Melissa Tapper has become the first Australian to qualify to compete at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games after sealing one of three qualification berths for Rio 2016 on offer at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Championships at the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.

Melissa Tapper is on the verge of becoming the first Australian to compete at both an Olympics and Paralympics after reaching the final stage of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Championships in Bendigo.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) European Olympic Qualification Tournament has been switched from Istanbul to Halmstad in Sweden in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in the country, the world governing body announced today.

Australian quartet Jian Fang Lay, Sally Zhang, Zhenhua Dederko and Melissa Tapper all moved a step closer to securing a place at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro  by reaching the semi-finals of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Championships at the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.

Hosts Australia asserted their dominance of the team competitions as they scooped both the men’s and women’s crowns at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Championships at the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.

Hosts Australia preserved unbeaten records in men's and women's team competition at the 2016 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Oceania Championships to top their groups at the Ulumbarra Theatre in Bendigo.

Olympic champion Zhang Jike made a resounding point to the Chinese selectors today with a superb five-set victory over his team-mate and world number one Ma Long in the men's singles final at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Kuwait Open.

Singapore's Feng Tianwei rolled back the years to stun China's third seed Zhu Yuling and reach the semi-finals of the women's singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Kuwait Open today.

Turkey's Li Ahmet shocked Austria's 15th seed Stefan Fegerl to produce the surprise result of the men's singles first round at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Kuwait Open today.

Belgium's Cédric Nuytinck and Denmark's Zhai Yujia were among the surprise winners as qualification concluded today at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Kuwait Open.

China's awesome foursome of Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin and Zhang Jike will continue their battle for the two singles spots at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games when they compete in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour Kuwait Open starting today.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has signed an exclusive deal with leading sports marketing agency Lagardère Sports to sell the media rights to all its events worldwide from 2016 to 2020.

Steve Dainton, the marketing director of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has told insidethegames here at SPORTELAsia that it’s important for the world governing body to continue to build on the success of the 2016 World Team Championships as it looks to move up the Summer Olympic sports category rankings.

The 2016 World Team Championships was the most watched International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) event on Chinese television in the past five years, the sport's governing body has announced.

The format and structure of major International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) events could be set to change after the governing body opted to explore the issue.