Tag: Table Tennis
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NSSF table tennis championships begin in Lagos
The maiden edition of the Nigeria School Sport Federation (NSSF) National Table Tennis Championships will begin on Monday at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
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Paralympics: Nigeria qualify for table tennis quarter-final
The duo of Isau Ogunkunle and Kayode Alabi have qualified for the Men Class 4 and 6 single events at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Paris.
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Paris 2024: Table Tennis ‘Granny’ makes Olympic debut at 58
Zhiying Zeng, known as Tania in Chile, was a member of China’s professional youth table tennis team in the 70s but retired in 1986 at the age of 20.
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Paris 2024: Fatima Bello completes team Nigeria’s poor outing in Table Tennis singles event
All competitors in table tennis for team Nigeria in both male and female categories have now been eliminated in the singles events.
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African Games: Aruna, Edem win Nigeria’s first medals
Offiong Edem became the first athlete to earn Nigeria a medal at the 13th African Games after finishing in top three in the Women’s Singles event.
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Table Tennis gold medalist tells victory story
Hope Udoaka, a gold medalist at the Renewed Hope Table Tennis Invitational Challenge held at the Indoor Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos has disclosed that she had no coach or accommodation during the tourney.
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Inaugural Shaibu D. Mohamed North Central Table Tennis Tournament set to kick off
The Shaibu D. Mohamed North Central Table Tennis Tournament is set to kick off its maiden edition at the NIWA sports complex/canteen, Marine road beside INEC Head office Lokoja from the 15th to the 17th of December, 2023.
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Seven-time Olympian, Funke Oshonaike eyes Paris 2024 Olympics, reveals when she will retire
Nigerian Table Tennis star, Funke Oshonaike has finally revealed when she will retire from the sports. The 49-year-old table tennis player said she’s still fit and not thinking of retiring from the sports that made her, anytime soon. The table tennis legend has played in seven Olympics, making her the only woman to do so…
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Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri retains African men’s title in Tunisia
Nigeria’s Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri has retained his African men’s title, after emerging victorious at the 2023 ITTF Championships in Tunisia. Quadri defeated Egypt’s Ahmed Saleh in the final of the men’s singles on Monday to retain his title.
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Commonwealth Games: Meet 94 Athletes representing Team Nigeria
The opening ceremony of the commonwealth games begins today in Birmingham, United Kingdom, with Nigerians expected to compete in different sporting events at the games. Below is the comprehensive list of Nigerian athletes expected to do the country proud in nine sporting events at the games.