Three-time world table tennis champion Zhuang Zedong, a key figure in the groundbreaking "pingpong diplomacy" between China and the United States, has died at 72.

Nov. 29, 1972: Electronic table tennis! It seems so natural now -- there's even a Playbook blog dedicated in part to sports video games -- and it ...

China delivered one of its most pressure-packed gold medals of the London Olympics on Wednesday, completing the sweep of all four table tennis titles with a victory 3-0 over South Korea in the men's team final.

China won another gold medal in a sport it dominates like no other, taking the women's team table tennis title Tuesday with a 3-0 victory against Japan.

China is on the verge of doing just what's expected by 1.3 billion people back home -- sweeping all four Olympic gold medals in table tennis, the national pastime.