Offiong Edem
15 Feb
Retired Nigerian table tennis star, Edem Offiong, has joined the Texas-based Lonestar Table Tennis Academy in the United States as a coach.
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One of Africa’s most decorated table tennis players, Nigeria’s Offiong Edem, has announced her retirement from the national team. The former African Games champion shared the news, yesterday, on her Instagram page
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The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), at the weekend named Quadri Aruna, Offiong Edem, Olajide Omotayo and Fatimo Bello as Nigeria’s flagbearers at the 2024 ITTF African Cup and Olympics qualification tournament billed for Kigali, Rwanda, from May 12 to 18. According to the prospectus of the tournament, each country is expected to present two…
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