AL MASARWAH TO FIGHT FOR PREMIER LEAGUE BRONZE

Hassan Masarwah will fight for a bronze medal at the 3rd round of the World Premier Karate League Championship taking place in Rabat, Morocco.
The fighter performed superbly well in the -kg category where he won both of his group fights against Slovakian Janovik Marwi (5-1) and Saudi Arabia’s Omar Al Qenai (3-2) to advance to the last eight.
There, he beat Italian, Petromarchi Lorenzo, 1-0, before losing to Egyptian world bronze medallist, Ali El-Sawy, 0-1 in the semi-finals.
Masarwah, who won bronze in the first round of the Premier League this year, will now fight for his second bronze against another Italian, Ahmed Al-Sharabi on Sunday.
At the same competition, Afif Ghaith topped his group in the -60kg category with wins over Belgian, Dessoul Michael and the Saudi Arabian, Badr Al-Otaibi.
But in the quarter-finals, he lost to Azerbaijan’s Aminaga Guliyev after a closely fought match.
In the same weight, Abdullah Hammad was unable to move past the group stage following two defeats to Egyptian, Mohamed Salah, and the Saudi Arabian, Saud Al-Bashir. He did manage a win however against Morocco’s Aymani, 4-3.
Tomorrow, Jordan's participation will continue, with Mahmoud Al-Sajjan, Mazen Al-Jaidi and Muhammad Al-Jaafari all fighting in the -84 kg competition.
The tournament has attracted 238 fighters from 47 countries.