Nigeria's Kuti and Ojo Eliminated from Youth Olympics
At the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal, Nigeria's deputy captain Matthew Kuti and teammate Favour Ojo were eliminated from the table tennis event after their final preliminary-round matches. Favour Ojo lost to her Hong Kong opponent, marking her third defeat in a group of four players, which meant she did not advance to the knockout stage.
Matthew Kuti, who was one victory away from qualifying for the men's singles knockout stage, lost 0-3 to Italy's Francesco Travesan. This loss placed him among the African players eliminated in the opening round of the competition.
Out of 15 African players who started in the table tennis event, only Algeria's Tania Morice and Egypt's Abdelmalk Elsayed remain in contention, both aiming to match or surpass the quarter-final achievement of Nigeria's Ojo Onaolapo at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.
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