Table Tennis
Ugandans eye tickets to Birmingham
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Monday, 06 September 2021 07:59
The most experienced player in the team, Nyaika, who has featured in four African Games, believes their presence in Yaoundé is strictly to gain points for their eventual qualification for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. “I have featured in the African Games, but this is my first time in the African Championships. I noticed that there is a big difference in…
Hana Goda ends Olufunke Oshonaike’s hopes Yaoundé
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Monday, 06 September 2021 08:07
Furthermore, she succeeded in style, she prevailed in straight games, winning in less than one hour (11-3, 11-4, 11-6, 12-10). Staged on a show court table, from start to finish, Goda simply blew her challenger away with play mature and wonderful to watch; the effort underlined Goda’s hunger for success in this continental tournament. “I was so scared when I…
ITTF Announces Executive Committee Nominees
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Monday, 06 September 2021 07:24
The nominees put forward by their respective ITTF Member Association are as follows: ITTF President (1 position) Petra SORLING (SWE) ITTF Executive Vice Presidents (8 positions) Nestor TENCA (ARG) Graham SYMONS (AUS) Alaor AZEVEDO (BRA) LIU Guoliang (CHN) Alaa MESHREF (EGY) Michel GADAL (FRA) Tony YUE (HKG) Roland NATRAN (HUN) Behnam HABIBZADEHMOMEN (IRI) Masahiro MAEHARA (JPN) Teddy MATTHEWS (LCA) Wahid…
Nigerian teenager, Samuel Boboye, claims major scalp
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Sunday, 05 September 2021 08:55
In his first match of the men’s singles event, Boboye caused a major upset. The Nigeria national junior champion showed a maturity that belies his age. Convincingly, he beat Algerian Olympian Larbi Bouriah, the no.19 seed, in the opening round (11-7, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5). Boboye controlled the match from start to finish with a near perfect performance against one of…
Hana Goda comes of age in Yaoundé
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Saturday, 04 September 2021 18:47
Furthermore, in the women’s team event that decision was more than substantiated; the teenager responded and responded in style. Significantly, in the final against Nigeria, she beat the experienced 34-year-old Offiong Edem (11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 11-6). An excited Goda could not hide her joy of contributing to Egypt’s 3-0 success. “I never knew I would be playing in the final…
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