Ireland's Scott Evans has progressed to the last 16 of the World Badminton Championships.

China completed an unprecedented clean sweep of gold medals to end their controversial London 2012 tournament with an emphatic statement.

China made badminton headlines for the right reasons as Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei produced a world-class performance to claim Olympic gold at Wembley Arena.

Irish men’s number one Scott Evans has drawn reigning world and Olympic champion Lin Dan of China for his opening group match in the men’s badminton singles at London 2012.

THE Malaysian student mugged by yobs posing as Good Samaritans during the riots was yesterday given VIP treatment at the Badminton World Championships.