Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal had him pride of place in their sports section, a stirring image spread across five columns of the topless Irishman screaming to his adoring masses.

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Day Seven of the Olympic Games produced even more history from an Irish point of view, with the medals table reached finally at the end of the opening week.

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Chloe and Sam Magee guaranteed Ireland a bronze medal in badminton’s mixed doubles at the European games after pushing aside Poland’s Pawel Pietryja and Aneta Wojtkowska 21-18, 21-12 in just over 30 minutes.

Sam and Josh Magee guaranteed Ireland at least a European games badminton bronze medal, winning their men’s doubles quarter-final yesterday.

Scott Evans cruised into the last 16 of the European games men’s Badminton, taking less than half an hour to defeat Austria’s Gergley Krausz.

Brendan Irvine has upgraded his light-flyweight boxing medal to at least a silver after a unanimous points victory over Ukraine’s Dmytro Zamotayev at the European Games in Baku.

Sean McComb secured Ireland a second European games medal with victory over Turkey’s Yashin Yilmaz yesterday.

Brendan Irvine battled from behind to land Ireland’s first ever European games medal in Baku, Azerbaijan, yesterday.

Badminton: Ireland endured a long and sobering second day at badminton’s European Mixed Team Championship in Leuven, Belgium yesterday, but one that ultimately ended with the team qualifying for today’s quarter-finals for the first time.

Ireland all but assured themselves of a place in the quarter-finals of badminton’s European Mixed Team Championships yesterday with a 3-2 defeat of hosts Belgium at the Sportoase arena in Leuven near Brussels.

Irish badminton will write a standout chapter in its history today when the national team faces hosts Belgium in the European Mixed Team Championships at the Sportoase Leuven arena outside Brussels. 

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

Derval O’Rourke and Ciarán Ó Lionáird have expressed disappointment at the level of funding they are set to receive in 2014.

Chloe Magee flashes a wide smile. She is talking about her future targets and ambitions. And her goals are big.

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Chloe Magee is no stranger to making Irish badminton history.

IT isn’t often that the man considered by many to be the greatest badminton player in the history of the sport finds himself struggling to win the affection of a crowd.

Hannah Craig has qualified for the women's kayak slalom Olympic semi-finals today.

Ireland’s Scott Evans could have the best chance of anyone at London 2012 of beating badminton’s greatest player.

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.

Ireland's Chloe Magee has officially confirmed her Olympic badminton qualification today.

THERE were mixed fortunes for Irish duo Scott Evans and Chloe Magee at the Yonex Irish International championships at Lisburn yesterday as Evans bowed out to England’s Raj Ouseph but Magee defeated France’s Barbara Matias.

BADMINTON may not be up there with GAA, rugby or soccer in terms of popularity amongst the Irish public but with Irish participation in four of the five finals at the Yonex Lithuanian Badminton Open 2011 in Kaunas yesterday, the sport has clearly attracted some of the nation’s most talented athletes.

OLYMPIANS Scott Evans and Chloe Magee retained their senior titles in impressive style at the Irish National Badminton Championships in Lisburn over the weekend.

ONE of the Irish success stories of this opening weekend came not in the boxing ring or with the rowers but at the BJUT Gymnasium, host venue for badminton.

Ireland’s Chloe Magee booked her place in the last 32 of the women’s singles badminton after coming back from a game down to beat Estonia’s Kati Tolmoff 2-1.

Olympic swimmer Andrew Bree failed to qualify from his 100m breaststroke heat despite a personal best time of 1:01.76.

IRELAND’s top badminton player, Scott Evans, was last night celebrating Olympic qualification.

HOME favourites, Chloe Magee and Karen Bing, claimed the Women’s Doubles title at the Yonex Irish International Badminton Championships in Lisburn yesterday.

SUGGESTIONS that the Olympic Council of Ireland should be handed more responsibility in the preparation of athletes for the Games have met with a negative response from Irish Sports Council chief executive John Treacy.

IT was a busy, yet memorable weekend for the Magee family from Raphoe, Co Donegal.

IRELAND’S Scott Evans is hoping that his return to home soil can inspire him to a successful run at this weekend’s Yonex Irish International Championships in Lisburn.

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BADMINTON phenomenon, Scott Evans, had mixed emotions when capturing his first Irish Men’s Single title at Baldoyle yesterday.

BADMINTON aficionados have the Irish senior and U15 championships to look forward to this weekend in Baldoyle, Dublin, with many fans focusing on the likely clash of Scott Evans and Michael Watt in the men’s senior decider.

SONIA O’SULLIVAN’S Sports Council grant has been reinstated but the International Carding Scheme Appeals Committee have virtually retired a whole generation of Irish athletics by refusing their appeals, according to a leading athletics figure.

Ireland’s Scott Evans won through to the main draw of the Hungarian Open Badminton Championships in Budapest yesterday.