Nigeria, March 6 -- Despite strong performances, Quadri Aruna, Nigeria's top men's table tennis player and two-time All Africa Games silver medalist, and Edem Offiong were unable to secure gold medals. Aruna narrowly lost in the final to Egypt's Omar Assar, while Offiong faced a challenging semifinal defeat against Egypt's Dina Meshref.

Nigeria's quest for its first gold at the All-African Games came to a disappointing end as Aruna Quadri lost to his Egyptian rival, Omar Assar, in the men's singles final on Tuesday night in Accra.

This marks another unsuccessful attempt for Aruna, who has competed in the African Games for the fourth time since his debut in 2011.

Assar secured victory over the Nigerian table tennis star with a score of ...