Sportspersons: Top 10

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See Nigerian sportspersons who made our Top-10’s list: Victor Oladipo The pre-season was put in place to help players and teams in general warm-up for real-time play into the midseason. However, for Victor Oladipo there’s clearly no difference as the player looks like he’s already in midseason form. Oladipo is a very dedicated professional basketball […]

 ITTF Ranking: Quadri Now 20th Best Player In The World

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Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has displaced Egypt’s Omar Assar as Africa’s best player – moving two steps forward on the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Ranking to becoming the 20th best player in the world. winning In June, the player was ranked 22nd in the World, but in the latest ranking released on Monday, Aruna has […]

Aruna Quadri wins 18th League title

Aruna Quadri

Nigerian table tennis top-gun, Aruna Quadri, has won his 18th League title since he moved to Portugal in 2010. The Nigerian, who is currently on the books for Sporting CP, helped the Lisbon team defeat CD São Roque 3-0 in the second leg of the play-off final staged at the Estadio Multiusos Pavilion José Alvalade […]

Aruna Quadri: Nigeria’s Top Ranked Table Tennis Star

Top Seed: Aruna Quadri

One name that keeps popping in the world of ping-pong game is Aruna Quadri.  Do you remember him? He competed for Nigeria in the summer Olympics games of 2012 and 2016 respectively. He has qualified for 2017 edition of International Table Tennis Federation World Cup in France. After he defeated Egypt defending champion, Omar Assar, […]

Quadri Emerges Africa’s Best

  Nigerian Table Tennis star, Aruna Quadri on Monday emerged the males singles winner at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Top 16 in Khartoum, Sudan after defeating Egypt’s Omar Assar 4-1 in the final. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the victory, Quadri expressed his delight in overpowering […]

Nigeria Win Table Tennis Gold

Nigeria bagged her first gold medal in the men’s doubles event on Wednesday at the just concluded ITTF 2015 Africa Senior Table Tennis Championship in Cairo, Egypt. The final was an all-Nigerian affair after Nigerian representatives, Aruna Quadri/Kazeem Makanjuola and Onaolapo Ojo/Jide Ogidiolu hurled over Egyptian oppositions in the semi-final. The duo of Aruna Quadri […]