Nigeria’s national U-21 champion Taiwo Mati has been listed among the awardees of 2021 With The Future In Mind (WFIM)…
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ITTF’s Competition Director, Gabor Felegyi, announced Aruna’s qualification in a letter addressed to the President of Nigeria Olympic Committee and copied the President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation.
Akanbi, whose inconsistency has dropped his national rating worked his way to the top of the men’s singles after edging out title contenders like Amadi Omeh and Azeez Solanke before finally ending the unbeaten run of Taiwo Mati in the final to emerge as the new national champion.
In an audio message by Aruna, the Oyo State-born athlete said the gesture was borne out of his desire to groom more top players like himself.
At a press briefing to herald the commencement of the tournament, the Tournament Director, Adesoji Tayo, said the aim was to continue the momentum, which started from the 20th National Sports Festival, to the concluded 14th Aso Cup held in Abuja.
According to the breakdown of prize money for the five-day tournament, winners in men and women singles events will earn N250,000 each, with U-21 and cadet champions carting N100,000 and N50,000 respectively.
The deal was signed by the former President of the NTTF, Ishaku Tikon, while Florian Wehner signed on behalf of Gewo.
The tournament which would serve as another test for the home-based players will be contested by states and clubs across the country from May 18 to 22 in 12 events including veterans above 50 years.
In a letter signed by the Secretary General of NTTF, Chimezie Asiegbu, the approval of the appointment was ratified after the board meeting, while it received the final nod from the NTTF President, Ishaku Tikon.
The Chairman of the association, Olufemi George, who presented the cheque to the deceased’s family, said the late Umpire was a passionate and committed member of the association when he was alive.
At the grand finale of the table tennis event at 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco, Peters was honoured by the President of ATTF, Khaled El-Salhy.
Waidi Enitan-Oshodi, former President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, says the loss of the two gold medals in the male and female team events of the 12th African Games is sad.
As the 12th Africa Games officially opens on Friday in Morocco, an official of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Tayo Adesoji, says the ping pong event will not be a direct rivalry between Nigeria and Egypt.
With the staging of the 2019 ITTF Africa Cup, the President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, Engr Ishaku Tikon, has said Nigeria would continue to raise the standard of table tennis with the hosting of major competitions in Africa.
The Nigeria Table Tennis Federation has confirmed its participation in the forthcoming 2019 International Table Tennis Federation organised Junior Circuit, Ghana Junior and Cadet Open Championships in Accra, Ghana.
The team, comprising one female and three males, departed aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
Ishaku Tikon, the President of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation on Saturday in Lagos, promised to make the just-concluded National Junior League an annual event.
Ishaku Tikon, the NTTF President, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday that the federation wanted the ministry to review its earlier approval of four athletes only.
Ishaku Tikon, the President of the NTTF, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the players would be drawn from the ongoing National Open Championships in Lagos.
Adeosun said it was an open and first trial directed toward giving players across the country the opportunity to prove their mettle in the Able and Para-Class of the various events.