Badminton empty-handed from African Champs

A four-member team was competing at the Lugogo Indoor Arena in Kampala against their African counterparts but could not bring a medal back home having registered a single win at the week-long competition. In Botswana's first senior international tournament in almost two years, top-ranked Tshepang Olekantse and Tshepo Perekisi made up the men’s team while Tebogo Ndzinge and Tessa Kabelo were on the women’s side.

They were drawn into a tough group that included Africa's second-best team, Mauritius and regional giants, South Africa for the team events last week. On the first day of the tournament last Thursday, the local team lost all their five matches against Mauritius as the pair faced off in the men's and women's doubles, mixed doubles and singles clashes of the team events section of the competition.