Egypt's Mohammed El-Beiali will spearhead his country’s campaign for the 2018 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Championship title against archrival, Nigeria, holding between September 3 and 9 in Mauritius. The Egyptian, who steps in in the absence of his compatriot and Africa’s number two seed, Omar Assar, will also be aiming to lead his…

The Mustapha brothers, Mustapha (10) and Musa (9) were yesterday the cynosure of all eyes on the Day Two of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Nigeria Open Challenge Series at the Molade Okoya Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere. Though they both lost their matches, their exposure at the championship is…

Top seed at this year’s International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Nigeria Open, Aruna Quadri was at the weekend elevated to number 18th by the ITTF for the month of August. Following this development, Quadri has now become the second African athlete to reach the top 20 in the ITTF ranking after Omar Assar of…

The Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Sports Commission, Kweku Tandoh, has stated that the yearly International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Challenge Nigeria Open has projected the state as a tourism centre in the world. The $46,000 prize money five-day championship, which began as a Classic, later blossomed into an Africa’s elite table tennis tournament…

At least two African table tennis players will feature in the men’s event of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF’s) World Cup, for the first time in history.

India’s Sarthak Gandhi and Italy’s Carlo Rossi are number three, while men’s singles defending champion, Finland’s BenedekOlah and Hungary’s Marton Szita are number four, with Portugal’s Pedro Jose Francisco and Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh the fifth seed.

Former National Table Tennis Coach, Babatunde Obisanya, has described as unfortunate the absence of Nigeria’s women’s team at the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Senior Championships holding in Agadir, Morocco.

Table tennis players need sponsors to get better and rub shoulders with their counterparts who are dominating the sport, Africa’s topmost player, Quadri Aruna...

African most capped Olympian, Segun Toriola, yesterday bowed out of the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympic Games after he was defeated by Japan’s Niwa Koki in the men’s singles event of table tennis.