However, at 34, she has clearly revisited that decision. Now, paired with 30-year-old Lin Gaoyuan and representing Guangdong province in mixed doubles, Liu helped stage impressive comeback victories ...

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's Mizutani Jun and Ito Mima rallied after losing the first two sets to China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, taking the next three sets by close margins (11-8, 11-9, 11-9) to move one set away from the ...

TOKYO (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 Xu, 31, ...

May 21 (Reuters) - Women's world number one Liu Shiwen will not take part in the table tennis singles at the Rio Olympics after failing to secure one of China's two spots in the competition, the ...

TOKYO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won the first ever Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles table tennis here on Monday, after overcoming reigning world champions Xu Xin and ...