Quadri Aruna
9 Mar
Two days after losing two gold medals to Egypt in the table tennis single events, Team Nigeria, again, fell to the superior power of the Pharaohs in the team event decided yesterday some hours before the opening ceremony of the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana.
8 Mar
Team Nigeria clinched two Silver medals in the Team event of Table Tennis at the ongoing African Games 2023. In Friday's fixtures, Team Nigeria lost to Egypt in both final matches of men and women's categories. In the men's category, Egypt defeated the Nigerian side 3-0. Also for the women, the Egyptians recorded another 3-0…
19 Feb
Nigerian team handler, Segun Toriola, has attributed the team’s failure to book a spot in the knockout stage of the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships holding in Busan, South Korea, on the absence of the team’s best player, Quadri Aruna.
4 Jan
Giant killer, Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, did it again yesterday at the World Table Tennis Finals in Doha when he came from the brink of defeat to beat the world’s number five rated player, Hugo Calderano, in from a dumbfounded crowd.
3 Jan
Africa’s number one table tennis star, Quadri Aruna, will begin his campaign for glory at the World Table Tennis Finals in Doha, today, when he meets South America’s champion and world number five player, Brazil’s Hugo Calderano. Calderano holds a 2:0 record against Aruna, he will be favourite to keep his stellar WTT Series year…
1 Jan
Nigeria’s number one table tennis star, Quadri Aruna, will make his third appearance at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Final, which runs from January 3 to 5, 2024 in Doha, Qatar.
23 Nov
Organisers of the yearly Aruna Open Table Tennis Tournament have disclosed that the third edition of the competition will begin on November 29 and end on December 3 at Eko Club, Lagos. The tournament, which started as a cadet championship, has grown to become a national open for senior, junior and cadet players within and…
14 Nov
Nigeria table tennis star, Quadri Aruna, has been listed as the 15th player to qualify for the season-ending World Table Tennis (WTT) Finals Championship, which features the top 16 players in the world. The event will hold from January 3 to 5, 2024 in Doha, Qatar. The Nigerian will be making his third appearance at the WTT Finals.…
25 Apr 2023
Quadri Aruna and Omar Assar will again take their rivalry to Nairobi, Kenya, when the 2023 Africa Cup holds from May 4 to 6 at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Kenya.
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