Ireland secured third place in Group C of the Women’s 3×3 Basketball Competition of the Baku 2015 European Games with a dominant 20-12 win over Slovakia. The result means Ireland will avoid a top seed in Thursday’s Round of 16 in the Azeri capital. The draw is to be confirmed later this evening. Chasing their […]
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Team Ireland’s Brendan Irvine has beaten Ukraine’s Dmytro Zamotayev to book a spot against Russia’s Bator Sagaluev in the Baku 2015 light flyweight final. Belfast’s Irvine lost the opening round against Zamotayev, but fought back to secure the win and a place in Thursday’s final on a unanimous 3-0 decision. The first round went the way of the Ukraine fighter but
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Congratulations to Team Ireland’s Katie Taylor and Michael O’Reilly as they are each guaranteed at least a bronze medal at the European Games in Baku.Disappointment though for Darren O’Neill. Taylor defeated Sweden’s Ida Lundblad in the quarter-finals and was on the attack from the opening bell. Taylor took the opening round on all three judges’
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James Brown has finished in 16th place overall in the semi-final of the 200m Individual Medley at the European Games in Baku. Having swam a lifetime best in this morning’s heats of 2:06.55 the Ards SC swimmer was unable to match that time in the semi-final touching in 2:07.15. Speaking after his swim, the 18
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Scott Evans continued his unbeaten start in the men’s badminton singles last night , although not as easily as his first match. He lost the first set to Yuhan Tan from Belgium, 14-21, but then promptly avenged that in the second, 21-13, before winning the third set 21-13, too. The sister and brother pair of
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Schedule for Team Ireland Wednesday 24 June 3×3 Basketball 17:10 Women’s Pool C Spain vs Ireland Lineups 19:30 Women’s Pool C Slovakia vs Ireland Lineups Badminton EVANS Scott 11:00 Men’s Singles Group A Scott Evans vs Gergely Krausz (HUN) DARRAGH Rachael & BOYLE
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Team Ireland’s basketballers were beaten 14-10 by Slovenia in their first outing of the European Games. Two outside shots from Niamh Dwyer narrowed the gap to a single point with 32 seconds remaining before a rapid-fire response from the tournament’s sixth seeds pushed them through. “It’s an encouraging first game, but we’re disappointed,” said Team
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Dean Walsh however, was defeated by Germany’s Kastriot Sopa in the light welterweight quarter-finals in a very close encounter. A second round warning put the Irish boxer under huge pressure going into the final round and Walsh was unable to make up the difference as the awkward German took the contest on a unanimous 3-0 decision to
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Team Ireland boxer Sean McComb ensured at least a bronze medal at the inaugural European Games in Baku by winning his lightweight quarter-final on Tuesday. McComb from Belfast secured a unanimous points decision over Turkey’s Yasin Yilmaz, with all three of the judges’ scorecards reading 29-28 in his favour. The 22-year-old southpaw, a member of
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Ireland’s swimmers had an impressive first morning in the pool at the European Games in Baku with two swimmers progressing to semi-finals. Mona McSharry was first up in the heats of the 50m Breaststroke. 14 year old McSharry, competing at her first international championships, blazed through the swim clocking an impressive 32.84 and knocking almost
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Team Ireland basketball captain Suzanne Maguire says her squad’s mindset has evolved since arriving at the Baku 2015 European Games.The four-player squad touched down in the Azeri capital early on Friday morning and Maguire believes they have ‘gotten over’ the settling-in phase and being taken in by the atmosphere at the games. “We’re here as
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A 12 strong Irish swimming team will begin competition tomorrow, Tuesday, at the 1st European Games in Baku. The team, led by Pearse McGuigan (Swim Ireland Connacht Performance Centre Coach) and assisted by Peter Hill (Larne ASC), will compete from the 23rd – 28th June at the Baku Aquatics Centre, 526 swimmers will compete in
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