Paris 2024: Egypt’s Omar Assar returns as Africa’s top-rated table tennis player
Egypt's Omar Assar is back as Africa's top-rated star by moving to 17th in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) world rankings after a stellar outing at the Paris 2024 Olympics, Afrosport reports. The Egyptian became the first African to reach consecutive quarter-finals at the Olympics, before losing to Sweden's Truls Moregard. The only other African table tennis player to reach the quarter-final at the...