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Africa Games: Bigwigs Hit Table Tennis quarter-Finals—-Big wigs in African table tennis – Quadri Aruna, Omar Assar, Dina Meshref and Hana Goda – have sailed through to the quarter-finals of the singles event of the 13th African Games in Accra, Ghana.

A statement by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), made this known on Monday.

It also stated that Aruna, a two-time silver medalist had to work hard to defeat Algeria’s Stephane Quaiche 3-1 in an explosive match on the centre table.

According to the statement, the 2015 champion, Assar of Egypt, wasted no time in dismissing Algeria’s Sami Kherouf 3-0.

Also, men’s singles defending champion, Olajide Omotayo of Nigeria, was ahead of Tunisia’s Kalil Sta with a commanding 3-0 win.

Congo Brazzaville’s Saheed Idowu ended the dream of Tunisian teenage sensation Wassim Essid with a 3-0 win while Egypt’s Mohammed El-Beiali dismissed Algeria’s Maheidine Bella 3-0 to hit the last eight.

Khaled Assar of Egypt also joined the league of top players in the last eight with a dominating 3-0 win over Tunisia’s Youssed Ben Attia.

Senegal’s Ibrahima Diaw edged out bespectacled Mohammed Shouman 3-1 to qualify for the last eight of the men’s singles.

The women’s singles quarter-finals was dominated by Egypt as Meshref, Yousra Helmy, Hana Goda and Mariam Alhodaby picked their places in the last eight.

Nigeria’s only surviving player, Offiong Edem, beat Mariam Alhodaby 3-0 while Esther Oribamise fell 3-1 to Cameroon’s Sarah Hanffou.

Algeria’s Lucie Mobarek and Lynda Loghraibi also sailed through to the quarter-finals.

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Manchester City Face Real Madrid In UCL KO Phase As PSG Get Brest (FULL DRAW LIST)

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Manchester City Face Real Madrid In UCL KO Phase As PSG Get Brest (FULL DRAW LIST)—-Manchester City failure to secure automatic qualification has set the English team against the defending champions Real Madrid in this season’s Champions League knockout play-offs while Paris Saint-Germain go up against French rivals Brest.

Following the first-ever Champions League’s league phase came to its conclusion at the end of 18 simultaneous matches on Wednesday night, the swollen 36-team table was finally complete. The sides that finished in the top eight automatically qualified for the round of 16 and so were not involved in Friday’s draw, leaving the 16 clubs between ninth and 24th to battle it out over two legs in February.

Each club already knew that it could only face one of two opponents in these play-offs based on there final position in the league phase table, but Thiago Alcantara was on hand at UEFA’s House of Football in Switzerland to decipher the precise ties.

Full 2024/25 Champions League knockout play-off draw
(Seeded teams are listed second)

Club Brugge vs Atalanta
Sporting CP vs Borussia Dortmund
Man City vs Real Madrid
Celtic vs Bayern Munich
Juventus vs PSV
Feyenoord vs Milan
Brest vs PSG
Monaco vs Benfica.

When are the Champions League knockout play-offs?

FC Internazionale Milano v FK Crvena Zvezda – UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2
The Champions League trophy will be up for grabs on 31 May / Jonathan Moscrop/GettyImages
The first legs of these maiden play-offs are scheduled to take place on either Tuesday 11 February or Wednesday 12 February. The reverse fixtures will be held one week later on 18/19 February.
In the same week that these fixtures are concluded, there will be a draw for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals on Friday 21 February. This particular bout of ball juggling will finally resolve the opponents for the eight teams that automatically qualified for the round of 16, including the likes of Liverpool, Barcelona and Arsenal.

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JUST IN: Super Eagles Of Nigeria To Face Uganda, Tunisia, Tanzania In AFCON 2025 Group C

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JUST IN: Super Eagles Of Nigeria To Face Uganda, Tunisia, Tanzania In AFCON 2025 Group C—-The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn in same Group with Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Thecloudngr reports that the draw ceremony took place at the Mohammed V National Theatre, Rabat on Monday night.

The Super Eagles were among the seeded teams at the draw.

Hosts Morocco are in Group A with Mali, Zambia and Comoros.

Nigeria finished second at the 2023 AFCON finals losing 2-1 to Cote d’Ivoire in the final.

The competition will run from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026.

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