The recent 13th African Games in Ghana has shown that Nigeria has lost its dominance in track and field events to countries like Egypt, Algeria, and some East African countries. Nigeria's top table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, was defeated by his archrival, Omar Assar, in the men's singles final.
After independence, Nigeria was a leading force on the continent in several track and field events, which she now plays second fiddle. GOWON AKPODONOR writes that the recent 13th African Games in Ghana has again shown that Egypt, Algeria, and some East African countries have consolidated their grips where Nigeria failed to exert dominance.
Nigeria’s number one table tennis player, Aruna Quadri, looked forlorn as his archrival, Omar Assar, was being decorated with the men’s singles gold medal, at the end of their epic battle, in the final match of the just-concluded 13th Africa Games, in Ghana. In three consecutive African Games’ table tennis finals, Assar has beaten the Nigerian, whose dream is to win the gold medal before retiring from the spor
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