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Commonwealth Games: Nigeria through to quarter-finals in men’s table tennis

Olajide Omotayo

Team Nigeria are through to the quarter-finals of the men’s table tennis event at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

Nigeria made it three wins out of three in Group Two to secure a quarter-final berth.
The team had earlier defeated South Africa and Ghana in their first two games on Friday before beating Cyprus 3-0 on Saturday to finish top of the group.
In the doubles game, the duo of Bode Abiodun and Olajide Omotayo defeated Losif Elia and Christos Savva 3-0 (11-4 11-4 11-5).
In the singles, African champion Quadri Aruna survived a scare to win 3-2 (11-13 11-5 11-7 6-11 11-8) against Marios Yiangou  while Omotayo beat Savva 3-0 (11-2 11-2 11-3).
Meanwhile, in the boxing event, Abdul-Afeez Osoba knocked out his Bahamian opponent, Carl Hield.
Victory helped him to qualify for the Round of 16 in the men’s light middleweight category (over-67kg to under-71kg)
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