Twitter to live stream ITTF Nigeria Open 2018

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and Twitter have announced a deal to stream live all the ITTF’s 2018 Challenge Series from May to November, 2018.

The ITTF Nigeria Open which is one of ITTF Challenge Series events for 2018 would hold from Aug. 8 to Aug. 12 at the Molade OkoyaThomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium.

According to ITTF, the event will be live on Twitter handle all over the world.

Both organisations said the deal was cemented on April 18 after a successful live stream of the Slovenia Open which attracted over 200,000 viewers on Twitter.

It said table tennis fans should look forward to live stream of the Marquee ITTF tournaments from Nigeria, Thailand, Belgium and Belarus, live and free to Twitter users around the world.

The live streams of all Challenge events matches will be available to logged-in and loggedout users on Twitter and connected devices via ITTF’s official Twitter account @ITTFWorld.

According to Maurizio Barbieri, Twitter’s Southeast Asia Head of Sports Partnerships, said the streaming will feature additional premium highlights from each tournament.

Matthew POUND, ITTF Head of Media, said: “The ITTF is thrilled to be partnering with Twitter to stream live the remainder of the ITTF Challenge Series events of 2018. a