AAG: Nigeria improves on medal tally

The country’s boxing team also picked three silver and a bronze in the boxing event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the duo of Segun Toriola and Funke Oshinaike won gold at the finals of the table tennis mixed doubles event after defeating compatriots, Monday Merotohun and Edem Offiong, 3-2. To get to […]

The country’s boxing team also picked three silver and a bronze in the boxing event.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the duo of Segun Toriola and Funke Oshinaike won gold at the finals of the table tennis mixed doubles event after defeating compatriots, Monday Merotohun and Edem Offiong, 3-2.

To get to the finals, Toriola and Oshinaike had defeated their Egyptian opponents, 3-2 while Merotohun and Offiong also defeated their Egyptian pair to set up an all Nigeria finals.

In the 69kg boxing finals decided at the Extrila Venuhla, Nigeria’s south paw, Kehinde Ademuyiwa narrowly missed gold medal to Cameroonian, Joseph Mulema after a 10-10 decision by the judges.

Also in the 81kg category fight, Nigeria’s Lawal Lukman lost to Algeria’s Benchebla Asdelha to take silver while Efetobor Apoche who fought in the 91kg category also lost in the final to Boloudmet Chowa also of Algeria.

In the 75kg fight, Akanji Muyideen took bronze medal after he lost to an Algerian opponent who was more skillful and who dominated the three rounds of the bout.

Meanwhile, Nigeria’s female basketball team, the D’ Tigress, on Friday qualified for the semi-finals of the competition after defeating Cote d’Ivoire, 66-44.

In the match played at the Desportivo Centre, the Nigerian squad demonstrated their superiority by dominating the entire quarters of the match.

They are slated to meet Angola in the semi-finals. (NAN)