Tom Jarvis found Vladimir Samsonov a step too far after defeating a top-100 player to set up a last-32 clash with the great man at the Portugal Open.

Table Tennis England’s Ping Pong Parlours initiative has been shortlisted for a BT Sport Industry Award 2019.

Tom Jarvis joined Paul Drinkhall in the main draw of the Portugal Open with a five-set victory over Japan’s Hiroto Shinozuka.

Commonwealth Games gold medallists Liam Pitchford & Paul Drinkhall are reunited as a doubles pair for the PG Mutual National Championships.

England have named a six-strong squad for the World Championships in Budapest in April.

Tom Jarvis battled back from 3-1 down and won a deciding seventh set 14-12 to advance to the next round of the Portugal Open, where there was also a win for Maria Tsaptsinos.

The qualifying stage for this year’s Inter-Regional Championships is fast approaching, and there is still time to enter.

Pat Archdale, a pioneering International Umpire and a Table Tennis England Vice-President, has died at the age of 90.