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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...

Table Tennis: Aruna excited with Russian League debut

Quadri Aruna returns to WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024

After missing the WTT Contender events in Lagos and Tunis last month, Quadri Aruna is back in action at the WTT Star Contender Bangkok 2024 in Thailand. As one of the top seeds in the men’s singles, the Nigerian aims to bolster his ranking points ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Currently ranked 16th by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Aruna could secure a...

WTT Contender Lagos: Organisers confident of building on previous success

WTT Contender Lagos: Organisers confident of building on previous success

Organisers of the 2024 WTT Contender Lagos have assured that measures have been put in place to ensure that this year's edition surpasses what was witnessed previously. The chairman of the Local Organising Committee for the event, Wahid Enitan Oshodi, gave the assurance at a press conference in Lagos on Tuesday. Oshodi, who is also the Vice President of International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), made it...

Nigeria’s wonderkid Kuti enters ITTF top 200 ranking

Nigeria’s wonderkid Kuti enters ITTF top 200 ranking

14-year-old table tennis star, Matthew Kuti has entered the top 200 ranking of the International Table Tennis Federation, occupying the 185th position in the latest standings released on April 30. After helping Nigeria to win the ITTF West Africa Regional Championships in Togo in April, Kuti climbed 750 spots to his new position in the men's singles category. The teenage sensation was a part of the...