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Uganda's Ekiring to compete at world badminton championships

Xinhua, July 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Uganda's top player Edwin Ekiring will play in the 2015 World Badminton Championships slated for Aug. 10-16 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Badminton Association (UBA), confirmed on Monday that Ekiring landed the chance to play at the top level event because of his good showing at various international events.

The world championships attract top players in the world and the draw is strictly for 64 male players. "We are glad that Ekiring will have the chance to play at this event and hopefully he can win some games and be able to gain some ranking points," added Mugabi.

Ekiring will have the chance to rub shoulders with the world's top ranked player Chen Long of China.

The Ugandan player and Africa's top ranked female player Gabriel Grace from Nigeria will be the only players from the African continent to participate at the championships.

Mugabi also revealed that the world championship will help Ekiring prepare better ahead of the 2015 All Africa Games to take place in September in Congo Brazzaville. Ekiring won a silver medal at the 2011 All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.

The Ugandan, who is struggling to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games last weekend, lost out to the world No. 34 player Sai Praneeth of India in the second round of the Nigerian International Open in Lagos. Endi