Tennis
9 Mar
Two days after losing two gold medals to Egypt in the table tennis single events, Team Nigeria, again, fell to the superior power of the Pharaohs in the team event decided yesterday some hours before the opening ceremony of the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana.
8 Mar
Team Nigeria clinched two Silver medals in the Team event of Table Tennis at the ongoing African Games 2023. In Friday's fixtures, Team Nigeria lost to Egypt in both final matches of men and women's categories. In the men's category, Egypt defeated the Nigerian side 3-0. Also for the women, the Egyptians recorded another 3-0…
7 Mar
Nigeria, yesterday, joined other top seeds, Egypt and Algeria, as well as Tunisia and Madagascar, in the quarterfinals of the men’s team category of the table tennis event at the ongoing African Games holding in Accra, Ghana. Egypt won Group 1 by beating Ethiopia and Gabon 3-0 each to maintain their 100 per cent record,…
6 Mar
Veteran table tennis star, Offiong Edem, yesterday, became Nigeria’s first athlete to earn a medal at the 13th African Games by finishing third in the women’s singles of the event holding at the Accra International Conference Centre.
3 Mar
Top officials of the Nigerian Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) have been battling to calm restive players and officials of the federation following an alleged manipulation of the federation’s list of players for the forthcoming All Africa Games..
1 Mar
Ikoyi Club is now ready to host local and international competitions following the resuscitation of its tennis court and lounge at a cost of over N100 million by MTN Nigeria, the club has said.
19 Feb
Nigerian team handler, Segun Toriola, has attributed the team’s failure to book a spot in the knockout stage of the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships holding in Busan, South Korea, on the absence of the team’s best player, Quadri Aruna.
15 Feb
Rafael Nadal on Wednesday hailed longtime rival Novak Djokovic as the best player in the history of the sport.
15 Feb
Africa’s most decorated table tennis legend, Segun Toriola, will lead Nigeria’s contingent to the 2024 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) in Busan, South Korea, from February 16 to 25.
14 Feb
Nigerian tennis will rule the tennis world if the Federal Government supports efforts to develop the sport at the grassroots, the Technical Director of Vision 2020 International Tennis Academy, Thompson Ewetuga, has said.
28 Jan
Aryna Sabalenka underlined why she had long been considered the Australian Open favourite by overpowering Zheng Qinwen to retain the women’s title.
20 Jan
Novak Djokovic has opened up on how he riled Roger Federer when he broke onto the scene as a cocky upstart but said it only fired up his quest to become the best player in the world. The Serbian world number one is gunning for a historic 25th Grand Slam in Melbourne, where he has…
17 Jan
Novak Djokovic survived a huge scare to reach the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday, beating home favourite Alexei Popyrin to stay on track for a historic 25th Grand Slam title.