior to the freeze in the overall standings.
Women's world number one Chen Meng and men’s top seed Fan Zhendong earned victories at the International Table Tennis Federation Qatar Open in Doha.
Top seed Xu Xin ruthlessly dispatched Chinese team-mate and Olympic champion Ma Long to clinch the men's singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) German Open in Magdeburg.
Chinese players fill all bar one of the places in the semi-final line-up in the singles competitions at the last four of the International Table Tennis Federation German Open in Magdeburg.
China's Chen Meng overcame compatriot Wang Manyu to seal a record-equalling third consecutive women's singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Grand Finals in Zhengzhou.
The World Tour Grand Finals, which start tomorrow in Zhengzhou, China, will feature not just the finest table tennis players on the planet - including defending men's and women's champions Tomokazu Harimoto and Chen Meng - but also a new system of video reviewing.
Singapore's Feng Tianwei produced a sensational performance to beat world number one and top seed Chen Meng in straight games at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) German Open in Bremen.
Top-seeded Chinese Xu Xin beat France's Simon Gauzy in four games to reach the second round of the men's singles event at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) German Open in Bremen.
China's Chen Meng will be out to equal the record for International Table Tennis Federation World Tour titles in a calendar year at the German Open this week.
World number one Chen Meng clinched the women's singles title at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Swedish Open as she fought back to beat Japan's Mima Ito in a thrilling final in Stockholm.
China has sent a strong line-up to the Asian Table Tennis Championships in Indonesia, where places at Tokyo 2020 will be up for grabs alongside continental titles.
Top seeds Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng were knocked out of the men's and women's singles events, respectively, at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Australian Open in Geelong.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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