Japan efforts to host Chinese table tennis team face challenges

Plans to invite the Chinese table tennis team to train in Japan have hit a hurdle as a prospective host municipality has backed down to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, Japan Table Tennis Association sources said Saturday.The association had initially agreed to take in about 50 members of China's national team who are now training in Doha to avoid returning home in the wake of a new virus that has killed more than 2,800 people worldwide as of Saturday.Liu Guoliang, president of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, said the team received invitations from fellow table tennis federations i…READ FULL ARTICLE