Quadri Aruna kicked off 2025 with a significant victory on Thursday, 9 January, by defeating British champion Liam Pitchford to advance to the third round of the men’s singles at the WTT Star Contender Doha in Qatar. Earlier in the competition, Egypt’s Dina Meshref was unable to overcome China’s Chen Yi, exiting the eomen’s singles in the second round with …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated former Lagos State Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Wahid Enitan Oshodi on his election as President of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF). Oshodi, the Deputy President of ATTF, was elected at the federation’s elective annual general meeting on Tuesday, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The President noted that Oshodi’s election is a proud …

Twenty-two times Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from tennis at the end of the 2024 season. The 38-year-old will represent Spain in his final appearance at next month’s Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain. Nadal has barely played over the past two seasons because of injuries and suggested last year he could retire at the end …

The Lagos State Government has endorsed former Commissioner for Youth, Sports and Social Development, Mr. Wahid Enitan Oshodi, for the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) President. Oshodi is set to contest for the position at this year’s elective Annual General Meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 October. In a statement on Monday, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. …

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna waxed lyrical about fulfilling his dream as a table tennis player again on Tuesday after reclaiming the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Cup for the first time since 2017 by beating Egypt’s Mohamed EL Beiali 4-0 at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda. The one-sided final saw Aruna effortlessly take down the Egyptian 11-5, 11-6, 12-10, …

Nigerian table tennis icon Quadri Aruna was eliminated from the ongoing ITTF World Cup Macao 2024 on Wednesday. The 35-year-old failed to build on his good start to the tournament, losing 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 11-9, 3-11) to Portugal’s Marcos Freitas in the deciding match of Group 15 of the men’s singles. It was his second defeat at the tournament, his …

Egypt continues to amass medals in the table tennis event of the 13th African Games as the duo of Yousssef Abdelaziz and Mariam Alhodaby added the fifth gold medals after beating Algeria’s Stephane Ouaiche and Lucie Mobarek 3-0 to emerge as new mixed doubles champions. Nigeria missed out from the podium after losing in the quarterfinal of the mixed doubles …

Nigeria will face Egypt in the men and women’s table tennis team event finals on Friday (today) at the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana. The two seeds in the team events lived up to expectations from the group matches to the knockout rounds, outclassing their opponents on their way to the finals. The Nigerian men’s team, led by Quadri …

Novak Djokovic claimed yet another record on Sunday with his seventh ATP Finals title, sweeping aside local hero Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-3 in Turin and leaving tennis fans wondering when he will relinquish his tennis dominance. Djokovic came into the Finals at the end of an age-defying year which has brought three Grand Slams, taking his total to an all-time …

Nigeria’s top table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has qualified for the World Table Tennis (WTT) finals billed for Doha, Qatar. The WTT Finals which will hold from 3 to 5 January 2024 is regarded as the peak of the WTT Series, and it provides the opportunity for the best 16 men’s players globally to battle for a share of $340,000 …