Archives Tag: Aruna Quadri

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April 19, 2022

Legendary Nigerian table tennis star Aruna Quadri made history over the weekend after being ranked 11th in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings. Aruna is the first African to attain this height in the history of world table tennis, beating his November 2021 record when he moved from 17th spot to 13th spot. Read … Continue reading Weekend Sports Roundup: Aruna Quadri Sets African Table Tennis Record

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April 19, 2022

  Super Eagles of Nigeria forward Emmanuel Dennis continued with his superb form for Watford on Sunday, November 28, 2021. The Nigerian scored in the Hornets’ 4-2 loss to Leicester City but made history as just the sixth player to score five and assist five in 12 games or less in the English Premier League … Continue reading Weekend Sports RoundUp: Emmanuel Dennis

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April 19, 2022

  The action continued for Team Nigeria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the early hours of Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Nigerian table tennis star, and captain of Team Nigeria in Tokyo, Quadri Aruna, lost in the first hurdle to Gustavo Tsuboi 2-4 (15-13, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 7-11, 5-11) in the men’s singles 3rd round. … Continue reading Tokyo 2020: D’Tigress Suffer Defeat

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April 19, 2022

  As preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics hits top gear, legendary Nigerian table tennis star, Aruna Quadri, has been chosen to lead Team Nigeria at the biggest global sporting event. Read more about Sports Aruna’s selection to lead Nigeria was confirmed during a National Sports Federation meeting in Abuja on Monday, June 28th, 2021. … Continue reading Nigerian Olympic Update: Aruna Quadri Captains Team Nigeria

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April 19, 2022

  The chairman of Oyo State Table Tennis Association, Dr. Adesoji Adetayo, has been appointed the Technical Director of Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF). In an official letter signed by Chimezie Asiegbu, the Secretary General of the NTTF, Adesoji’s appointment was ratified after a board meeting with verification from Ishaku Takon, the President of the … Continue reading Adesoji Adetayo Appointed Technical Director Of NTTF

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April 19, 2022

  Nigeria and Africa’s number one Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri, has been selected by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to participate in the ITTF Men’s World Cup which is scheduled to hold by November 2020, in China. Aruna who finished the 2020 African Cup in Tunisia as runner-up made the top 20 list … Continue reading Aruna Quadri Set To Lead Africa To 2020 ITTF World Cup

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April 19, 2022

Africa and Nigeria’s number one table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, has signed a deal to join German Bundesliga Table Tennis league top club, TTC RhönSprudel Maberzell Fulda from next season (September 2020), a deal that will see the Nigerian compete in the elite division. Quadri, ranked 18th on the global table tennis ranking was unveiled … Continue reading Nigerians In Sports: Aruna Quadri Delighted At Joining German Bundesliga Club

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April 19, 2022

Nigeria Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri, has started this year in a fine mood after going up two places to be ranked 18th in the January 2020 Table Tennis ranking released by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The Nigerian ended 2019 placed 20th on the global log but the latest ranking has seen Quadri remain … Continue reading Nigerians In Sports: Aruna Quadri Climbs To 18th On Global Ranking

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April 19, 2022

Nigeria’s table tennis maestro and the best ranked player in Africa, Aruna Quadri, has moved up two places in the recent world tennis ranking released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Tuesday, July 2nd 2019. Quadri was the world’s number 23 best player in June, however, after the July update, the Nigerian has now … Continue reading ITTF Ranking: Quadri Now 21 Best Player In The World

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April 19, 2022

The Africa Table Tennis Federation has lauded the brilliant efforts of Nigeria ace table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, for breaking into the final 32 of the Men’s Singles at the 2019 ITTF World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The President of the ATTF, Khaled El-Salhy, described Quadri as a continental hero for his sheer show of … Continue reading ATTF Lauds Aruna For Budapest Feat

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April 19, 2022

Table tennis trio, Segun Toriola, Aruna Quadri, and Bode Abiodun, all made history at the Rio 2016 Olympics, and this made their exit from the games an even more emotional moment for Nigerian fans everywhere. Team Nigeria was outclassed by a more tactical Chinese team led by Olympic and World Champion, Ma Long. Emotions began … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sport: How Nigeria’s Male Team Ended Their Campaign At The Rio Olympics

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April 19, 2022

Aruna Quadri swimmingly braved through the first and second rounds of the Men’s Table Tennis Singles event, at the Rio 2016 Olympics. However, Round 3 was not going to be a walk in the park for the African champion, who at the time was the continent’s only surviving representative in the men and women’s singles … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When Aruna Quadri Shocked The T/Tennis World in Rio

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April 19, 2022

2018 was an appreciable year for Nigerians in sports across the globe. And as we come to the end of a successful year in sports, Connect Nigeria takes a quick look at 5 sport persons who distinguished themselves in various sports this year. The first on our list is a Nigerian, who held the world … Continue reading Connect Nigeria Top 5 Sports Persons of 2018

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April 19, 2022

On Sunday, October 8th 2017, Aruna Quadri, broke through the world of table tennis, to win Africa’s first ever ITTF title outside the continent. Quadri, emerged the champion of the ITTF Challenge tagged ‘Polish Open,’ after he defeated Japan’s Kaii Yoshida, 11-7, 11-13 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 14-12 (4-2), in a very thrilling encounter. Despite being … Continue reading Golden Moments In Sports: When Aruna Quadri Won Africa’s First ITTF International Title

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April 19, 2022

After a ten-year wait, Team Nigeria regained the Men’s Team title at the 2018 ITTF-African Championships staged in Port Louis, Mauritius on Wednesday 5th September. Aside from winning the gold medal, Nigeria will represent the continent at the ITTF Team World Cup to be held in Tokyo, Japan. Nigeria, the top seeds of the competition, … Continue reading Breaking: Team Nigeria To Represent Africa At 2019 ITTF World Team Cup

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