Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri on Sunday won the Men’s Singles title at the 2018 ITTF African Championships in Mauritius, the first time in his career. He beat veteran and three time champion, Egypt’s Ahmed Ali Saleh (11-7, 6-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-1). The victory came one month after he won the 2018 ITTF Challenge Seamaster Nigeria Open […]
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Africa’s representatives at the 2017 ITTF World Cup, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri and Egypt’s Omar Assar went into the competition spirited, but their fight could not carry them to the quarterfinal of the the tournament as they on Saturday October 21. Having worked their way into the main draw (round of 16) of the prestigious tournament, […]
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With few days to the 2017 ITTF World Cup in Liege, Beligum, Aruna Quadri defied all odds on Sunday October 8, to emerge as men’s singles champion at the ITTF Challenge tagged Polish Open. The Nigerian who has been listed among the top 20 players in the world that will compete at the prestigous ITTF […]
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Ace Nigerian table tennis player, Aruna Quadri on Monday defeated Egypt’s Omar Assar, in the final of the 2017 ITTF Africa Cup taking place in Morocco, thereby qualifying for the International Table Tennis Federation World Cup in France. Having conquered Egypt’s Mohamed El-Beiali 4-0 in the semi-final, Aruna Quadri showed his class to beat Omar […]
Continue ReadingAruna Quadri’s sensational run of form and his hopes of winning Nigeria’s and Africa’s first men’s singles table tennis Olympic medal were dashed at Rio 2016. The Nigerian star had succeeded in stopping some big names on his way to the quarter-finals, but reaching the semi-finals he came up against world No.1 Ma Long on […]
Continue ReadingThree out of the many Nigerian athletes in the ongoing Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games have set records that will be cherished in a longtime to come. The trio with records are two table tennis stars, Segun Toriola and Aruna Quadri as well as Rower, Chierika Ukogu .The 41 year-old Toriola had his 7th appearance […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Aruna Quadri Monday entered the history books, when he emerged the first African ever to make it to the quarter finals of the men’s single table tennis event at the Olympics. Quadri, in a throbbing encounter, defeated his German opponent, Boll Timo, 4-2 to seal a historic berth in the quarter finals of men’s […]
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