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Manchester United's record signing is Paul Pogba, who signed for the club from Juventus for a world record fee of £89.3 million in August 2016. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] The signing of Anthony Martial for £36 million in 2015 set a world record for the transfer of a teenager, [ 38 ] and the £80 million paid for Harry Maguire in 2019 was a world record ...
The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered years. In the earlier days of the tournament, Hungary's men's team was a dominant force, winning the championships 12 times.
World Table Tennis, stylized as WTT, is an organization created by the ITTF in 2019 that runs commercialized table tennis tournaments. [1] Its inaugural tournament was held in November 2020 in Macao. It is distinguished from the predecessor ITTF World Tour by various rules changes and big prize money for commercialized purposes.
The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Manchester from April 24 to May 5, 1997. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This event was notable as the winner Jan-Ove Waldner won without losing a single set in all matches played, this was the first time that this occurred.
Table tennis is among the sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games. It was introduced at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where singles and doubles tournaments were held for both genders. [1] The men's and women's doubles events were dropped from the 2008 Summer Olympics program and replaced by team events. [2]
The following season, Manchester United became the first British club to win the FIFA Club World Cup, before becoming the first English club to claim three consecutive league titles twice. In 2010–11, Manchester United won their 19th top division title, passing Liverpool's previous record of 18, before winning a 20th title in 2012–13.
Since 2018, the format of the tournament has been a knockout played over two days. The semi-final losers play off for third and fourth place. [7] The top three players in both the men's and the women's tournaments will be guaranteed a place at the Table Tennis World Cup, subject to a maximum of two players from any association. [6]