Megan Fletcher may have bowed out at the quarter-finals stage of the European Games judo in Minsk, but the recently-declared Irish judoka is now a candidate to do big things at next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

This evening's European Games in Minsk saw Michael Nevin and James McGivern sail through to the quarter finals in boxing, while the athletics team opened their bid in the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) event.

Archery supplies Ireland’s first interest at the European Games in Minsk, with just one Irish competitor in action on the opening day.

A strong Irish team of 16 athletes have been selected for next month's European Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow.

Irish athletics chiefs and competitors last night played down the poor performances at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.