“Boll is still Boll, the warm-hearted, down-to-earth superstar from the Odenwald. If there were an Olympic gold medal for being normal and decent, Boll would certainly win it. At a World Championship, ...

Table tennis veteran Timo Boll has been hailed as "the greatest German athlete at the moment" and approaches his seventh and final Olympics in Paris determined to bow out with another medal. Boll, 43, ...

PARIS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Timo Boll played his last match in international competition in the same manner that has won him respect from rivals and fans in his 30-year table tennis career: calm, ...

May 29 (Reuters) - Former world number one Timo Boll will retire from international table tennis after competing in his seventh Olympics at the Paris Games. Boll, who made his Olympic debut in Sydney ...

BEIJING: Chinese table tennis fans today bade a heartfelt farewell to the retiring Timo Boll, Germany’s former world No 1 known fondly as “Uncle Boll” by millions in the Asian country. The 44-year-old ...