Adding color to the game

The optics of table tennis could undergo significant changes after next year's Tokyo Olympics with the introduction of new colors for paddlers' racket rubbers, International Table Tennis Federation president Thomas Weikert said on Monday.

The proposal was outlined at Monday's ITTF annual general meeting at the world championships in Budapest.

Instead of the current black and red combination, other colors can be used on one side, while the other will remain black.