The first Olympic table tennis competition ever held on African soil has crowned its champions, and it will be remembered as one of the most open, unpredictable and historic in Youth Olympic history.

Six days of competition, 64 of the world’s brightest young players, and it all comes down to this. Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 reaches its finale today, and after a morning of ...

When the final point landed, the celebrations stretched well beyond Colombia. Coaches from across the Pan American nations were on their feet, cheering and embracing, as Emanuel Otalvaro beat China’s ...

History has its first Olympic table tennis champions on African soil. Japan’s Ryuusei Kawakami and Miku Matsushima are the Youth Olympic mixed doubles champions, after beating Hong Kong, China’s Li Ki ...

Some moments are bigger than the scoreline. When Amador Ferrer and Marieme Diallo walked out at the Dakar Expo Centre on Saturday morning, they were not just playing the opening match of the table ...

The mixed doubles final at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 is set, and the singles knockout draw is complete, after a busy third day at the Dakar Expo Centre. Japan’s Kawakami Ryuusei and ...

Every rally at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 will be played on equipment secured by ITTF through its Brand Partners. Part of that support has been designed to outlast the Games themselves. ITTF ...

Today, table tennis writes a new chapter in its story. The Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 get under way in Senegal, the first Olympic event ever staged on African soil, and table tennis is among the ...

The singles events at the Youth Olympic Games Dakar 2026 got under way on Sunday, with all 64 players taking to the table in the preliminary stage. But the biggest result of the day, and of the Games ...

When the table tennis competition gets under way in Dakar on Saturday, five young African umpires will take their places on their own continent. Alaa El-Moniry Esh of Egypt, Daniel Beyene of Ethiopia, ...

On 31 October, Dakar will open the Youth Olympic Games, and Africa will host an Olympic event for the first time. For the young players stepping into the table tennis hall, it will be their first ...

Three continents, three finals days, one destination. On Sunday 25 October, the ITTF-Africa Championships in Tangier, the ITTF-Americas Championships in Lima and the ITTF-ATTU Asian Championships in ...