Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has hit the end of the road at the 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, following a 4-0 loss to Hugo Calderano on Thursday, Afrosport reports. Aruna fell to Calderano in the fourth round at the Lusail Arena, with the Brazilian winning the contest 11-4, 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 to progress to the quarterfinals following a dominant display. Calderano effectively neutralised Aruna’s powerful...
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, Africa’s only hope of a medal at the ongoing 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, will battle familiar foe Hugo Calderano in the fourth round of the men’s singles, Afrosport reports. The two cross-continental rivals will rekindle their rivalry at the Lusail Arena on Thursday, 22 May. Both players made history as the first players from Africa and South America to reach...
The Egyptian pair of Youssef Abdelaziz and Mohamed El-Beiali has etched their names into the history books by becoming the first African duo to reach the quarterfinals of the men’s doubles event at the 2025 ITTF World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Starting unseeded, the pair launched their campaign with a dramatic comeback victory in the opening round, overturning a 0-2 deficit to defeat their Turkish opponents...
Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna continued his dominant display at the 2025 ITTF World Championships with a thrilling 4-2 victory over Germany’s Benedikt Duda, securing his place in the fourth round of the men’s singles event in Doha, Qatar. Aruna, the only African remaining in the men’s singles at the tournament, cruised to a well-deserved victory against the left-handed German, sealing the win with scores of 11-9, 4-11,...
African champion Hana Goda continued her impressive run at the 2025 ITTF World Championships, storming into the third round of the Women’s Singles in Doha, Qatar. Improving on her 2023 performance in Durban, South Africa—where her journey ended in the second round—Goda confidently dispatched Brazil’s Giulia Takahashi 4-1 on Monday, May 19, at Qatar University. Facing the South American who had earlier eliminated Nigeria’s Hope Udoaka,...
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