Africa's leading table tennis star, Nigeria's Quadri Aruna, will come up against Romania's Eduard Ionescu in the Round of 64 in the men's singles table tennis event at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. The 35-year-old, who is set to make his fifth appearance at the Olympics, has been pitted against a familiar foe in the second round after he was handed a bye in the first...
The Nigerian trio of Olajide Omotayo, Offiong Edem, and Fatimo Bello will all get to know their respective first-round opponents when the official draws for the table tennis event in the much-anticipated Paris 2024 Olympics take place on Wednesday, July 24. A mammoth 172 athletes (86 men and 86 women) are set to battle it out across five events—singles and doubles (two per gender) as well...
Newly crowned ITTF African Cup champion, Quadri Aruna, Olajide Omotayo, Edem Offiong and Fatima Bello have qualified for the table tennis event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Aruna qualified automatically as the African champion while the three other Nigerians secured their tickets at the African Qualifiers for the Olympics over the weekend. Offiong was the first Nigerian to secure her Paris ticket in the qualifiers...
African number one table tennis player Aruna Quadri proved his dominance at the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia, by defeating Egyptian star Ahmed Saleh in the final of the men’s singles event. The Nigerian clinched his second consecutive title after beating the African No. 3 in four straights sets on Sunday to make it two finals in a row where...
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