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- International
WTT Champions Montpellier day two preview: Wang Manyu, Alexis Lebrun and five French players in action
Thirteen more first-round matches are played on Wednesday, with the women's top seed facing the new African champion and Alexis Lebrun leading five French players into the arena.
- International
WTT Champions Montpellier day one review: Sun Yingsha returns as Matsushima survives a scare
Sun Yingsha dropped 14 points in her first match for about three weeks, Félix Lebrun won in 15 minutes and the world No 1 let slip a two-game lead before recovering.
- International
Japan's top players may miss the All Japan Championships after clash with WTT Champions event
The Japan Table Tennis Association says players entered for a WTT Champions event in Asia next January may be unable to play their national championships, after a request to move it was not taken up.
- International
African Championships 2026: Youssef Abdelaziz and Hana Goda win singles titles as Egypt sweep the board
Goda won her fourth African singles title in a row and Abdelaziz beat Omar Assar in an all-Egyptian final, with Egypt's women winning the team event without losing a game.
- Analysis
Exported talent: why a quarter of the women's world top 100 learned the game in China
Han Ying's exit in Montpellier was a reminder of how many of the world's best women grew up in Chinese table tennis. Among the men, almost all of those who did still play for China.
- International
WTT Champions Montpellier 2026 preview: Wang Chuqin out as Lebrun brothers and Sun Yingsha learn their openers
Félix Lebrun opens against Anders Lind, Sun Yingsha returns against Camille Lutz, and Lin Shidong leads China's men after the world champion's withdrawal.
- International
Asian Championships 2026: Harimoto and Chen Yi win singles titles as China and Japan share the honours
Harimoto came from two games down to beat Li Tianyang, Chen Yi swept Miwa Harimoto, and Japan's women came from 2-1 down to beat China in the team final.
- England
Pashley and Trumpauskas retain Under-21 National Cup titles at Highfields
Ella Pashley went through the weekend unbeaten in Wellingborough, and Larry Trumpauskas lost only once on his way to keeping the men's title.
- International
Americas Championships 2026: Calderano and Diaz win singles titles as honours are shared
Hugo Calderano beat his Brazilian teammate Guilherme Teodoro and Adriana Diaz won a seventh continental title in Lima, where no country won more than two events.
- Clubs
Major League Table Tennis Week 4 preview: Texas Smash host Chicago, Atlanta and Carolina in Houston
The US franchise league's fourth season moves to Houston, where last season's beaten finalists, Carolina Gold Rush, finally start their campaign.
- Equipment
Could a dimpled ball change table tennis? What one physicist's model predicts
A retired chemist and former college player has modelled a golf-style dimpled ball. It would keep more of its speed across the table, but the effect on spin and bounce is anyone's guess.