JORDAN BRONZE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Jordan’s tremendous badminton year in Africa is finishing on a high with more glory at the South Africa Open Championships.

Baha' Shneik has took bronze after reaching the semi-final where he lost to George Julian of Mauritius, 2-1.

Earlier he beat South Africa's Michael Mirza, 2-0, and Nigeria's Clement Crobakbo, 2-1.

In the quarter-final he beat Ghana's Emanuel Yao, 2-0.

The 20-year-old will now camp in Malaysia before taking part in the Nepal International Championship next.

Baha is now ranked third in the Arab world according to the International Badminton Federation and 170 in the world.