International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
Pound makes surprise exit as WTT managing director
Matt Pound, the long-serving International Table Tennis Federation executive, is stepping down as managing director of World Table Tennis (WTT), the organisation that manages and commercialises the annual…
World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals return to London for 2026 centenary
London has seen off competition from Bangkok to land the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals, with the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) flagship event returning to the city of its birth to celebrate its centenary edition.
WTT embraces crypto in Floki sponsorship
Floki has agreed a sponsorship deal for the forthcoming 2023 World Table Tennis Championships Finals, marking the first time a cryptocurrency platform has partnered with an international table tennis event
WTT extends China Gold sponsorship
World Table Tennis, the commercial and events arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has announced that Chinese state-owned jewellery brand China Gold has renewed its sponsorship for the 2023…
SuperSport lands rights to leading table tennis events
Pay-television broadcaster SuperSport has acquired exclusive rights across sub-Saharan Africa for the World Table Tennis Championships Finals and the WTT Series
ITTF targets Singapore as first hub for revised ‘Home of Table Tennis’ project
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Singapore to become the first destination for its restarted 'Home of Table Tennis' (HoTT) concept
World Table Tennis heads back to Xinxiang for Champions event
World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has announced it will return to the Chinese city of Xinxiang next month to host its third WTT Champions…
Doha to host ITTF World Championships Finals in 2025
Qatar's capital Doha has been appointed host of the World Table Tennis Championships Finals in 2025
Germany to end table tennis event-hosting exile with WTT Series debut
World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has unveiled its first WTT Series event in Germany, with Frankfurt to stage a WTT Champions tournament next year
WTT eyes full slate of Grand Smashes by 2024, revenues recover to reach $29m
World Table Tennis, the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, is confident that a full quota of four ‘Grand Smash’ tournaments will be in place by 2024, when it will look to rol…
WTT strikes Corpay deal, eyes long-term association
World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial and events arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has agreed a deal with Corpay for the business payments company to become its official global…
China Telecom to sponsor ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced a sponsorship deal with China Telecom that will see the operator become a presenting partner of the forthcoming World Team Table Tennis Championships…
WTT announces two additional China events
World Table Tennis has announced it will stage two additional events in China in October following the upcoming Chengdu World Team Table Tennis Championships
World Table Tennis strikes regional sponsorship deal with Agricultural Bank of China
World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial and events arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has announced a regional sponsorship agreement with the Agricultural Bank of China
World Table Tennis shuffles board, appointing Liu Guoliang
Chinese table tennis legend Liu Guoliang has been appointed to the board of World Table Tennis, the organisation that manages and commercialises the annual world table tennis tour
German association targeting major table tennis events after ending ITTF dispute
The German Table Tennis Association (DTTB) is targeting a return as a host of the sport’s major events after formally drawing a close to a long-running dispute with the International Table Tennis Federation (…
World Table Tennis appoints NFT Tech to develop Web3 strategy
World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial and events arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has appointed metaverse technology company NFT Tech to develop and execute its Web3 strategy
ITTF resumes search for new headquarters, will name inaugural summit host next month
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is to resume its search for a location for its new global headquarters and high-performance facilities two years after pausing the process due to the pandemic