Table Tennis - Summer Olympics

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Agence France-Presse on MSN

US pro table tennis league blasts niche sport into spotlight

Don't call it the "Marty Supreme" effect: table tennis is a growing sport in the United States, in part because of a new ...
Al-Monitor

Iraqi women table tennis players chase Paralympic dreams

An Iraqi team of table tennis Paralympic hopefuls has been practising in a local community centre with broken tables and patchy electricity — Hayder INDHAR Iraqi table tennis player Nur al-Huda Sarmad ...
The New York Times

The scientific case for ping-pong: Why athletes — and you — should play more table tennis

Oakland A's catcher Jhonny Pereda is one of many pro athletes who plays ping-pong. Illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; Justine Willard / Athletics / Getty Images This story is part of Peak, The ...
The Nation on MSN

The great table tennis renaissance

The Weekend Read / Josh Safdie’s latest movie Marty Supreme spurred a renewed national interest in ping-pong. I played my way through New York City to try to find out more. Joshua Levkowitz It’s 10:30 ...
The New York Times

Forget ‘Marty Supreme.’ Meet the Real Table Tennis Champion of New York.

Yasiris Ortiz, a 28-year-old star from the Bronx, is helping to bring free table tennis programing to children across the city. Yasiris Ortiz, a 28-year-old star from the Bronx, is helping to bring ...