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August 23, 2019
Nigeria and Egypt have advanced tothe final of the table tennis team event at the 12 AfricanGames holding in Morocco.
They will both clash for gold medalin the African Games finals and the ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games today,Friday.
Aruna Quadri, Segun Toriola and JideOmotayo will represent the male team while Funke Oshonaike, Cecilia Akpan andEdem Ofiong are members of the women’s team.
The two teams had a perfect passageto the final without dropping a match with Nigeria men’s team thrashing hostsMorocco and Congo Brazzaville to seal their place in the final, while Egypthumbled Ghana and Tunisia in their bid to reach the final.
Egypt as the top seed in the womenevent will take down Ethiopia and Algeria, while Olufunke Oshonaike led Nigeriain their undefeated run to the final with a convincing 3-0 bashing of Moroccoand Tunisia, to set up another consecutive final against the Egyptians.