Table Tennis tournament & World Cup

Do you like table tennis? I like it very much and play it every week, usually two or three times. I played in a tournament yesterday, and I was very happy to get through to the 2nd round, for the first time ever. I heard from some students that I was on the news yesterday evening!

Of course, the biggest sporting news these days is the World Cup, starting in South Africa this coming weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing the England and Japan teams playing. However, at home we only have terrestrial TV, so maybe I won't have so many chances to see England, unfortunately. You may have heard that the England captain, Rio Ferdinand, has been ruled out with a knee injury, so I doubt that England will do very well this time. However, the manager, Fabio Capello, is very famous and experienced, so maybe he will make a difference.