Sports / Table Tennis

Qatar juniors emerge champions as men's team secures bronze 14 Aug 2021 - 10:08 am

Qatar U-13 team members and officials pose for a photograph after being crowned champions in their age group at the Arab Table Tennis...

Arab Table Tennis Championship: Team Qatar leaves for Jordan 10 Aug 2021 - 10:30 am

Doha: The players and officials of the Qatar table tennis team yesterday left for Amman, Jordan, to participate in the Arab Championship which...

Barty beats Pliskova at Wimbledon for 2nd Grand Slam title 10 Jul 2021 - 06:31 pm

WIMBLEDON, England: Ash Barty got off to a perfect start in the Wimbledon final by collecting the first 14 points, then needed to...

Ma Long, Xu Xin on track as Chinese stars dominate 30 Mar 2019 - 08:21 am

Doha: Chinese Olympic and World champion Ma Long stunned German star Timo Boll with a 4-0 win (12-10, 11-7, 11-4, 11-8) to make...

India's Srikanth climbs to No.1 in badminton rakings 12 Apr 2018 - 11:22 pm

New Delhi: Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday became the first Indian to reach number one in the men's world badminton rankings, surpassing Denmark's Viktor...

Stage set for thrilling finish at Qatar Open 11 Mar 2018 - 12:14 pm

Doha: Chinese duo of Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin emerged successful in the quarter-final contests of the 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum Open...

Ning, Shiwen rally to enter main round in Doha 08 Mar 2018 - 01:08 pm

Doha: Playing in the qualification stage is always a tricky affair for players who have shared the top spot in the World Rankings...

China's men pull out of Australian Open 29 Jun 2017 - 10:25 pm

Shanghai: The powerful China men's table tennis team yesterday pulled out of next week's Australian Open, deepening a crisis sparked by the removal...

Long overcomes Zhendong to win in Doha, Shiwen clinches women’s title 28 Mar 2016 - 12:54 am

Ma Long of China, winner of the singles title at the Qatar Open table tennis championship, poses with his trophy at the victory...

ITTF World Tour Qatar Open 27 Mar 2016 - 01:03 am

Table tennis action from the penultimate day of the 2016 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open being staged at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah...

Qatar International Table Tennis Open begins 24 Mar 2016 - 01:54 am

Natalia Partyka of Poland in action on the opening day of 2016 Qatar International Table Tennis Open at Ali bin Hamad Al Attiya...

Table tennis: Ding overcomes injury to regain world title 03 May 2015 - 03:52 pm

Suzhou, China--Top-seeded Ding Ning of China battled back from an injury scare to regain her world championship crown by beating second-seeded compatriot Liu...

Al Sadd overpower Al Arabi to clinch Emir Cup 22 Apr 2015 - 08:16 am

Al Arabi team, runners-up at the Emir Cup Table Tennis, poses with their cheque. BY FAWAD HUSSAIN DOHA: Shang Kun earned double wins...

Emir Cup Table Tennis Tournament 20 Apr 2015 - 04:30 am

Al Sadd player A.R. Al Najjar in action during an Emir Cup table tennis semi-final match against Qatar Sports Club player Hao (not...

Emir Cup Table Tennis Tournament 19 Apr 2015 - 08:21 am

Al Arabi’s G Shemet returns the ball to Al Ahli’s Murad (not pictured) during their quarter-final match of the Emir Cup Table Tennis...

Emir Cup Table Tennis Tournament 18 Apr 2015 - 12:26 am

Al Khor’s Laith Haani returns the ball to Murad of Al Ahli during their pre-quarter-final of Emir Cup Table Tennis Tournament at the...

Samsonov reigns supreme in Doha 22 Feb 2015 - 11:54 pm

Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus (second right) poses with the men’s singles trophy of the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Qatar Open along...

Seeds continue to fall at Qatar Open 22 Feb 2015 - 02:39 am

Ukraine’s Bilenko Tetyana in action against Shen Yanfei of Spain during their last-16 match, yesterday. Doha: Austrian ping pong players Daniel Habesohn and...