Youth Olympics: Kuti and Ojo eliminated from table tennis
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
Nigerian table tennis players Matthew Kuti and Favour Ojo were eliminated from the singles competition at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after losing their final group matches. Only the top two players in each group advanced to the knockout stages, Punch reports; Algeria’s Tania Morice and Egypt’s Abdelmalk Elsayed are the only Africans still in contention in the table tennis tournament.
Nigerian table tennis player Matthew Kuti, vice-captain of Nigeria’s table tennis team, and his teammate Favour Ojo were eliminated from the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games after losing their final preliminary-round matches, Punch reports.
Favour Ojo suffered her third defeat in a group of four players, while Matthew Kuti lost 3-0 to Italy’s Francesco Travesan. Only the top two players in each group qualified for the knockout stage.
Of the 15 African table tennis players who entered the competition, only Algeria’s Tania Morice and Egypt’s Abdelmalk Elsayed remain in contention. The other eliminated players include Algeria’s Aylan Goudjil, Benin’s Ganiou Abdourahaman, Senegal’s Amador Ferrer, Tunisia’s Ela Saidi and Uganda’s Jemimah Nakawala, according to Punch.
