Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan contingent of 25, comprising table tennis players and their officials has jetted out to China for a one-month training in the sport. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Table Tennis Federation will cancel hosting of the Africa Continental Cup event unless the government provides the requisite financial backing, the federation warned on Thursday. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa's last hopes of any meaningful representation at the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany, fizzled out on Thursday with the elimination of the remaining two players. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa's remaining players for accolades in the mixed doubles event, the Egyptian pair of Assar Omar and Meshref Dina, were on Thursday knocked out at the ongoing ITTF World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Of all the African players who went to the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany, only two individual and a pair of mixed doubles players are still in contention in the 29 May to 5 June competition. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - The following are Tuesday's results, by players of indicated African countries, at the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - The following are Monday's results from matches involving African players at the 2017 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Day 1 results have indicated that African players are generally doing well at this year’s International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships which began Monday in Dusseldorf, Germany. Full text...

Dusseldorf, Germany (PANA) - Africa’s top-ranked table tennis nations, Nigeria and Egypt, are part of an army of 16 countries that will hoist the continent’s flags at this year’s International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships, scheduled for 29 May and 5 June in Dusseldorf, Germany. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's 36th National Tennis Championship will be held 24-28 December in the capital, Bamako, with all eight regional teams taking part in the tournament, Malian Tennis Federation (FMT) said Tuesday. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese capital, Lomé, will from 8 to 20 December host an international tennis competition dubbed "Open du Togo-ITF Futures and Pro Circuit Event." Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian Under-14 tennis team will take part in an international tennis tournament beginning on Saturday in the Togolese capital, Lomé, PANA learnt from the Malian tennis federation (FMT) on Friday. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese Tennis Federation (TTF) is bent on popularising the game in 2014 through the organisation of mini tennis tournaments, the federation said in a document made available to PANA here at the weekend. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) – Indebted to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the African Tennis Federation (CAT) to the tune of US$ 27,000, the Angolan Tennis Federation (FAT) must clear the debts before returning to international events, the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) learnt from official sources. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has announced new events in Brazil and Poland for its 2013 calendar, while this season’s prize money will increase by 10 per cent overall to US$58.7 million, British sports business group, Sports Business, reported on Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - US tennis superstars and Serena and Venus Williams on Tuesday began visits to schools and charities in three provinces in Kenya at the start of a tour of the East African state. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali will host the 13th edition of the International Tennis Prize Money tournament from 14 to 17 November, the Malian Tennis Federation (FMT) told PANA on Saturday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - World tennis star Serena Williams of the US arrived in Lagos Tuesday for her first-ever visit to Africa's most populous nation. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mohamed Sekou Drame, who holds dual French and Malian nationality, has won the men's event of the 34th Malian national tennis championship by beating Souleymane Sangare in 2 straight sets. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, will Tuesday storm the city of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria, for an international tour tagged: "Venus & Serena Williams, Live in Lagos", according to local media reports. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Table tennis coaches from Togo and Burkina Faso are currently in Lomé undergoing training to upgrade and strengthen their technical skills, PANA learnt here from sports sources. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Tennis Federation (FMT) has announced an indefinite postponement of the 13th edition of the international Tennis tournament, originally scheduled to hold 9-12 May in Bamako, the capital. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has lost the rights for the West and Central African nations qualifiers for the 2012 African Junior Tennis Championship, in the wake of Friday's deadly attacks that left 185 people dead in the northern city of Kano. Full text...

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – The Angolan National Director of Sports, Raimundo Ricardo, has said that his country has the necessary facilities to host the 2013 African cadet and junior table tennis championships, awarded to the Southern African country Wednesday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan table tennis players will train in China, a world power in ping pong, in preparation for the Pan-African Games, holding 3-18 September in Mozambique, according to the captain of senior males team, Hermenegildo Agnelo. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Batiékoro Keita Thursday in Bamako, the Malian capital, took his second title in as many tournaments in the continuing 12th international tennis circuit, when he defeated his elder brother, Mamadou, 6/1, 6/3. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Keita Batiékoro on Sunday in Bamako won the first stage of the 12th International Tennis Circuit, beating his elder brother and defending champion Mamadou Keita in three sets, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The 12th edition of the international tennis tour "Prize Money" will take place from 22 February to 3 March in Bamako, the Malian capital, sources from the Malian Tennis Federation (FMT) told PANA on Saturday. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angolan national men's senior table tennis team on T hursday qualified for the second phase of the World Cup, beating Kazakhstan 3-1 i n the last group round of the Fourth phase of the World Cup to be held in Russia . Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe will host regional qualifiers for the African Junior Tennis Championships next week, with the participation of 10 countries, s ports officials said Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria will host the Africa Junior Tennis Championship next year, according to an official of the Nigeria Tennis Federation, Mr Adeyemi Owoseni. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Tunisia and South Africa are plotting to snatch Nigeria' s national table tennis coach, Babatunde Obisanya, and have opened discussions w i th him in that regard, the local press reported Friday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Congo won the 18th African nations' table tennis cha mpionship, which ended Sunday in Kinshasa, with DR Congo, the host country, fini s hing in fourth place, PANA reports. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- American tennis star Serena Williams was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi late Thursday to open a school she co-funded with technology firm Hewlett Packard (HP). Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Global tennis sensations Williams sisters, Venus and Serena, are due in Nigeria in November 2008 in what will be their first-ever joint visit to Africa, according to the organisers of the visit. Full text...

Beijing- China (PANA) -- Nigeria's Table Tennis sensation, Segun Toriola, has con tinued to impress in his chosen event, reaching the last 16 in the men's singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya will host an international tennis tournament for p layers aged under 18 years, the Libyan Tennis Federation announced here Monday, s aying that the players were expected from 13 Arab, European and Asian countries f or the championships beginning 22 August. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya will host an international tennis tournament for p layers aged under 18 years, the Libyan Tennis Federation announced here Monday, s aying that the players were expected from 13 Arab, European and Asian countries. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's representatives at the three-week International Tennis Federation Under-13 boys' competition in Dakar, Senegal, emerged overall winners despite a late surge that saw their Ghanaian opponents winning the singles and doubles titles in the third and final week. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan general tennis Union is preparing to host the Community of Sahelian-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) maiden tennis championship slate d for the next few months. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's junior table tennis team, the Junior Black Loopers , left here Thursday for Cairo, on its way to Alexandra to participate in the Af r ican Juniors and Cadets Championships, slated for Egypt from 3-13 April. Full text...

Benin- Nigeria (PANA) -- Frenchman Jeremy Bladin snatched the men's singles title at Nigeria's Ogbe Hard court international tennis tournament which ended here S a turday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Rabat, the capital of Morocco, will host the African T ennis Cup of Nations tournament from 20 to 26 January under the aegis of the Afr i can Confederation of Tennis, official source told PANA Monday. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Players from seven countries are expected in Tripoli next week to join host Libya for the Al-Fateh international tennis tournament, sports officials said here Sunday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- US female tennis star, Serena Williams, arrived here Wednesday on a five-day humanitarian campaign to assist Senegalese women and youth. Full text...

Saint Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- The 13th edition of international tennis tournament dubbed "Top Jeunes 2006" opened here Sunday in Saint-Pierre, southern Reunion, with South Africa, Bulgaria, Côte d'Azur (France), Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte and Reunion involved in the competition. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – The Ghana Tennis Association- (GTA), in conjunction with the International Tennis Federation (ITF), will hold its maiden edition of the ITF Men's Future Championship here from 22- 29 October. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda is represented in the regional U-- 15 tennis tournament, slated for Friday in Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania), by two young people aged 10 and 11 years, sports sources told PANA here. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Olusegun Obasanjo has commended Nigeria's Davis Cup team, which recently gained promotion into the Euro-Africa Zone Group II of the prestigious tennis competition. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian government plans to fete the Davis Cup tennis team that secured the country's promotion to the Euro-Africa Zone II of the prestigious competition, the local press reported Wednesday. Full text...