Ireland

Belfast & Paderborn win European Club crowns!

Hosts Belfast Boat Club (pic le, black dress) and defending champions Paderborn have emerged triumphant in the European Club Championships staged in Belfast. Madeline Perry and former Scottish champion Senga Macfie won their matches to beat defending c...

German team to win European Club Championship

The two German teams of titleholder Paderborn and German Champion Worms metting in the final of the European Club Championship in Belfast. Paderborn beat No1 seed Aberdeen in the semis. Worms won against French Champion Valence after 2:2 in matches, 8:...

Italy crash into European Championships semi-finals!

After competing in all but 1 of the events since 1978, Italy (pic: Davide Biancetti and Marcus Berrett) celebrated their 1st appearance in the men's semi-finals of the European Team Championships after beating Czech Republic 4/0 in the final Division 1...

Pett and Briggs made England double In Ireland!

Olivier Pett (pic) and Lauren Briggs pulled off a surprise English double in the West of Ireland Open in Galway. In the semis unseeded Pett took out top-seeded Dane Kristian Frost Olesen, fighting back from 1/2 down to win 11-9, 8-11, 2-11, 11-5, 11-3....

El Tayeb and Momen with Egyptian Double in Dublin!

In a historic climax to the Irish Squash Open in Dublin, rising stars Tarek Momen (pic le) and Nour El Tayeb (pic ri) celebrated the first Egyptian double in the long-established event - while 18-year-old El Tayeb prevailed in the longest ever women's ...

Perry and Ghosal downed by injuries!

Women's favourite Madeline Perry and men's 3rd seed Saurav Ghosal both exited prematurely from the Irish Squash Open after suffering injuries during the semi-finals in Dublin. In the women's event, Ireland's defending champion Madeline Perry struggled ...

Tarek takes out Tuominen in Dublin!

Egypt's unseeded Tarek Momen (pic) denied Olli Tuominen (11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6) the chance of celebrating his 32nd birthday in the semi-finals of the Irish Open when he upset the 2nd-seeded Finn in the quarter-finals in Dublin. The 23-year-old world N...

Swartz upset Irish Open draw!

South African Tenille Swartz (pic) produced notable upsets on the opening day of the Irish Open. After surviving a close-fought 5-game match to qualify for the women's event, Tenille Swartz resisted a spirited fightback by 5th seed Emma Beddoes in the ...