Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Japanese table tennis player and Olympic medallist Ai Fukuhara prepares to make a brief statement during a news conference ...

A robot that plays table tennis put Olympian Miwa Harimoto through her paces at a demonstration event organized by the ...

Japan's world No. 2 table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, was upset by North Korea's Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in the first round at the Paris Olympics, losing the ...

PARIS, Aug 8 (Reuters) - China's men and women reached the table tennis team finals at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, with their sights set on winning the last two gold medals to complete a sweep of ...

An artificial intelligence (AI) has surpassed human players not only in Go, chess, and StarCraft but finally in a "real-world sport." Sony AI's table tennis robot "Ace" defeated elite players in a ...

TOKYO — A once-beloved Japanese table tennis star said Friday she has reached a settlement with her ex-husband, a Taiwanese star in the sport, ending a high-profile battle over custody of their 4-year ...

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