Iranian Double Team Wins Bronze at Ghana Badminton Tournament


Iranian Double Team Wins Bronze at Ghana Badminton Tournament

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran earned a bronze medal in women’s doubles of the 2019 JE Wilson Ghana International Badminton Tournament.

Soraya Aghaei and Samin Abedkhojasteh defeated Ghana and Benin but lost to Nigerian team consisting of Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan and Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh 2-1 in the semifinal and claimed a bronze medal.  

The tournament is one of the exclusive international tournaments under the sanctioned patronage of the Badminton World Federation, where badminton is gradually becoming a very important part of Ghanaian sports culture.

Twenty-seven countries from Vietnam, India, Luxemburg, Italy, Iceland, USA, Togo, Thailand, Switzerland, Malaysia, Egypt, Uganda, Slovakia, Maldives, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Australia, Iran, Portugal, Poland, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Benin, Pakistan and Ghana took part at the Trust Sports Emporium in Accra.

Badminton, which was considered a sport with a great future by experts, has become more important when it was upgraded to an Olympic Sport in 1992.

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