Badminton

Congratulations to Chloe Magee as she took Gold and Silver in the 2014 Hellas Open. Magee was first on court yesterday against number one seed Linda Zetchiri of Bulgaria. The final had followed the seeding as Magee who was seeded two for the event fought her way through some tough matches to set up the big […]

Irish progress to second round stage at 2014 European Championships Brother and sister partnership of Chloe and Sam Magee got the Irish of to winning ways at the 2014 European Championships in Kazan Russia. The Irish number one mixed partnership swept away their opponents Jakub Bitman and Alzbeta Basova from Czech Republic in the opening

Scott Evans and  the mixed doubles pairing of Chloe Magee and Sam Magee both went out to the eventual winners in the the semi-finals of the  Finland Open in Vantaa yesterday (Sat). Evans, No 7 seed in the men’s singles, lost the opening game of his quarter-final match against the unseeded Dane Rasmus Fladberg, 21-23,

Evans and Magee make quarter finals of Bitburger Grand Prix Gold. Irish number one men singles player Scott Evans who is seeded 12 in this event has made his way to the quarter final beating World number 33 Anad Pawar of India. Evans will now take on Kwong Beng Chan of Malaysia in the quarter

After taking a sensational Semi-final spot for in Belgium beating the English top seeds in Leuven, Belgium today, Chloe and Sam Magee lost their semi-final match this evening. The pair lost to Danish 4th seeds Rasmussen and Grebak 14-21 19-21. The Irish number one pairing of Sam and Chloe Magee booked their place in the

Scott Evans was first on-court against Flemming Quach of Denmark. The 21 year old Dane who is now ranked 80 in the World took the opening set 21-17. In the second set it was again a close encounter but Quach once again took the important points to win the second set 21-17 to proceed to

Irish involvement in the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou ended today 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 clearly upped

For a third  year, Ireland’s Scott Evans will face the world No 1 in a major tournament when he faces Malaysia’s  Lee Chong Wei in the opening round of the World Badminton in China on Monday next August 5. Facing the world number 1 three times in a row doesn’t faze the Dubliner. ‘I don’t have a

At the age of 22, Irish international badminton player Sam Magee from the Donegal town of Raphoe already has a long list of achievement to his  credit. Since he started playing as a teenager, Sam, a doubles specialist, has won a European Junior gold medal in the men’s doubles, as well as Norwegian, Lithuanian and

Irish No 1 Scott Evans has drawn top seed and world No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia for his opening match at the World Badminton Championships starting in Guangzhou, China on Monday August 5. That makes it third time unlucky for Evans – at both the 2011 World Championships and last year’s London Olympics,