Friday 21 December 2018

59-year-old Taofeeq Maya causes upset at national sports festival

Taofeeq Maya, 59-year-old table tennis veteran, caused the greatest irritated with the progressing nineteenth National Sports Festival (NSF), in the wake of helping Team Oyo pull off an immense success in the pairs occasions of the occasion.


Maya was the cynosure of everyone's eyes, as he joined with Funmilola Ajala to send Team Akwa Ibom's blended pairs accomplices, Segun Toriola and Funke Oshonaike pressing with an aftereffect of 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8.

Group Oyo that took the main set 12-10, however Toriola and Oshonaike, who have a consolidated 13 Olympic Games' appearances between them; leveled at 1-1 by winning the second set 7-11.

In any case, Team Oyo took the third 11-9 and keeping in mind that Toriola and Oshoniake took the fourth set 7-11.

In the definitive set, Team Oyo won 11-8 to make a noteworthy miracle so right off the bat in the table tennis occasion at Abuja 2018.

Subsequent to leaving a mark on the world in Abuja, Maya said he never haboured any dread for Toriola and Oshonaike in spite of their worldwide endeavors in the game.

Maya shot witrh please, saying: "I am the most established player here, they are the ones to fear me not the other path round."

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