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Top seed Olympian and African Champion Georges Julien Paul had a disastrous day on the second day of the All Africa Individual Championships 2021. Playing against the African Youth Olympics 2018 bronze medallist Mohamed Mostafa Kamel, Julien Paul started uncharacteristically, making lots of mistakes enabling Mostafa to take control of the match in the early…
Brian Kasirye continued with his impressive form at the All Africa Individual championships, which started today at the MTN Arena Lugogo Stadium in Uganda. The Algerian captain, and the 2017 African Champion, Adel Hamek, fresh from the Thomas Cup, started the match well, turning and twisting the agile Brian Kasirye to take the first game 22-20,…
The BCA held a friendly AirBadminton challenge at the MTN arena Lugogo stadium in Uganda. Players competing in the All Africa Mixed Team Championships were invited to mix up and form teams to compete in the friendly challenge. Presiding over the event, the President of the BCA said, ” Airbadminton has potential to succeed in Africa,…
The African under 19 champion Nour Youssri shines as Egypt takes Gold. Egypt survived the onslaught of a spirited Algerian team to win Gold in the All Africa Mixed Team Championship in a tense encounter at the Lugogo Stadium in Uganda. A fete they repeated in 2017. Egypt, who qualified for the finals after fending…
Uganda’s fairy tale run at the All African Senior Championships 2021, came to a sudden stop when the 2017 mixed team champions Egypt confirmed their earlier win against them in the group stages. Hosts Uganda had caused a major upset of the tournament when they knocked out the much-fancied Mauritius, denying them a podium finish…
Second seeds Algeria led Zambia in qualifying for the knock out stage in Group A of the All Africa Senior Championships. Group B saw South Africa finish ahead of Mauritius and Egypt were the eventual winners of Group C followed by Uganda. The first 2 of each group qualified for the knock out stage. …
Day 1 of the All Africa Senior Championships started with a bang, with 9 countries participating in matches from Group A, B, and C. Opening the Games, the President of BCA, Mr. Michel Bau said, “In March 2020, the world stopped, and our sport suffered. We were unable to host any activities for several months…
GROUP PREVIEW: The All Africa Senior Championships Draw is out setting the stage for the most mouth-watering games east of the African continent for the next few days. Conducting the Draw at the Eland hall during the Team Managers meeting, the BCA Secretary-General, Mr. Sahir Edoo, announced that a total of 9 countries had confirmed…
Defending Men’s Team Champions seek to replicate their Performance in 2020, while the Hosts Uganda is looking to make their mark in the Continental Championships After the successful staging of the All Africa Under 19 & 15 Championships in Benin in a cataclysmal year of hosting Covid 19 secure tournaments, the BCA is ready to…
As part of its strategic plan, the Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) has continued to invest and focus on the development and growth of Technical Officials in the continent. “To ensure that we continue to produce good quality Technical Officials, the BCA embarked on a series of both virtual and physical Umpires Training Workshops. We invited…
