Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a popular sport played with a small ball and paddles.

The sport was invented in England in the late 1800s and became an Olympic sport in 1988.

The table tennis ball is made of celluloid and weighs 2.7 grams.

A standard table tennis table is 9 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 2.5 feet high.

A match is typically played to the best of 11 games and each game is won by the player who reaches 11 points first.

The rules of table tennis state that the ball must make contact with the table on both sides of the net and bounce twice on each side before a player can return it.

Table tennis is played in over 160 countries and is one of the most popular sports in China.

The first World Table Tennis Championships were held in 1926 and have been held annually since then.

The fastest recorded serve in table tennis was 131 miles per hour by Wang Hao in 2005.

Table tennis can be played individually or as doubles, and can be adapted for those with disabilities through the use of special equipment.