ISHAISH BROTHERS INTO WORLD QUARTER-FINALS

Jordan’s boxing brothers, Hussein and Ziad Ishaish, have both qualified to the quarter-finals of their respective divisions at the AIBA World Championships in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Olympic quarter-finalist Hussein is into the last eight of the -91kg weight after beating Germany’s Ammar Abduljabbar.

He will next meet Olympic silver medallist and third seed, Vassiliy Levit of Kazakhstan, on Wednesday.

Not to be outdone, his younger brother Ziad booked his place in the -69kg quarter finals by beating Mongolia’s Bayarkhuu Ganbataar, and he will next face Asian gold medallist and third seed, Usman Baturov, from Uzbekistan.