As an original member of Nixon’s “Ping Pong Diplomacy” team in 1971, George Braithwaite was an inspiration for the table tennis community worldwide.

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With the support of Dream Building Fund, Talent4Development (T4D) offers weekly table tennis training sessions that help primary students establish daily routines to better channel their talent and open doors to future opportunities.

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World Table Tennis (WTT), the ITTF Commercial arm and the ITTF Foundation, the ITTF Corporate Social Responsibility arm, shook hands last week in the Foundation’s headquarter in Leipzig, Germany. Delighted by the visit of our colleagues Matt Pound, WTT Director; Stephen Duckitt, WTT Events Strategy Director; and Iulia Necula, ITTF Group CEO's Project Director, we were happy to exchange ideas on how to make future table tennis events more socially responsible.

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Upon finishing the WTT Star Contender Doha and the Asian Table Tennis Championships, Afghan players Mustafa Bakhtiyari, Mohammad Hosseini, and Behrooz Daneshmand visited the Afghan evacuees in Villa Park Compound, Doha.

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Comprising 162 pages and over 110 photographs, the publication not only reflects the achievements of one of the all-time greats of sport but of a human being who had to overcome obstacles in life that are nowadays unimaginable.

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Thanks to the generous donors worldwide and the ITTF Group, #TableTennisUnited Fund has supported over 100 initiatives globally since the beginning of the pandemic, and it will continue to be the backbone of the table tennis community, for better and for worse.

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Celebrating the universality and the social aspect of table tennis, the Swaythling Club International (SCI) is a strong ally we are happy to have. With their focus mainly on the ex-champions and players, the club is now reaching out to a younger audience with the hope to promote table tennis among the youth.

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World Table Tennis Day (WTTD) 2022 is back! The annual celebration on April 6 since 2015 also marks the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. WTTD has established itself as a symbol of social inclusiveness and the day on which we celebrate our favourite sport.

The ITTF Foundation is looking for enthusiastic organisers to help us further promote WTTD 2022. Applications for the Promoter Initiative are open from October 6 to December 6, 2022.

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Participants of the first Tables 4 ALL test course have built eight tables during their stay in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, between August 31 to September 7. The hand-crafted tables will be donated to local schools to breaking down barriers to access table tennis and equipment, as well as solidarity through the sport.

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