Table Tennis
Nigeria the potent force; final places assured
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 17:33
Success but in the under 21 men’s team semi-final, that success was hard earned; a 3-2 margin of victory was the outcome for the trio formed by Emmanuel Augustine, Taiwo Mati and Azeez Solanke in opposition to Egypt’s Marwan Abdelwahhab, Omar Elhamady and Mahmoud Helmy. Hero of the hour for Nigeria was Taiwo Mati; after Mahmoud Helmy had given Egypt…
Amy Wang top seed, faces strong Japanese challenge
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 20:29
The names Kaho Akae and Haruna Ojio, both 14 years old, appear on the entry list. Last year Haruna Ojio was a junior girls’ singles semi-finalist in Hong Kong and China, as well as being the cadet girls’ singles runner up in Hungary. Impressive but Kaho Akae, who last year reached the junior girls’ singles semi-final round in Belgium, is…
Fine start to year, Lev Katsman and Samuel Kulczycki head Metz list
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 20:35
Notably, earlier this year, Lev Katsman won in Bahrain, before being a semi-finalist in Italy; similarly Samuel Kulczycki, who last year had succeeded in Slovakia, added to his collection of honours by securing the top prize in the Czech Republic. Equally, Maksim Grebnev, the no.3 seed in Metz has been in form; he reached the semi-final stage in both the…
Born a century ago, the man who set the standard
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 21:30
If on Wednesday 25th April in the Hungarian capital city, a significant day, the day of the Swaythling Club Annual General Meeting who present a sportsmanship award in honour of Richard Bergmann, Tomokazu Harimoto is present in the men’s singles quarter-finals and he wins, he will be 15 years and 302 days old. It is his last chance to beat…
Standing out from the crowd: Joseph Amissah
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Wednesday, 10 April 2019 08:31
The 19 year old is a left handed pen-hold grip player. Moreover, he proved a most worthy competitor; it was only against the major powers that he experienced defeats. Facing Egypt in the group stage of play, he was beaten by Ahmed Elborhamy (11-8, 11-8, 11-7), later in the quarter-final contest against Tunisia, he lost to Aboubaker Bourass (12-10, 11-9,…
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Tuesday, 09 April 2019 11:06
Second seeds succeed, surprise winners in Amman
Tuesday, 09 April 2019 11:11
Gold and silver, medals for host nation
Tuesday, 09 April 2019 11:31
Leading names prominent but surprises accrue
Tuesday, 09 April 2019 11:32
Top 16 finish last time out, will Lubomir Pistej defy the odds again?
Tuesday, 09 April 2019 13:02