Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan received its first gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles as the host country’s team smashed China’s winning streak. A ...

For only the second time since 1992, a country besides China has claimed gold in an Olympic table tennis event. Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito interrupted China’s decades-long run of dominance in ...

Losing badly to a seemingly unbeatable opponent, Mima Ito and Jun Mizutani had similar feelings, even though they may not have expressed them to each other. They both thought they could still pull off ...

Japanese table tennis star Mima Ito said she's ready to play without fans at the Tokyo Olympics, as long as it means the Games can go ahead. Organisers of the virus-postponed 2020 Games, denying ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Zeng Jian registered the biggest win of her career when she stunned Japan’s world No. 9 Mima Ito 3-2 (6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9) in the round of 32 at the World Table ...

TAIPEI (AFP) – Twelve-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy Mima Ito has set her sights on challenging China's hegemony at the next Olympics after once again wowing audiences in Taiwan. Ito won the ...

Fifteen-year-old Mima Ito showed the composure of a veteran to lead Japan's women to the table tennis team bronze medal at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over Singapore. Japan, which ...

It was set to be the clash of the titans in Tokyo 2020’s table tennis programme. The world No 1 Chen Meng of China, irresistible in the early rounds here, held up her end of the bargain booking a ...

TOKYO－Japanese table tennis star Mima Ito said she's ready to play without fans at the Tokyo Olympics, as long as it means the Games can go ahead. Organizers of the virus-postponed 2020 Games, denying ...