{"id":391650,"date":"2017-05-22T13:48:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/22\/spinners-go-top-of-the-table-as-12-year-old-steals-show\/"},"modified":"2017-05-22T13:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:48:02","slug":"spinners-go-top-of-the-table-as-12-year-old-steals-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/22\/spinners-go-top-of-the-table-as-12-year-old-steals-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinners go top of the table &#8211; As 12-year-old steals show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Tesano Spinners Table Tennis Club last Saturday dethroned Immigration from the top of the ladder after defeating them 3-2 in match one of the league staged at the D.G. 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