Beijing, June 17, 2025 (AFP) - 'Farewell, Comrade Boll': China fans hail German table tennis ace

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Chinese table tennis fans on Tuesday bid heartfelt farewell to the retiring Timo Boll, Germany's former world number one known fondly as "Uncle Boll" by millions in the Asian country. The 44-year-old played his last professional match on Sunday in Frankfurt as his domestic team lost the Bundesliga final in Frankfurt. It made headlines in China and on the X-like Weibo platform a related hash tag had more than four million views as of noon Tuesday......

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