May 17 (Reuters) - World champion Liu Shiwen was left out of China's women's singles roster for this year's Tokyo Olympics after they announced a six-member team on Sunday. Liu, who won the women's ...

TOKYO (AP) — The host country knocked off a heavyweight for Olympic gold in table tennis on Monday. Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito ended China's recent dominance in the sport by beating Xu ...

Japan received its first gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles as the host country’s team smashed China’s winning streak. A surprising turn of events: Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito bested China’s Xu ...

Guangdong's Liu Shiwen (right) and Lin Gaoyuan celebrate beating Chen Yuanyu and Kuai Man of Jiangsu, 13-15, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, 12-10 at Macao's Galaxy Arena in the table tennis mixed doubles ...

TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen and Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won their mixed doubles semi-finals on Sunday to reach the event's first Olympic final. World number two ...

For Liu, table tennis was once a pursuit defined by rigid timelines and external benchmarks. She admits her perspective was ...