Archive for the ‘In the News’ Category

Interview #1 with Liam Pitchford

Hey everyone, recently I had a little sit down with my TT colleague Liam Pitchford and I gave him a quick 11 question interview.

Q1. When did you first start playing Table Tennis
A1. I first began at around 9 years of age in Junior School.
Q2. Why did you get involved with such an unusual game?
A2. I [...]

Commonwealth Championships

This was the first time in this decade (and in my playing career) that the Commonwealth Championships came to the UK, and this was also my debut performance in a Commonwealth Games.

Table Tennis Masters Live

Watch Darius on Sky Sports 3 Tonight (Thurs 7th May) at 7pm
Duration: 210 Minutes.

Knight gets Royal Treatment

England’s Top Two Players set to compete at the Dunlop Masters at the Royal Albert Hall.

Read the Article

The Future is Now

“Knight is running out of time to show that he can threaten the dominant Chinese at London 2012″
Read Matt Syed’s Article here

Knight Rider hits Top Form

Darius wins the first ever Barnsley Open Grand Prix in his stride.
http://www.englishtabletennis.org.uk/nlstory.cfm?ID=33264&NLID=3153

Party time as EIS celebrates five years

The English Institute of Sport, in Sheffield, where I train, had a huge party to commemorate five years at Sheffield.
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Party-time-as-EIS-celebrates.4823062.jp

No cash on the table

Table tennis is booming, and Britain boasts some of the world’s best young players. But all the good work will be undone because of soul-destroying funding cuts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/14/olympics2012

Knight of the rectangular table

The Taipei Times features Darius’ story.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2008/12/06/2003430424

Rising star blasts 2012 funding cuts

Darius Knight, the British No2 table tennis player, today blasted UK Sport’s decision to cut funding for athletes ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/article-23596983-details/