Here is the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, in his own words making a speech after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

‘Ping pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the nineteenth century and it was called wiff waff.’

‘Other nations, the French, looked at the dining table and saw an opportunity to have dinner. We looked at a dining table and saw an opportunity to play wiff waff. That is why London is the sporting capital of the world.’

‘And I say to the Chinese, and I say to the world, ping pong is coming home!’

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