Over eight days, about 17 African countries locked horns in exciting ping pong duels at the Ethiopian Sports Academy in the 2024 ITTF Africa Championships, which climaxed on Saturday, October 19 in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. One highlight of the continental showpiece was the return of the host to the podium after 24 years. The championships also witnessed the continued dominance of Egypt...
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...
Africa's No. 2 and Egyptian table tennis star Omar Assar further etched his name in the folklore of African history in the Olympics following a unique show of resilience and skill on Thursday. The 2023 African Games champion has become the first player from the continent to reach consecutive quarterfinals at the Olympic Games. The 33-year-old secured a 4-2 comeback win over Kazakhstan’s Kirill Gerassimenko in...
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...
Nigerian table tennis star Quadri Aruna has returned to the top of the African ranking, less than two months after relinquishing his place to Egyptian rival Omar Assar. The 35-year-old Nigerian, who recently won the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Cup in Kigali, Rwanda, also rose in the world ranking, taking a leap from 19th to 17th in the new rankings released for Week 22...
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