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- Clubs
Bad Homburg end Ochsenhausen's perfect start in the Tischtennis Bundesliga as Csaba Andras wins twice
Ochsenhausen, who had to field their coach, lost for the first time in seven matches, leaving Borussia Düsseldorf as the league's only unbeaten team.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt finals: Hina Hayata retains her title as Tomokazu Harimoto beats Franziska
Japan won both singles titles on the final day as Hayata beat Odo 4-2 and Harimoto ended the home hopes of Franziska with three straight games.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt finals day preview: Hayata meets Miwa Harimoto as Franziska chases a German first
Japan have five of the eight semi-finalists, while Patrick Franziska and Sabine Winter carry German hopes into the last day.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day five review: Franziska knocks out Matsushima as Winter beats Chen Yi
Two Germans are in the semi-finals after Franziska beat the world No 1 12-10 in the sixth game, while Japan have five of the last eight and China none.
- International
China's coaches say Youth Olympic Games exposed weakness under pressure after Dakar ends without a medal
Wu Hao said both of Li Hechen's defeats were decided after 10-10, and Zheng Changgong said Chen Min-hsin was more decisive than Yao Ruixuan in the seventh game.
- Analysis
The Lebrun effect: has one family changed French table tennis?
Félix and Alexis Lebrun's Olympic medals sent France's table tennis clubs a flood of new players. Two seasons on, the casual players are drifting away, and the competitors keep coming.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day five preview: Winter meets Chen Yi as Matsushima plays Franziska
Four Germans play in the quarter-finals, Miwa Harimoto and Chen Xingtong meet again after the Yokohama final, and Wen Ruibo carries China's hopes against Lin Yun-Ju.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four review: Verdonschot knocks out Calderano as Winter beats Han Ying
The 21-year-old wildcard beat the sixth seed on a service fault at 12-11 in the fourth, Franziska came from two games down against Duda and four Germans are in the quarter-finals.
- International
Mixed Team World Cup: Félix and Alexis Lebrun lead France squad as Nina Guo Zheng is selected
The French federation picks eight players, three women and three men per tie under the new Olympic-style format, for the tournament in Chengdu from 29 November to 6 December.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day four preview: Han Ying meets Sabine Winter as Franziska plays Duda
The last 16 finishes with two all-German matches, the two Harimotos in the afternoon and Kaufmann, Mittelham and Verdonschot all trying to reach the quarter-finals.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three review: Wen Ruibo knocks out Wang Chuqin as Duda beats Jang Woojin
The 19-year-old beat the fourth seed in under 24 minutes, Hana Goda and Satsuki Odo set up a quarter-final, and Sora Matsushima and Dang Qiu are through.
- Analysis
How much do the top players play? Eleven counted every WTT match since June
Five of the 20 players in the two world top 10s are missing from WTT Champions Frankfurt. Eleven counted every WTT match the top 20 have played since June, and the busiest players on the tour are mostly not the ones who have been injured.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day three preview: Wang Chuqin meets Wen Ruibo as Calderano plays Liang Jingkun
The first round ends and the last 16 begins, with Dang Qiu and Dimitrij Ovtcharov in an all-German match and Kuai Man and Chen Yi starting in the women's draw.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two review: Han Ying beats Wang Yidi as Germany win all six matches
The 43-year-old defender beat the third seed in straight games, Kaufmann, Verdonschot, Winter and Mittelham also won, and Lim Jonghoon came from two games down.
- International
Youth Olympic Games: China leave without a table tennis medal for the first time as Otálvaro beats Li Hechen
The 16-year-old Colombian won a fifth game that he had led 9-5 and then trailed, as Miku Matsushima reached the girls' semi-finals without dropping a game.
- International
Fake live streams of Sun Yingsha's WTT Champions Montpellier semi-final used to sell goods in China
Hosts spliced old match audio with invented scores five hours before the real match began, then sold pain-relief patches and eye drops at the tense moments.
- International
Youth Olympic Games: Ryusei Kawakami and Miku Matsushima win mixed doubles gold for Japan
The Japanese pair, who knocked out China in the quarter-finals, beat Hong Kong in the Dakar final, while Taiwan came from behind against Thailand to take bronze.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day two preview: Wang Yidi and Hayata start as six Germans play
Kaufmann, Winter, Mittelham and Ovtcharov are among the home players in action, and Wang Chuqin finds out on Wednesday whether he plays Wen Ruibo or An Jaehyun.
- International
WTT Champions Frankfurt day one review: Wang Chuqin returns with a win as Miwa Harimoto survives
Wang Chuqin beat Anders Lind in his first match for more than a month, Sofia Polcanova took the women's favourite to a decider and Truls Moregard and Shin Yubin withdrew.
- Analysis
Why no two table tennis tables play alike
China's players called the tables at the first US Smash too slippery, and a month later Wang Chuqin found Yokohama's too slow. The laws allow more variety than most fans realise, and they always have.