Nigeria Qualifies For Rio Olympics Game In Table Tennis

Nigeria has secured a place among the 16 men’s teams that will compete in the table tennis event of Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.

This is based on the May ranking which was released by the world table tennis ruling body, International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) today, Friday.

Nigeria’s men were ranked higher than Egypt to pick Africa’s sole slot for the event.

According to the ranking, Nigeria dropped to 27 spot in the world but was ahead of Egypt who was ranked 32. [myad]