Nine Nigeria Para qualification for Paris Paralympic Games

Nine Nigerian table tennis players have secured tickets to participate in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games following their superlative performances at the ongoing ITTF African Para Championships taking place in Giza, Egypt. Host – Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, and Algeria are taking part in the three-day tournament which ends on Saturday 23 […]
Nigeria dethrones Egypt to win ITTF African Para Championships

Nigeria emerged as the overall champion of the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) African Para Championships on Saturday; dethroning Egpyt in spectacular style after winning 12 gold medals in the continental competition. As the three-day championship climaxed on Saturday, it was all smiles for the Nigerian players who braved the odds to overthrow hosts, Egypt. The […]
Nigeria top Africa Para Championships table, seal maximum Paris 2024 table tennis quotas

Nigeria bagged 12 gold medals at the ITTF Africa Para Championships in Giza, with all winners earning quota places at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The biggest upsets from the West African nation that topped the medals table came in the men’s and women’s singles. The men’s class four final saw Isau Ogunkunle shock London […]
Seven-times Olympian won double event

Seven-time Olympian, Funke Oshonaike, partnered with rising star Fatimo Bello to claim the gold medal for Nigeria in the women’s doubles event on Saturday. The feat made them the first Nigerians to win a gold medal in the fiercely contested tournament in Tunis, Tunisia. The ITTF Africa Championship serves as a qualifying tournament for the […]
Aruna Quadri successfully defends African title

Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has successfully retained his title in the men’s singles of the 2023 ITTF African Championships after beating Ahmed Saleh of Egypt 4-0 in the final match played on Sunday. Aruna, who is the tournament’s number one seed, overwhelmed Saleh in the final clash with a convincing 4-0 win to hold on to […]
Paris 2024 Olympic games Nigeria miss team events

Egypt beat Nigeria to clinch the sole ticket to the Paris 2024 Olympics in the team event (men and women) at the 2023 ITTF African Championships taking place in Tunis, Tunisia. The Egyptian ladies were the first to pick their Paris 2024 Olympics tickets as they handed out a 3-0 defeat to Nigeria in the […]
Quest to pick Paris 2024 Paralympic Games ticket in Para Table Tennis

Nigerian Para table tennis team have are competiting at the International Table Tennis Federation, (ITTF) Lignano Masters Para Open. The Para Open served as the pathway to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in France The four-day championships served off on Wednesday in Italy with over 100 players bidding to shore up ranking points for qualification […]
Enitan Oshodi advises NTTF after a disappointing display at WTT

The vice president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), Wahid Oshodi, has advised the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) to bring in a coach with international experience. Pulse Sports reported that all the Nigerians were knocked out in the first round at the ongoing WTT contender in Lagos.
Omotayo says he is in Lagos for ranking points

Lagos State and Nigeria table tennis international Olajide Omotayo is ready for action at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Lagos event and has declared himself fit and ready to fire. The Italy-based table tennis star said in an interview with PREMIUM TiMES just after his warm-up on day one that it felt good to […]