These rules form the essential foundations of the sport. Once grasped, the world of table tennis, with its endless tactics and quirky terminology (sandwich rubber, anyone?) becomes expansive.

Table tennis is considered one of the fastest sports in the world. It is possibly the only Olympic sport that demands the quickest transition from attack to defense and vice-versa.

From scoring to past Olympic results, here is everything to know about table tennis at the 2024 Games in Paris.

China is pushing for simple serve rules during the world team table tennis championships as they fear the complicated serve rules might be used as an excuse to hinder China's gold quest in major ...

From scoring to past Olympic results, here is everything to know about table tennis at the 2024 Games in Paris.

Learn about basic table tennis rules and formats that are used during the Olympics.

Table tennis scoring, rules and officials Scoring A competitive game of table tennis is played to the best of five or seven games. The first player to get to 11 points in a game is the winner.