Beijing, April 23 -- The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Wednesday announced that its Executive Board has approved awarding more ranking points at the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup, seeing a significant rise from 1,000 points to 2,500.

The move comes after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board decided to include the mixed team event for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games earlier this month.

Following a proposal from the ITTF World Ranking Working Group, winning teams at the Mixed Team World Cup will be awarded 2,500 ranking points, which will be distributed among individual team members based on their share of match wins.

"This adjustment underscores the ITTF's renewed commitment to the mixed team even...