Debutant Ahmed Bello dazzled as Nigeria’s Union Bank Sports Club on Sunday finished third at the 2015 ITTF African Club…
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Animasahun defeated Egypt’s Yehia Saad 3-0 in the mini cadet boys’ singles final, while Amadi Omeh increased the gold to two when he also accounted for the 3-0 defeat of Egypt’s Marwan Abdelwahab in the cadet boys’ singles final
African Junior Champion, Egypt’s Aly Ghallaby, inspired the North African team in the semifinal tie against Nigeria with a 3-0 rout, while Amira Yousry also deflated the Nigerian girls with a 3-0 bashing of Oribamise and Alimot Ayinla
The Nigerian delegation was led by the President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Wahid Enitan-Oshodi, accompanied by the Secretary-General, Chinedu Ezealah-Ogundare, two coaches and 10 players
Hassan, whose performance at the 2015 Lagos Open is still a point of reference, will be tasting his first international tournament outside the shores of Nigeria when he spearheads the boys’ team which include, African Youth Games champion, Olasunkanmi Oginni as well as teenage sensation, Abayomi Animashaun
Toriola, in his usual style, fought well against China’s Sheng-Sheng Huang, recovering from 3-0 down to level up at 3-3 and finally surrendering the seventh game to bow out gallantly from the tournament
It was Makanjuola who opened the doors for others to follow as he wasted no time in dismissing Maldives’ Moosa Ahmed 11-2, 11-9, 15-13, 11-8 in the first group match. Toriola, who is still a delight to watch for all at the Suzhou International Expo Centre took a cue from Makanjuola when he ran riot over Algeria’s Aissa Belkadi with 11-7, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 win
Twelve countries from Africa are taking part in the tournament and the former African ping pong is hopeful that teams from the continent can make a lot of impact at the tournament considering the performance of players from the zone in the last two year
For the women event, Nigeria will be represented by Germany-based Funke Oshonaike, Portugal-based Edem Offiong and winner of the maiden edition of the tournament, Cecilia Otu-Akpan
At the colourful award ceremony held at the Armani Hotel, Quadri claimed two awards ahead of players from Asia and Europe to get standing ovation from the guests that graced the occasion
The fine run of Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri was halted in the round of 32 of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Tour tagged Belgium Open by Japan’s Kentaro Miuchi with the Asian winning the encounter at 4-3.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed Nigeria as one of the countries expected to participate in this year’s World Cup.
Nigeria’s Quadri is biggest mover in ITTF latest ranking, now world’s 73rd From being ranked 257 in February this year, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri became the biggest mover in the September International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) ranking as the African champion is now rated 73 in the
world.
This was contained in a statement by the ITTF Director of Operations and Para-Table Tennis, Alison Burchell, on Tuesday
Dejan said: “I am impressed with the enormous talents possessed by Nigerian players, especially the U-13 because not many countries have such quality of players
Players and teams across the globe are expected to feature in the tournament holding at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium from August 26 to 31, with 10 events to be jostled for by the players