Nigeria's Bawa and Lawrence Win Beach Volleyball Match

At the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games, Nigeria's beach volleyball duo, Pamela Bawa and Joy Lawrence, revived their medal aspirations with a decisive 2-0 victory over Egypt's Marwa Mamdouh Salem Saleh and Karma Badawy on Sunday. This win followed a previous 2-1 defeat to Japan, marking their first success in the competition.

The victory positions Bawa and Lawrence favorably as they aim to advance further in the beach volleyball event. In table tennis, Matthew Kuti recorded his first win in Senegal by defeating Tunisia's Youssef Aidli 3-1 in a men's singles preliminary match.

Kuti had lost his opening match 3-0 to Hong Kong's Ho Ki Li. In his match against Aidli, Kuti started strong, winning the first two sets 11-8, 11-8, before Aidli claimed the third set 11-9.

Kuti then secured the fourth set 11-7, bringing him one win away from advancing to the round of 16, with his next match against Italy's Francesco Travesan.