The envoy says QTTA president’s interest in the global sport body’s leadership is good for all Arabs The Tunisian Ambassador in Qatar HE Salah al Salhi has expressed support for the candidature of Khalil Ahmed al Mohannadi, the QTTA president and ITTF vice-president, for the presidency of the global body for table tennis in the election in May. Speaking during a visit to the table tennis chief in Doha on Thursday, Salhi said that the aspiration of the Qatar Table Tennis As

Doha World champion and Rio Olympics gold medalist Ma Long has only one hurdle left for him to complete a dominant year as he advanced in style into the final of the men’s singles event of the Seamaster 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha on Saturday. The 28-year-old Chinese was in ‘killer form’ in his match against South Korea’s Jeoung Youngsik as he left no room for any mistakes, taking the game in straight sets ( 11-9, 11-8, 11-8, 14-12) in under an hour to set up a

Doha The $60,000 winner’s cash prize of the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals women’s singles event is definitely going to end up in the hands of a China-born player, irrespective of the current country of representation, as the final berths were decided on Saturday. After three days of exhilarating matches at the impressive Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Al Sadd, China’s Zhu Yuling and Han Ying, a former Chinese but now German table tennis player, emerged t

Youngsik and Sangsu to clash with Morizano, Oshima Doha The partnership of South Korea’s Jeoung Youngsik and Lee Sangsu has so far been rewarding at the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha as the duo marched into the final of the four-day competition after overcoming the challenges of Alexey Liventsov and Mikhail Paikov of Russia on Saturday. In what was one of the most exciting games of the competition, the match ended up being decided in seventh set a

QTTA president confident of winning the ITTF presidency in next May’s general election QATAR Table Tennis Association (QTTA) President Khalil Ahmed al Mohannadi has said that the country’s participation in the table tennis event of the Rio Olympics has been a rewarding experience. “Our player Li Ping gave a good account of himself but he was just unlucky as he narrowly lost 3-4 to Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov, the world No. 5 in the third round. Also, Rio afforded me the oppo

QTTA president says win is proof of growth of sport in the region The Qatar men’s team caused a major upset when they defeated Tunisia 3-2 to clinch the 25th Arab Table Tennis Championship, which was held from August 23 to 29 in hammamet, Tunisia. This is the first time that a GCC country has emerged champion in the 50-year history of the biennial tournament. Fifteen countries - Qatar, egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Yemen, Morocco, Libya, the United Arab emirates, Djibouti,

DOHA, Mr. Khaleel Ahmed Al-Mohannadi, the President of Qatar Table Tennis Association (QTTA) has announced his nomination for the post of ITTF president on Friday. Al Mohannadi has confirmed the #ITTF for the #ITTA post and other committees will be held in May 2017. Mr. Khaleel Al Mohannadi also asserted that he has received approval from Qatar Olympic Committee (#QOC) in order to nominate himself for this post. #ITTF #ITTA #QOC #QTTA