TRIATHLON: Bryan Keane nailed down his place for the Rio Olympics when he finished 20th at Saturday’s Triathlon World Cup round in Yokohama, Japan. Keane – who suffered severe injuries in a cycling crash four years ago – began his race with a fast time of 19 mins 37 secs for the 1500m swim and […]
Every weekend, I get sent results and reports from sports that rarely get coverage in the sports pages. As someone who is interested in a wide variety of sports, have decided to experiment by publishing a round-up each week (in alphabetical order). So if you want results from YOUR sport included, give me a shout […]
From www.badmintonireland.com A win for Chloe Magee in the women’s singles proved the highlight of a stirring Irish performance against top seeds Denmark in the quarter-finals of the European Mixed Team Championships in Leuven Belgium yesterday (Fri). From the start, the Irish were determined not to be overawed, with Chloe Magee and Sam Magee only […]
Jonathan Dolan and Sam Magee, who only teamed up last autumn, made it as far as the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the Swedish Badminton Masters in Uppsala. In their opening match, the Irish pair beat Mathew Fogarty and Bjorn Seguin of USA in straight sets. They then battled their way into the quarter-finals […]
Irish involvement in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou ended on Tuesday when Irish No 1 Chloe Magee lost in the opening round of the women’s singles to Hsaio Ma Pei of Chinese Taipei. Although Magee was no pushover and pulled off a number of good points in the 36 minute match, Pei had […]
BADMINTON Connacht, the smallest of the three provinces in terms of numbers, took four of the six titles on offer at the Badminton Ireland Inter-Clubs finals held in the Baldoyle and Terenure badminton centres. A strong squad from Oranmore won the F division, beating University of Limerick, and also won the H division. Near neighbours […]
BADMINTON. A European team including Irish No 1 Scott Evans is currently playing the second round of matches for the Axiata Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia fighting to hold on to fourth place on the table. After last weekend’s opening round. Thailand has a one point lead over Indonesia with Malaysia one point behind again. […]
Madeline Perry Update: Aisling Blake ended Madeline Perry’s 14-year reign as Irish women’s squash champion at Fitzwilliam on Sunday afternoon. BADMINTON: Chloe Magee proved best of the Irish at the All-England Badminton Championships in Birmingham winning her opening round match in the qualifying tournament for the women’s singles. In a 50-minute marathon, Magee had lost […]
*Update: John Murphy went out in the semi-finals to Gavin Maguire. In the final against Paul McCreery, Maguire started well winning the opener 11-8. McCreery took the second 11-7, the third 14-12 and the fourth 11-9 before closing out the match for his first victory 12-10 in the fifth. Ashley Givan beat Amanda Mogey to […]
Scott Evans – Irish Open champion BADMINTON: What a great day for Irish sport! Double gold for Fionnuala Britton and the Irish women’s team at the European Cross-Country and a long-awaited victory for Scott Evans in the men’s singles at the Carlton Irish Badminton Open in Baldoyle. Evans made the final in 2008 when nerves […]
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