latest table tennis news in Nigeria

Prominent dignitaries in Ogun State have confirmed their readiness to grace the final of the Dr Adelaja Adenuga Table Tennis championship. Youths from Ijebu Igbo and other neighbouring towns and communities will converge at the Oru Town…

Four Nigerians narrowly missed gold medal spots at the ITTF SQY French Para Open 2021, as the quartet of Ahmed Koleosho, Faith Obazuaye, Nasiru Sule, and Isau Ogunkunle had to settle for silver medals in their respective individual events…

World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial entity of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has announced an extension of the global partnership with Chinese apparel brand Li-Ning until 2022. As China’s esteemed sportswear and…

Oba Oba Kizito is the men’s singles champion at the maiden edition of ITTF Africa Western Region Challenge and the Paris-based star believes Nigeria and others cannot prevent him from retaining the title in Lagos next month.…

Beijing TATA Tongchuang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd (TATA Wooden Door), a World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) partner since 2017, has extended its support of the World Championships to 2023. TATA Wooden Door has been a loyal partner…

Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has set a new African record as the first player from the continent to be ranked in top 15 in the ITTF Ranking. In the Week 37 of September 14 ranking released by the world table tennis ruling body, Aruna who was…

Ibrahim Hamadtou has amazed viewers by playing table tennis with his mouth at Tokyo 2020 - having lost both his arms at the age of ten. The Paralympics is full of inspirational sportsmen and women overcoming their disabilities in amazing…

Apart from being Africa’s known ambassador at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna has been celebrated by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) for his humanitarian gesture. Listed as one of the three table…

Table tennis action at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games gets underway tomorrow and all eyes will be on the curtain-raiser Mixed Doubles competition which is making its debut at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. It has been 33 years since…

Draw for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games table tennis events has been finalised with just two days to go before the biggest show on earth officially commences with the opening ceremony in the Japanese capital. Conducted virtually, the draw…