Ping Pong's Coming Home, Says Boris
dailyrecord.co.uk
24-Aug-2008 5 related
        

Pitch Battle Ahead As London 2012 Is Given Mantle Of Games Host City LONDON mayor Boris Johnson flew the flag for his city in Beijing yesterday. As he received the Olympic flag from his Beijing counterpart, he cheekily told table tennis-mad China their favourite sport was coming home to London in 2012. He said: "Ping pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century and called whiff whaff.... [read full story]                    

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