Table Tennis
14 Jun
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has formally confirmed the eventual qualification of Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and Algeria’s Lynda Loghraibi from Africa, for the singles event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in France.
28 May
Nigeria’s Table Tennis sensation, Quadri Aruna, has reclaimed top spot in Africa ranking, less than two months after surrendering the position. A statement issued on Tuesday by the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF), saw Aruna moving to 17th position in Week 22 of the 2024 ITTF Ranking. However, Egypt’s Omar Assar slipped to 22nd in…
8 May
Top table tennis stars nationwide have taken over the Ikoyi Club, Lagos, in search of honours at the fifth NNPC-NUIMS tournament, which has a brand-new Toyota Corolla as the star prize.
29 Apr
World Table Tennis (WTT) has announced that the 2024 edition of the WTT Contender Lagos will take place from June 17 to 23, following the success of the 2023 edition. The event, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, is part of the WTT Contender Series and is one of three WTT events scheduled in Africa this year.…
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…
7 Mar
Nigeria, yesterday, joined other top seeds, Egypt and Algeria, as well as Tunisia and Madagascar, in the quarterfinals of the men’s team category of the table tennis event at the ongoing African Games holding in Accra, Ghana. Egypt won Group 1 by beating Ethiopia and Gabon 3-0 each to maintain their 100 per cent record,…
19 Dec 2023
Defending champions, Muiz Adegoke and Bose Odusanya had an easy ride an easy ride to the knockout stage of the on-going Molade Okoya-Thomas Table Tennis Cup, just as former winners, Rilwan Akanbi and David Fayele, also progressed to the crucial stage of the competition. The 55th edition of Nigeria’s oldest sports competition began yesterday with…