The ages of Heng's first batch of 26 students ranged from 7 to 17, and he taught them the ping-pong moves "bit by bit". "I was surprised by their diligence and the progress they made.

A gold medal in the strange: From THAT opening ceremony and a ping pong bat crisis to a women's boxing gender row and even a paedophile competing in the volleyball - has Paris hosted the oddest ...

He was about to spend his 31st birthday as coach of the Chinese women's ping pong team for the Beijing Olympic Games. A week earlier Kong had made an emotional announcement that he was retiring. "I ...

Oct. 20—ASHLAND — Winning a gold medal is nothing new to Tom Salyer. The 80-year-old has won more than 20 of them playing his favorite sport — ping pong. Salyer, a Morehead State University ...

Heng Xin, 49, failed to realize his dream of becoming a professional athlete or an Olympic medalist, but he believes he has gained more by being a coach of disabled ping-pong players.