Table Tennis

2019 ITTF Africa Cup: Dina Meshref Not Ready to Surrender Title in Lagos

In the last four years, Egypt’s Dina Meshref has claimed most of the titles in the women’s singles of African competitions and this has also put her on the global stage where she had competed in the last four...

Nigeria, Egypt Sent Packing From 2019 ITTF Team World Cup

Nigeria and Egypt played their last match at the ongoing 2019 ITTF Team World Cup after failing to secure their places in the next round. The 12-team competition involved the continental champions...

Toriola Sets Retirement Date, Offers To Coach Nigeria (AUDIO)

Nigerian table tennis legend Segun Toriola has revealed that he will retire from the national team after the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The 44-year is bidding to become the only African to make eight...

2019 ITTF Africa Cup: Teenage Sensation Mati Makes Team Nigeria List

African cadet champion, Taiwo Mati is the surprise inclusion in Team Nigeria for the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup which serves off on August 3 to 5 at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

2019 ITTF Challenge Pus Nigeria Open: Senegalese Star Ibrahima Diaw Ready To Challenge The...

Fresh from an impressive run to the quarterfinals of the recently concluded ITTF Africa Cup where he nearly upset top seed Aruna Quadri in a seven set thriller, 27-year-old Senegalese Ibrahima Diaw says he feels "well prepared...

Egypt’s Omar Assar to Miss Nigeria Open After Winning the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup...

LAGOS - An exhausted Omar Assar says he wants to "catch my breath" as he cannot "play three tournaments together in such a high level" and will, therefore, miss the ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open to recuperate...
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ITTF Rankings: Quadri Maintains Top Spot, Omotayo Is New Africa Number 3

Aruna Quadri maintained his position as Africa's top-ranked table tennis player in the ITTF World rankings for October while compatriot Olajide Omotayo is now Africa's third-best player after jumping 41 places to break into the world's top 100 for the first...

2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open: Russian Star Yana Noskova Aims for Olympics Points...

Russia's Yana Noskova is one of the top-seeded players for the 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus Nigeria Open and she is heading to the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, Lagos to garner points for her eventual qualification for...
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12th African Games: Dina Meshref Will Always Dominate

Legendary table tennis player Funke Oshonaike has warned that Nigeria's female players risk being perpetually in the shadow of Egyptian Dina Meshref if nothing is done to help them improve. The table...

2019 ITTF Africa Cup: Aruna Quadri Discloses Cause of Semifinal Loss to Egypt’s Assar...

LAGOS - Africa's and Nigeria's top-ranked table tennis player Aruna Quadri has described his loss in the semifinal of the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup in Lagos to long-time rival and eventual champion Omar Assar as "difficult".

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Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has debunked widespread rumours that Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr rejected international friendlies against Morocco and...

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