Players of Lebanese Women National Basketball team won the gold medal for the West Asian Champions Cup hosted by the Jordanian capital Amman on Monday, August 26 with the participation of Iran, Iraq, Syrian and Lebanon. Lebanon’s League, to recall, scored victory in four matches in the regional championship. Rebecca Akl, the League star, seized the titles of best player and best distributer, while Lama Mokadam won the best stealer title. The winning team was welcomed at Beirut Airport by member of the National Basketball Federation Ghazi Boustani who congratulated the players, describing their victory as a new achievement for Lebanese Basketball abroad. He repeatedly stressed the support of the Federation for all national teams of all age groups. For her part, the head of the mission, Shada Nasr, thanked the Lebanese Federation led by Akram Halabi for expending all possible resources to the team. (An Nahar, August 28, 2019)