{"id":69472,"date":"2025-07-02T10:42:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69472"},"modified":"2025-07-02T10:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T10:42:54","slug":"aruna-drops-bello-climbs-in-latest-ittf-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/02\/aruna-drops-bello-climbs-in-latest-ittf-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Aruna Drops, Bello Climbs in Latest ITTF Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s table tennis ace, Quadri Aruna, has slipped one spot to 20th in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), world rankings, though he retains his status as Africa\u2019s top-ranked male player.<\/p>\n<p>The slight drop follows a string of mixed results, including an early exit at the Africa Cup and tough outings at recent World Table Tennis (WTT), events.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the setback, Aruna remains one of the sport\u2019s most consistent performers globally.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nigerian female sensation Fatima Bello has made impressive strides, climbing to 117th in the women\u2019s rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Her rise is attributed to strong performances at international competitions, including a standout showing at the African Games and qualification for the 2025 ITTF World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The updated rankings highlight Nigeria\u2019s growing presence on the world stage, with Bello\u2019s rapid progress signaling a bright future for the country\u2019s female athletes in the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; Nigeria\u2019s table tennis ace, Quadri Aruna, has slipped one spot to 20th in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), world rankings, though he retains his status as Africa\u2019s top-ranked male player. The slight drop follows a string of mixed results, including an early exit at the Africa Cup and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69472"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69474,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69472\/revisions\/69474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}