JORDAN MISS OUT ON KARATE MEDALS

Jordan finished their WKF World Karate Premier League – A Series campaign empty handed in Guadalajara, Spain, but there were plenty of good Jordanian performances.

Abdullah Al Masatfah lost in the quarterfinal of the -67kg weight after losing to Japan's Nakno Sosher 2-1.

Earlier he beat Mohammad Mo'men from Egypt 6-0, Scotland’s Adam El Shafei, 4-0, Greece's Sios Xenos, 5-1, and Colombia’s Giullermo Ramirez, 5-1.

Bashar Al Najjar also enjoyed a good run to the last eight of the -67kg, but lost to World No 2 Vinicius Figueira of Brazil.

Earlier beat Szczecin Kujawa from Poland, Austria's Stefan Pokorny, Hungary's Yves Tadissi, and Colombia’s Alberto Luis. Mu'tasim Khair won four matches in the +84kg category but eventually lost to the Netherland's Alex Creemers 2-1.

Earlier he beat Greece's Ioannis Manolarkis, Bulgaria's Lian Lieve, and the USA's Gayne Ndour 2-0.

Both Mahmoud Al Sajjan and Hatem Al Dweik lost in the early rounds of the -84kg and -60kg category.

In the women’s event, Nicola Matta lost her first match to Bulgaria's Plamen Moshekov.

The event attracted over 1,000 fighters from across the world.