Nigerian Fatimo Bello is off to the Paris Olympic Games after defeating Algeria’s Lynda Loghraibi 4-2 in the final of the second stage of the African Olympic Qualification Tournament at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.

The race to secure tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is underway as the African Qualification Tournament begins today at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) announced in a press release earlier today. 

The Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the composition of the Paris 2024 team on Tuesday and it includes reigning Olympic singles champion Ma Long. This will be the fourth Olympic Games for Long. Currently ranked third in the world, the 'Hexagonal Warrior', as he is known in his country, has a total of 5 Olympic medals. However, he will not be defending his singles title this time around.

The world's top player delivered a masterclass in the singles final. He staged a comeback against Patrick Franziska to win 4-2 and added the singles title to his doubles and mixed doubles crowns. The tournament was the first professional table tennis event to be held in Saudi Arabia.

East Africa's largest indoor arena, the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda, will host two of Africa's elite table tennis tournaments - the African Cup and the Olympic Qualifying Tournament - from 12-18 May.

Beijing has been selected to host the World Table Tennis (WTT) Grand Smash until 2028 following a competitive selection process approved by the WTT Board with the support of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

The world's table tennis stars will be heading over the Andes to Argentina after WTT Contender Mendoza was added to the calendar. The inaugural event will be held at the Aconcagua Arena in Mendoza from 27 May to 2 June.

World Table Tennis (WTT) has announced that Argentina will host its first ever WTT Series event with the addition of WTT Contender Mendoza to the calendar, following the successful hosting of the WTT Youth Contender Rosario in 2023.

World Table Tennis has announced that the next WTT Champions event will be held in Chongqing. The city will be the first in South West China to host a WTT Series event.

Following the conclusion of the table tennis competition at the 13th African Games over the weekend, Senegal's Ibrahima Diaw and Nigeria's Offiong Edem have led the rise of African players in the International Table Tennis Federation's (ITTF) Week 11 Ranking released on Tuesday 12 March.

The President of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF), El-Salhy, has praised South Korea for hosting the World Championships. He encouraged African teams to use the tournament as preparation for next month's African Games in Ghana.

Table tennis legend Ma Long has etched his name into World Championship history one last time by leading China to a monumental 23rd Swaythling Cup at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Championships 2024 in Busan.

China won its 23rd World Team Table Tennis Championship title, narrowly missing out to Japan in a hard-fought women's team final at the finals of the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Busan 2024 Presented by BNK Busan Bank.

The Busan Exhibition and Convention Centre (BEXCO) is becoming the epicentre of world table tennis from 16 to 25 February 2024 while hosting the International Table Tennis Federation (TTF) World Championships Finals.

Table tennis stars will kick off the WTT Champions season in Incheon, South Korea, from 27-31 March 2024, with $300,000 at stake.