Baku, Azerbaijan, May 10
Trend:
Handball competitions among men and women continue as part of the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku.
A match between national male teams of Turkey and Iraq was held in Group B on May 10. Despite the fact that the Iraqi handball players led the first half (19:17), Turkey won the game with a score of 35:33.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s national female handball team defeated its rival from Cameroon, 33:31.
The Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games, the opening ceremony of which will take place May 12, started May 8 and will last until May 22 in Azerbaijan’s capital on 16 sports grounds in 20 kinds of sports - 17 Olympic ones and three non-Olympic ones.