A Nigerian sports administrator, Dr. Kweku Tandoh, has been decorated with another feather on his cap.
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The Nigerian side will now slug it out with England for bronze medal, as India will battle Singapore for the gold medal.
Offiong Edem and Fatimo Bello defeated England duo Maria Tsaptsinos and Tin-Tin Ho 3-1 and 3-2 respectively in the Women’s Group 1, but it was not enough to see the ladies through, as they (Bello and Edem) lost 3-0 in the doubles, while Ajoke Ojomu lost her two singles games 3-0 to Ho and 3-2 to Charlotte Bardsley respectively.
The Nigerian star achieved this for Nigeria in the early hours of Friday in Birmingham.
The kick off of the 26th NUGA was marked by a colourful opening ceremony at the Sports village of the hosts.
Baba Sheshi, Director of Sports, Ministry of Youth and Sports, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna.
Nigeria lost 0-2 to Australia in the semi-finals of the men’s team Class 9 to 10 event of the table tennis competition.
The News Agency of Nigeria Agunbiade on Thursday defeated Yi Qing Zhao of China 3-2 (11-7 11-5 7-11 6-11 11-5 ) in Group B Class 9 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
Ahmed Koleoso began the chain of losses when he fell 0-3 to Thomas Bruechle of Germany at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
With this development, Mustapha has become the second African to be rated number one in the world after Hana Goda was in 2020 named the best U-15 girl in the world.
This was revealed by the Chairman of the Main Organizing Committee, Dr. Ademola Are, on Sunday.
The Nigerian will be making his debut on September 6 for his club, TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell, away to TSV Bad Königshofen, and there have been excitement in Germany over Quadri’s arrival
In a statement signed by the ATTF President, Khaled El-Salhy, the postponement became necessary owing to COVID-19 pandemic, which has halted sporting activities globally.
Olajide Omotayo gave an inkling of what he has in stock again at the 12th African Games as the Nigerian defeated one of the continent’s most celebrated star – Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh – 4-3 in the quarterfinal of men’s singles to berth in the semifinal of table tennis.
The battle between the bigwigs in African table tennis brought out the best in Nigeria and Egypt at the 12th African Games with Egypt securing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games tickets in the men and women events after emerging as the continental champions.
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.
Olubode told the News Agency of Nigeria that upsets recorded at various events between home-based and foreign-based players thrilled fans at the festival.
Pride and places in the 2019 ITTF World Team Cup in Tokyo will be at stake when Africa’s powerhouses in table tennis – Nigeria and Egypt – clash on September 5, 2018 in the finals of men and women team events of the 2018 ITTF African Championships holding in Mauritius.
The already confirmed 22 teams, including continent’s powerhouses, Nigeria and Egypt, are expected to battle for the 2019 ITTF World Team Cup at the 2018 ITTF African Championships holding in Mauritius on September 3 to 9.
Ajayi Olubode, Head Coach of Ekiti Table Tennis Association, on Tuesday advised the state government to consider permanent welfare packages for outstanding players in the state.