Table Tennis

8/11/2022 |  World Table Tennis and NFT Technologies sign multi-year Web 3.0 partnership (SportsPro Insider) World Table Tennis (WTT) has signed a multi-year partnership with blockchain firm NFT Technologies, in order to develop the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Web 3.0 strategy.
The partnership will cover fan engagement, digital collectibles, metaverse experiences and interactive gaming.
WTT’s claims its events reach 519 million fans and NFT Technologies will look to engage those through developing and implementing a Web 3.0 strategy.

8/8/2022 |  Is padel tennis the next pickleball? (Morning Consult Sports) Described as a hybrid game of squash and tennis and endorsed with big investments from famous athletes like the soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic and tennis star Andy Murray, padel, a racquet sport little known to Americans is vying to unseat pickleball as the US's fastest growing sport.

7/27/2022 |  2022 US Open Table Tennis Championships Headed to SoCal (SportsTravel) The 2022 US Open Table Tennis Championships will be held in the Ontario Convention Center in Ontario, California, December 16­–21.

7/19/2022 |  World Table Tennis confirms Ganten as latest global premier partner (SportsPro Insider) World Table Tennis (WTT) has announced a new deal with Ganten, which sees the mineral water brand become part of the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) commercial and events arm’s top global premier partner sponsorship tier.

3/16/2022 |  PingPod Closes $10 Million Series A Funding For Expansion (SGB UPDATE) PingPod, the table tennis on-demand concept with three New York City locations, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Sequoia Heritage. KittyHawk Ventures and Draper Gain Family Office also participated in the round.