BOXING GOLD FOR OLYMPIAN

Jordan’s Olympic boxer Hussein Ishaish and his brother Ziad took gold medals at the Arab Boxing Championships in Sudan.

Hussein, who reached the 2016 Olympic quarter-finals, won the +91kg heavyweight division after beating a Moroccan fighter in the final.

His younger brother followed his lead by taking the 69kg title after beating Tunisia’s Tebaj Ahmad in the final.

The team added three bronze medals through Ghassan Al Kesbeh, Yousef Ishiash and Udai Hindawi.