Tennis

The Dr. Krystal Chanchangi Foundation successfully hosted a thrilling amateur lawn tennis competition for children in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), fostering unity, sportsmanship, and talent development among young athletes. Held on March 22, 2025, the tournament featured an intense face-off between the White Team and the Green Team, with participants competing for cash prizes.…

Australian Nick Kyrgios won his first match since 2022 as he fought back from a set down to beat American Mackenzie McDonald 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Miami Open on Wednesday. Kyrgios's career has been blighted by injuries in the last two years and he had to retire from his first round match at Indian…

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has overtaken Egypt’s Omar Assar to become Africa’s highest-ranked table tennis player in the world. In the rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on Tuesday, Aruna now occupies the 18th position with 1290 points, moving up one place from the previous rankings. The feat came in spite of Aruna…

The President of the African Table Tennis Federation (ITTF-Africa), Wahid Enitan Oshodi, has praised host Tunisia, and the ITTF-Africa’s Media team for their stellar work in driving the ITTF-Africa Cup 2025 to unprecedented online viewing success.

The 2025 ITTF Africa Cup champion, Omar Assar of Egypt, and his continental rival, Quadri Aruna of Nigeria, are among the top 32 players in the world set to compete for glory at the $800,000 prize money WTT Champions Chongqing 2025, in China.

Africa’s top table tennis talents have clinched their places in the 2025 ITTF World Cup by advancing to the semifinals of the ongoing ITTF Africa Cup in Tunis, Tunisia.

The stakes are incredibly high at the 2025 ITTF Africa Cup, where the continent’s best table tennis players are set to clash at the El-Menzah Sports Hall in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. They are competing for prestigious continental titles and coveted tickets to the ITTF World Cup.

With the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Cup 2025 fast approaching, ITTF Africa President, Wahid Enitan Oshodi, has begun his term of office with a firm commitment to modernise competitions, promote youth development, and make the sport more attractive to players, clubs and fans, reports insidethegames.biz.

The Niger Delta Sports Festival (NDSF), which will begin on April 1, will energise the sports development efforts of the nine states slated to feature in the event, consultant to the games, Itiako Ikpokpo, has said.

Retired Nigerian table tennis star, Edem Offiong, has joined the Texas-based Lonestar Table Tennis Academy in the United States as a coach.

United States-based Nigerian tennis prodigy, Christopher Bulus, has won his first senior national title after defeating Daniel Adeleye, in the men’s singles final at the 2025 Rainoil National Tennis Open in Lagos.

Residents of Sobi Poly Feeder at Oke-Fomo in Ilorin West Local Government Area (LGA), which comprise 44 communities, on Tuesday staged