MrMoney007:
Afonja Muslim, was he playing with his forehead?

ZACHIE:
Rubbish .
Is this how low we have sank as a nation celebrating 21st ranking in an individual game we can easily be No.1?

I'm not impressed, one bit.

kay29000:
Cool. We have always been great with Table Tennis since the days of Atonda Musa.

MONITZ:


Atanda is the correct spelling.

kay29000:


Thanks. I will correct my comment.

naptu2:

MrMoney007:
Afonja Muslim, was he playing with his forehead?

naptu2:

dharmieee:


In your chosen field of endeavor, what number are you ranked in the Africa? Talk less the world.

This is an individual that has done good for himself and the nation. Learn to celebrate small victories.

RIPEnglish:

You are foolishness.

ZACHIE:
Rubbish .
Is this how low we have sank as a nation celebrating 21st ranking in an individual game we can easily be No.1?

I'm not impressed, one bit.

dharmieee:


In your chosen field of endeavor, what number are you ranked in the Africa? Talk less the world.

This is an individual that has done good for himself and the nation. Learn to celebrate small victories.

ZACHIE:


I was once ranked 4th in the world.
SCRABBLE.
And I'm not proud of that.

Aruna Quadri emerges world’s table tennis player of the year
Tunde Eludini

3 years ago

The spectacular performances of Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri in 2014 has seen him emerge as the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, Star Player of the year at the award ceremony held on Wednesday in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE.

At the colourful award ceremony held at the Armani Hotel, Quadri scooped two awards ahead of players from Asia and Europe to get a standing ovation from guests at the occasion.

The world’s number 30 was adjudged the best male player, beating world number one, China’s Xu Xin and his compatriot, Fan Zhendong, who is the 2014 Youth Olympic Games gold medallist as well as Portugal’s Marcos Freitas, who is the 2014 European Team Championships winner and the first Portuguese player to be ranked top 10 in the world.

Also, Quadri’s crucial winning point against Olympics and World Champion, Jan Zhike of China at the 2014 ITTF World Cup was adjudged the best in the Star Point category at the second edition of the award.

An elated Quadri described his award as the best in his career, while acknowledging the support he got from table tennis fans across the worl‎d.

“This is the best day of my career and I want to thank the organizers for considering me for this. I also want to thank all my fans all over the world for their support because this is unbelievable for me and I promise to continue to work hard,” Quadri, who was included in PREMIUM TIMES’ top 14 sports personality of 2014, stated in a press statement circulated by the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation.

For the female star player of the year, China’s Ding Ning, 2014 ITTF Women’s World Cup winner and world number one defeated Feng Tianwei of Singapore, Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan and China’s Liu Shiwen, 2014 Asian Games champion to the award.

Other awards won at the ceremony include Para male star, para female star, star coach and fair play star of the year.

The ITTF Star Awards is the official awards ceremony organised by ITTF since 2013. It is the most prestigious award aimed at recognising, honouring and celebrating the stars of table tennis, the athletes who have made table tennis their passion, career and life.

All the nominees for the awards attended the night of glitz and glamour, as athletes dressed up in their finest for the Awards Night.

ZACHIE:
Rubbish .
Is this how low we have sank as a nation celebrating 21st ranking in an individual game we can easily be No.1?

I'm not impressed, one bit.

dharmieee:


In your chosen field of endeavor, what number are you ranked in the Africa? Talk less the world.

This is an individual that has done good for himself and the nation. Learn to celebrate small victories.

ZACHIE:


I was once ranked 4th in the world.
SCRABBLE.
And I'm not proud of that.

Quadri is world’s table tennis player of the year

January 08 2015
by Victor Akhidenor

Aruna Quadri has been named the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Player of the year.

At the award ceremony held on Wednesday at the Armani Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Quadri claimed two awards ahead of players from Asia and Europe.

The world’s number 30 ranked player beat world number one, China’s Xu Xin and his compatriot, Fan Zhendong as well as Portugal’s Marcos Freitas to the gong.

Also, Quadri’s crucial winning point against Olympics and World Champion, Jan Zhike of China at the 2014 ITTF World Cup was adjudged the best in the Star Point category at the second edition of the award.

An elated Quadri described the award as the best in his career.

“This is the best day of my career and I want to thank the organisers for considering me for this. I also want to thank all my fans all over the world for their support because this is unbelievable for me and I promise to continue to work hard,” he said.

For the female star player of the year, China’s Ding Ning beat world number one Feng Tianwei of Singapore, Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan and China’s Liu Shiwen to the award.

ZACHIE:


I was once ranked 4th in the world.
SCRABBLE.
And I'm not proud of that.