Olympic champions Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng stunned Chinese table tennis fans by announcing that they were withdrawing from the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings on Friday ...

BEIJING – Renowned Chinese table tennis stars Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng announced their withdrawal from the world rankings on Dec 27, citing new regulations imposed by World Table Tennis (WTT).

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Tennis is back. Did you miss it? The season resumes from today, December 27, with the United Cup opening proceedings in Perth, Australia. The Athletic’s tennis writers Matt Futterman and Charlie ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has reiterated a nuclear weapons warning against countries "testing our resolve," saying Moscow will safeguard ...

In 2023, The Athletic asked players, coaches and other figures involved in the sport about the one thing they would change about tennis. From having one serve per point and mixing up Grand Slam ...

The 33-year-old received wild cards for Australian Open qualifying and the Auckland Classic, which begins on Monday live on Sky Sports Tennis with Britain's Emma Raducanu among the names competing.

Roger Federer clinched 20 Grand Slam singles titles during a superb career (Picture: Getty) Roger Federer has named his toughest tennis opponent of all time and admits he ‘struggled’ when ...

In two weeks’ time, the best women’s tennis players in the world will descend on Melbourne for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season and the first tennis milestone ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims France reached out to Moscow to discuss Ukraine, but without including Kyiv in talks. "Several times, through closed channels, our French colleagues ...