{"id":20596,"date":"2022-10-23T23:16:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T23:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=20596"},"modified":"2022-10-23T23:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T23:16:17","slug":"african-table-tennis-champion-maintains-14th-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/10\/23\/african-table-tennis-champion-maintains-14th-position\/","title":{"rendered":"African Table Tennis Champion Maintains 14th Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 33-year-old churned 1715 points to maintain his position as Africa\u2019s top ranked table tennis player for the month of October.<br \/>\nEgypt\u2019s Omar Assar is ranked 23rd in the world and second in Africa with 975 points, while Ahmed Saleh is placed 67th \u2013 third in Africa with 308 points.<br \/>\nSenegal\u2019s Ibrahima Diaw is ranked 77th in the world and fourth on the continent, having with chalked up 282 points. 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