LIV Golf players have been warned that the season-ending Team Championship in Michigan is set to be cancelled, while the tour faces restructuring after the withdrawal of Saudi backing and potential player departures.
Two-time major champion Martin Kaymer states LIV Golf's 2024 team championship is "highly unlikely" and players are unsure if the circuit will exist in 2027, following Saudi financial backing withdrawal and CEO Scott O'Neil's struggle to secure $350m investment.
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championships in Hong Kong. Erigaisi capitalized on a late blunder by Carlsen, securing a crucial win for Team MGD1.
Chinese Taipei said on Tuesday that a safe environment was fundamental after one of its table tennis players reported “inappropriate physical contact” during a security check into a major London tournament. The player has not been officially named but local reports identified her as Cheng I-ching and she pledged on social media “to speak out for all female athletes”. The 34-year-old is the self-ruled island’s highest-ranked woman at the World Team Championships in London, but has not played a...
England finished out of the medals for the first time in five years at the World Senior Team Championships in Durres, Albania. The US retained over-50 gold with a largely former USSR squad, while a nominally German team won the over-65s. England's 50+ failure partly reflects a rare form downturn by top board Michael Adams, though captain John Emms was their best scorer with 5.5/7. Meanwhile, Nigel Short finished fourth in the Bangkok Open with an unbeaten 7/9 and TPR of 2624, raising questions about his absence from the England team.
Former Chinese world champion Fang Bo has registered to play for Kazakhstan in World Table Tennis events, the 34-year-old announced on social media. While he will represent Kazakhstan in partnership with the Nomad Table Tennis Academy with WTT events expected to start in June, Fang clarified he still holds Chinese nationality and will not compete in the three major events: the Olympics, World Championships and World Cup. Meanwhile, Zhang Yudong announced his competitive return on Tuesday, and legendary players Ma Long and Xu Xin arrived at China's national training base in Chengdu as hitting partners ahead of the World Team Championships.
