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 SOURCE: BBC.COM England has been awarded the right to host the 2018 Table Tennis Team World Cup, which will be held in London. The event will take place at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 22-25 February. It will be the first major table tennis-only event to be held in London since Wembley hosted the 1954 World Championships. "London is a very special place for the International Table Tennis Federation," said ITTF president Thomas Weikert. "It is where we were founded in 1926, and where we held our first World Championships in the same year." A total of 12 men's and 12 women's teams will compete at the event. England's men qualified by virtue of winning a bronze medal at last year's World Team Championships, while the women's team will take a host-nation place.

Source:  nba.com Kawhi Leonard is a man of few words on the court. The two-time NBA All-Star with the San Antonio Spurs prefers to let his play do the talking. During a recent weeklong trip to China, Leonard’s interaction with Chinese youth and his appreciation for the country’s culture and love of basketball spoke volumes. The 26-year-old covered a lot of ground in his first trip to China -- which took place from Aug. 17-24 -- and was struck by how many Spurs fans he encountered at events in Beijing and Shanghai. “Seeing all these Spurs fans surprised me,” said Leonard, who went through etiquette training prior to his trip to become more versed in Chinese culture. “I wasn’t sure if there would be any fans watching Texas basketball because they say our market is so small. With social media, I guess every market is a big market, but I didn’t think I’d see so many fans of mine and the Spurs.” San Antonio’s popularity in China can be traced to an appreciation for Tim Duncan

Source: Soccernet.com.ng Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr says he's focus on unleashing his tactics against Cameroon rather than make promises.