In Tomorrow's Paper
Where's the ping in the pong? Table tennis is not a sport that oozes sex appeal. Usually, it's two people in baggy T-shirts and ugly shorts, crouched over a table playing ping pong with the paddles held all wrong.
www.edmontonsun.com
Table tennis looks for sex appeal (+vid)
Table tennis is desperate to attract more viewers and some in the sport believe a simple enough solution exists: get the women to wear skirts and shirts with “curves”.
www.stuff.co.nz
On the Beijing Beat: China's curtain-raiser in line to break the billion barrier
Sports' governing bodies always claim ridiculously high TV ratings. Under scrutiny, they are laughable. As The Independent revealed instead of billions watching football's last World Cup final, the true number was 260 million, and instead of the billion as claimed for Man Utd v Arsenal not so long ago, the real global figure was eight million.
www.independent.co.uk